Article ; Online: Environmental cadmium exposure during gestation impairs fetal brain and cognitive function of adult offspring via reducing placenta-derived E2 level.
2022 Volume 307, Issue Pt 1, Page(s) 135668
Abstract: Early-life exposure to environmental cadmium (Cd) is known to cause developmental disorders, yet the effect and mechanism of gestational exposure to Cd on the offspring's cognitive function remains unclear. Placenta as a well-established target organ for ...
| Abstract | Early-life exposure to environmental cadmium (Cd) is known to cause developmental disorders, yet the effect and mechanism of gestational exposure to Cd on the offspring's cognitive function remains unclear. Placenta as a well-established target organ for Cd-impaired fetal development, its role in estrogen regulation and offspring cognitive function is unknown. Our in vivo experiments found that gestational Cd exposure impaired cognitive function in adult male offspring, accompanied with lowered 17β-estradiol (E2) level in the male fetal brain upon Cd exposure. Correspondingly, the expression of synapse-associated proteins including brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), post-synaptic density protein 95 (PSD95) and synapsin-1 were downregulated, which were reversed when supplemented with E2 hormone during gestation. Further observation showed placental estrogen synthesis inhibition and general control non-derepressible 2 (GCN2) signaling activation upon Cd exposure, whereas placental estrogen synthesis could be restored through inhibiting GCN2 activity. Based on ovariectomy (OVX) of pregnant mice, we confirmed that Cd exposure reduced E2 level in fetal brain via inhibiting placenta-derived estrogen synthesis. The aforementioned Cd-induced fetal brain injury and cognitive impairment in adult offspring were significantly alleviated when pregnant dams were supplemented with anti-stress agent N-Acetyl-l-cysteine. In summary, Cd disrupted placenta-derived estrogen synthesis via activating GCN2 signaling, and thereby caused cognitive impairment in adult offspring mice. Our findings suggest that placenta-derived estrogen may be an effect marker of environmental toxicants-evoked cognitive dysfunction in adult offspring and suggest that environmental toxicants may affect the fetal brain development via placenta-fetal-brain axis. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Acetylcysteine/pharmacology ; Animals ; Brain ; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism ; Cadmium/metabolism ; Cognition ; Estradiol/metabolism ; Estrogens/pharmacology ; Female ; Male ; Mice ; Placenta/metabolism ; Pregnancy ; Synapsins/metabolism ; Synapsins/pharmacology |
| Chemical Substances | Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ; Estrogens ; Synapsins ; Cadmium (00BH33GNGH) ; Estradiol (4TI98Z838E) ; Acetylcysteine (WYQ7N0BPYC) |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-07-11 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 120089-6 |
| ISSN | 1879-1298 ; 0045-6535 ; 0366-7111 |
| ISSN (online) | 1879-1298 |
| ISSN | 0045-6535 ; 0366-7111 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135668 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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