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PCB126 exposure disrupts zebrafish ventricular and branchial but not early neural crest development.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18660518     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We have used zebrafish and 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB126) to investigate the developmental toxicity of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that exert their effects through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR). We found that cardiac and neural crest (NC)-derived jaw and branchial cartilages are specifically targeted early in development. The suite of malformations, which ultimately leads to circulatory failure, includes a severely dysmorphic heart with a reduced bulbus arteriosus and abnormal atrioventricular and outflow valve formation. Early NC migration and patterning of the jaw and branchial cartilages was normal. However, the jaw and branchial cartilages failed to grow to normal size. In the heart, the ventricular myocardium showed a reduction in cell number and size. The heart and jaw/branchial phenotype could be rescued by pifithrin-alpha, a blocker of p53. However, the function of pifithrin-alpha in this model may act as a competitive inhibitor of PCB at the AHR and is likely independent of p53. Morpholinos against p53 did not rescue the phenotype, nor were zebrafish with a mutant p53-null allele resistant to PCB126 toxicity. Morpholino knockdown of cardiac troponin T, which blocks the onset of cardiac function, prevented the PCB126-induced cardiac dysmorphogenesis but not the jaw/branchial phenotype. The cardiovascular characteristics appear to be similar to hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and introduce the potential of zebrafish as a model to study this environmentally induced cardiovascular malformation. HLHS is a severe congenital cardiovascular malformation that has previously been linked to industrial releases of dioxins and PCBs.
Authors:
Adrian C Grimes; Kyle N Erwin; Harriett A Stadt; Ginger L Hunter; Holly A Gefroh; Huai-Jen Tsai; Margaret L Kirby
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2008-07-26
Journal Detail:
Title:  Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology     Volume:  106     ISSN:  1096-0929     ISO Abbreviation:  Toxicol. Sci.     Publication Date:  2008 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-10-09     Completed Date:  2008-12-23     Revised Date:  2010-09-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9805461     Medline TA:  Toxicol Sci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  193-205     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Pathobiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Abnormalities, Multiple / chemically induced*,  embryology,  metabolism,  prevention & control
Animals
Animals, Genetically Modified
Benzothiazoles / pharmacology
Body Patterning / drug effects
Branchial Region / drug effects*,  metabolism
Cell Death
Cell Differentiation
Cell Movement
Cell Proliferation / drug effects
Environmental Pollutants / toxicity*
Heart Defects, Congenital / chemically induced*,  embryology,  metabolism,  prevention & control
Heart Ventricles / drug effects*,  embryology,  metabolism
Jaw Abnormalities / chemically induced
Morpholines / metabolism
Neural Crest / drug effects*
Oligonucleotides / metabolism
Phenotype
Polychlorinated Biphenyls / toxicity*
Time Factors
Toluene / analogs & derivatives,  pharmacology
Troponin T / genetics,  metabolism
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / genetics,  metabolism
Zebrafish / embryology*,  genetics,  metabolism
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 70140//PHS HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Benzothiazoles; 0/Environmental Pollutants; 0/Morpholines; 0/Oligonucleotides; 0/Polychlorinated Biphenyls; 0/Troponin T; 0/Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; 0/pifithrin; 108-88-3/Toluene; 57465-28-8/3,4,5,3',4'-pentachlorobiphenyl
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