Involvement of mitochondrial pathway in environmental metal pollutant lead-induced apoptosis of chicken liver: perspectives from oxidative stress and energy metabolism
Environmental science and pollution research international(2017)
摘要
This study aimed to investigate the possible mechanisms of environmental metal pollutant lead (Pb)-induced apoptosis in chicken. Forty 8-day-old healthy chickens were randomly assigned to two groups ( n = 20/group) after raising standard commercial diet and drinking water for 1 week: including control group and Pb group ((CH 3 COO) 2 Pb 350 mg/L of drinking water); the chickens were given euthanasia and collected livers at 90 days. A significant increase of apoptosis rate were found in Pb group and Pb induced obvious ultrastructural changes of chicken liver. The mRNA levels of glycometabolism key enzymes were significantly lower in Pb group than those in controls. Higher levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) and nitric oxide (NO) were observed in Pb group; the activities of antioxidant enzymes and ATPases were significantly lower in Pb group than those in controls, while the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity was on the contrary. The mRNA and protein levels of pro-apoptotic genes were all lower in Pb group than those in controls. Altogether, Pb-induced mitochondrial swelling and nuclear chromatin condensation, oxidative stress, energy metabolism disorder, thereby lead to apoptosis via mitochondrial pathway in chicken liver, suggesting that Pb-induced mitochondrial pathway apoptosis plays an important role in the mechanisms of Pb cytotoxicity to chicken liver.
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Apoptosis,Chicken liver,Energy metabolism disorder,Lead,Mitochondrial pathway,Oxidative stress
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