The impact of oral exposure to low-dose tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate in allergic asthmatic mice

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Tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBEP) is a major organophosphorus flame retardant and has been widely increasing as a substitute for brominated flame retardants. TBEP may have adverse effects on human health; however, its impact on immune and allergic responses remains largely uncharacterized. In this study, the effects of low-dose TBEP comparable with the level of actual human exposure to that of human tolerable daily intake on allergic asthmatic mice were explored. Five-week-old C3H/HeJSlc male mice consumed a diet containing approximately 0.02, 0.2 or 2 μg/kg/day TBEP and were intratracheally administrated ovalbumin (OVA) (1 μg/mouse every 2 weeks from 5 to 11 weeks of age). Exposure to 2 μg/kg/day TBEP with OVA tended to enhance allergic pulmonary inflammation and significantly elevated mRNA levels of interleukin-5, eotaxin-1 and estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) compared with OVA alone. In mediastinal lymph nodes (MLNs), TBEP (0.2 or 2 μg/kg/day) with OVA significantly increased in total cell number and promoted conventional dendritic cell activation than OVA alone; MLN cell proliferation by OVA restimulation was also enhanced in these groups. In the bone marrow (BM), TBEP (0.02 or 0.2 μg/kg/day) with OVA resulted in a net decrease in total cell number and fraction of CCR2+ Gr-1+ cells; the fraction of Gr-1+ cells increased. In conclusion, oral exposure to low-dose TBEP levels equivalent to tolerable daily intake may exacerbate allergic pulmonary inflammation by promoting a skewed T-helper 2 cell response, upregulation of ERα and dysregulation of both MLN and BM microenvironments.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Journal of applied toxicology : JAT - 40(2020), 11 vom: 30. Nov., Seite 1498-1510

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yanagisawa, Rie [VerfasserIn]
Koike, Eiko [VerfasserIn]
Win-Shwe, Tin-Tin [VerfasserIn]
Kawaguchi, Maiko [VerfasserIn]
Takano, Hirohisa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

37341-29-0
9006-59-1
Allergic asthma
Cytokines
Estrogen receptor
Flame Retardants
Immunoglobulin E
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Low-dose effects
Organophosphorus Compounds
Organophosphorus flame retardants
Ovalbumin
RYA6940G86
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Th2 response
Tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate

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Date Completed 03.11.2021

Date Revised 03.11.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jat.4001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310769094