肠道菌群
甘油三酯
脂质代谢
新陈代谢
化学
内分泌学
内科学
生物化学
胆固醇
生物
医学
作者
Jiafeng Zhou,Ruonan Shu,Chunan Yu,Ze Xiong,Qingfeng Xiao,Zezhi Li,Xiaoxian Xie,Zhengwei Fu
出处
期刊:Chemosphere
[Elsevier]
日期:2020-06-01
卷期号:258: 127255-127255
被引量:19
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127255
摘要
Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TFMS) is the shortest chain perfluorinated compound. Recently, it has been identified as a persistent and mobile organic chemical with a maximum concentration of 1 μg/L in the environment. However, its toxicological mechanism remains unclear. In this study, to evaluate the liver and intestinal toxicity of TFMS in mammals, male mice were orally exposed to 0, 1, 10 and 100 μg/kg for 12 weeks. Our results showed that TFMS exposure reduced the epididymal fat weight in mice, caused the decrease of serum and liver triglyceride (TG) level and the increase of serum low density lipoprotein (LDL) level. Also, we observed the inflammatory cell infiltration in the liver of mice exposed to 10 μg/kg and 100 μg/kg TFMS, which was coupled with the increased mRNA expression levels of inflammatory factors such as COX2, TNF-α, IL-1β in the liver. In addition, the mRNA expression levels of lipid metabolism-related genes (PPAR-α, ACOX, SCD1, PPAR-γ, etc.) were significantly decreased in the liver of mice after exposure to both doses of TFMS. We also found TFMS exposure caused the imbalance of cecal gut microbiota and change of cecal microbiota diversity. KEGG pathway predictions showed that the exposure of 100 μg/kg TFMS changed the synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies, benzoate degradation and several other metabolic pathways. Our findings indicated that TFMS exposure disturbed the liver lipid metabolism possibly via altering the gut microbiota.
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