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Evidence for Adverse Effects on Liver Development and Regeneration in Zebrafish by Decabromodiphenyl Ethane

Authors
Li, F., Song, G., Wang, X., Sun, Y., Zhou, S., Zhang, Y., Hua, J., Zhu, B., Yang, L., Zhang, W., Zhou, B.
ID
ZDB-PUB-231110-10
Date
2023
Source
Environmental science & technology   57(48): 19419-19429 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Zhang, Wei, Zhou, BingSheng
Keywords
decabromodiphenyl ethane, hepatotoxicity, liver development, liver regeneration, partial hepatectomy, transgenic zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Bromobenzenes/metabolism
  • Bromobenzenes/toxicity
  • Female
  • Flame Retardants*/toxicity
  • Liver/metabolism
  • Zebrafish*
PubMed
37946494 Full text @ Env. Sci. Tech.
Abstract
Decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE), a ubiquitous emerging pollutant, could be enriched in the liver of organisms, but its effects and mechanisms on liver development and regeneration remain largely unknown. In the present study, we first investigated the adverse effects on liver development and found decreased area and intensity of fluorescence in transgenic zebrafish larvae exposed to DBDPE; further results in wild-type zebrafish larvae revealed a possible mechanism involving disturbed MAPK/Fox O signaling pathways and cell cycle arrest as indicated by decreased transcription of growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible beta a (gadd45ba). Subsequently, an obstructed recovery process of liver tissue after partial hepatectomy was characterized by the changing profiles of ventral lobe-to-intestine ratio in transgenic female adults upon DBDPE exposure; further results confirmed the adverse effects on liver regeneration by the alterations of the hepatic somatic index and proliferating cell nuclear antigen expression in wild-type female adults and also pointed out a potential role of a disturbed signaling pathway involving cell cycles and glycerolipid metabolism. Our results not only provided novel evidence for the hepatotoxicity and underlying mechanism of DBDPE but also were indicative of subsequent ecological and health risk assessment.
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