Sodium fluoride induces apoptosis through reactive oxygen species-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway in Sertoli cells

作     者：Yang Yang Xinwei Lin Hui Huang Demin Feng Yue Ba Xuemin Cheng Liuxin Cui 

作者机构：Department of Environmental Health College of Public Health Zhengzhou University Department of Nephrology 152 Hospital of PLA 

出 版 物：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》 (环境科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第27卷第4期

页      面：81-89页

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学科分类：100405[医学-卫生毒理学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by the Key Science and Technology Research Project of Henan province of China (No: 13A330735) 

主　　题：Sodium fluoride Apoptosis Reactive oxygen species Endoplasmic reticulum stress Sertoli cell 

摘      要：Excessive fluoride exposure is known to contribute to reproductive system dysfunction,ultimately leading to pathological damage and apoptosis in cells. Although both oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum（ER） stresses have been implicated in fluorosis, the signaling pathways and their roles in sodium fluoride（Na F）-induced apoptosis of Sertoli cells have been sparsely described. In this study, oxidative damage, ER stress, and apoptosis were analyzed after Sertoli cells were treated with varying doses of Na F for 24 hr. Moreover, the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine（NAC） and pro-apoptotic transcription factor CHOP knockdown were used to clarify the precise interplay between reactive oxygen species（ROS）, ER stress and their roles in NaF-induced apoptosis in Sertoli cells. The present study indicated that NaF significantly decreased cell viability and induced apoptosis in Sertoli cells. In addition, NaF exposure facilitated the accumulation of ROS and increased nuclear translocation of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2（Nrf2） in Sertoli cells. Treatment with NAC caused remarkable recovery from these NaF-induced responses. Meanwhile, excessive NaF triggered ER stress as evidenced by up-regulated glucose-regulated protein 78 k Da（GRP78）, PKR-like ER kinase（PERK）, phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α（p-eI F2α） and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-homologous protein（CHOP）, without affecting total eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α（e IF2α）. NAC effectively blocked the activation of ER stress, suggesting that Na F-induced ROS is an early event that triggers ER stress. Taken together, the results demonstrate that the ROS-mediated ER stress pathway is the crucial mechanistic event involved in NaF-induced apoptosis of Sertoli cells.