Affiliation:
1. Department of Pathology, Jiaxing key laboratory of infectious diseases and bacterial resistance research, Jiaxing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Jiaxing University Jiaxing China
2. Department of Preventive Medicine, Forensic and Pathology Laboratory, Institute of Forensic Science, College of Medicine Jiaxing University Jiaxing China
Abstract
AbstractEnvironmental pollution is complex, and co‐exposure can accurately reflect the true environmental conditions that are important for assessment of human health. Cadmium (Cd) is a widespread toxicant that can cause acute kidney injury (AKI), while its combined effect with 2,2′,4,4′‐tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE‐47) is not fully understood. Thus, we used an in vivo model where C57BL/6J mice were treated with low dietary intake of Cd (5 mg/kg/day) and/or BDE‐47 (1 mg/kg/day) for 28 days to examine AKI, and in vitro experiments to investigate the possible mechanism. Results showed that Cd or BDE‐47 caused pathological kidney damage, accompanied by elevated urea nitrogen (BUN) and urinary creatinine, as well as increased interleukin‐1β (IL‐1β) and tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α), and reduced IL‐10 in kidney tissues. In vitro Cd or BDE‐47 exposure decreased cell viability and induced cell swelling and blebbing of human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK‐293) and renal tubular epithelial cell lines (HKCs), and changes in co‐exposure was larger than that in Cd and BDE‐47 treatment. Oxidative stress indicators of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and malondialdehyde (MDA) were elevated, while the antioxidant superoxide dismutase (SOD) was decreased. Necrosis occurred with increased lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release and propidium iodide (PI) staining, which was attenuated by the ROS scavenger N‐acetyl‐L‐cysteine (NAC). Furthermore, necroptotic genes of receptor‐interacting protein kinase‐3 (RIPK3), classical mixed lineage kinase domain‐like protein‐dependent (MLKL), IL‐1β and TNF‐α were up‐regulated, whereas RIPK1 was down‐regulated, which was attenuated by the RIPK3 inhibitor GSK872. These findings demonstrate that Cd or BDE‐47 alone produces kidney toxicities, and co‐exposure poses an additive effect, resulting in AKI via inducing oxidative stress and regulating RIPK3‐dependent necroptosis, which offers a further mechanistic understanding for kidney damage, and the combined effect of environmental pollutants should be noticed.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Toxicology,General Medicine
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