COPD-Like Phenotypes in TBC-Treated Mice Can be Effectively Alleviated via Estrogen SupplementShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Environmental Science and Technology, ISSN 0013-936X, E-ISSN 1520-5851, Vol. 58, no 39, p. 17227-17234Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) isocyanurate (TBC), recognized as an endocrine disruptor, can cause inflammatory injury to the lung tissue of mice. To investigate the specific respiratory effects of TBC, male C57BL/6J mice were administered a daily dose of 20 mg/kg of TBC over 14 days. Postexposure, these mice developed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-like symptoms characterized by inflammatory lung damage and functional impairment. In light of the antiestrogenic properties of TBC, we administrated estradiol (E2) to investigate its potential protective role against TBC-induced damage and found that the coexposure of E2 notably mitigated the COPD-like phenotypes. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that TBC exposure reduced estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha) expression and increased nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-kappa B) expression, while E2 treatment rebalanced the expression levels of ER alpha and NF-kappa B to their normative states. Our findings indicate that TBC, as an antiestrogenic agent, may contribute to the pathogenesis of COPD through an ER alpha-mediated inflammatory pathway, but that E2 treatment could reverse the impairment, providing a potentially promising remedial treatment. Given the lung status as a primary target of air pollution, the presence of antiestrogenic compounds like TBC in atmospheric particulates presents a significant concern, with the potential to exacerbate respiratory conditions such as COPD and pneumonia.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
AMER CHEMICAL SOC , 2024. Vol. 58, no 39, p. 17227-17234
Keywords [en]
tris(2, 3-dibromopropyl) isocyanurate; chronic obstructivepulmonary disease; estradiol; pulmonary dysfunction; estrogen receptor alpha
National Category
Other Basic Medicine
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-207150DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c03187ISI: 001295987800001PubMedID: 39166923OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-207150DiVA, id: diva2:1894520
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Funding Agencies|National Key Research and Development Program of China [2020YFA0907500]; National Natural Science Foundation of China Major Project [22193051]; National Natural Science Foundation of China Major Project [21906068]; Excellent Discipline Cultivation Project by JHUN [2023XKZ028, 2023XKZ029]
2024-09-032024-09-032024-11-21Bibliographically approved