Thyroid Hormone Disruptors Interfere with Molecular Pathways of Eye Development and Function in Zebrafish

The effects of thyroid hormone disrupting chemicals (THDCs) on eye development of zebrafish were investigated. We expected THDC exposure to cause transcriptional changes of vision-related genes, which find their phenotypic anchoring in eye malformations and dysfunction, as observed in our previous studies. Zebrafish were exposed from 0 to 5 days post fertilization (dpf) to either propylthiouracil (PTU), a thyroid hormone synthesis inhibitor, or tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA), which interacts with thyroid hormone receptors. Full genome microarray analyses of RNA isolated from eye tissue revealed that the number of affected transcripts was substantially higher in PTU- than in TBBPA-treated larvae. However, multiple components of phototransduction (e.g., phosphodiesterase, opsins) were responsive to both THDC exposures. Yet, the response pattern for the gene ontology (GO)-class "sensory perception" differed between treatments, with over 90% down-regulation in PTU-exposed fish, compared to over 80% up-regulation in TBBPA-exposed fish. Additionally, the reversibility of effects after recovery in clean water for three days was investigated. Transcriptional patterns in the eyes were still altered and partly overlapped between 5 and 8 dpf, showing that no full recovery occurred within the time period investigated. However, pathways involved in repair mechanisms were significantly upregulated, which indicates activation of regeneration processes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

International journal of molecular sciences - 20(2019), 7 vom: 27. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Baumann, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Segner, Helmut [VerfasserIn]
Ros, Albert [VerfasserIn]
Knapen, Dries [VerfasserIn]
Vergauwen, Lucia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

721M9407IY
Endocrine Disruptors
FQI02RFC3A
Journal Article
Microarray
Mode of action
PTU
Pathways of toxicity
Polybrominated Biphenyls
Propylthiouracil
RNA, Messenger
TBBPA
Tetrabromobisphenol A
Thyroid Hormones
Transcriptome analyses

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.07.2019

Date Revised 25.02.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms20071543

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM29556783X