論文

査読有り 招待有り 筆頭著者 責任著者 国際誌
2017年

Tumor-augmenting effects of gestational arsenic exposure on F1 and F2 in mice.

Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society
  • Keiko Nohara
  • ,
  • Takehiro Suzuki
  • ,
  • Kazuyuki Okamura
  • ,
  • Junya Matsushita
  • ,
  • Shota Takumi

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開始ページ
3
終了ページ
3
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1186/s41021-016-0069-1
出版者・発行元
BioMed Central Ltd.

The consequences of early-life exposure to chemicals in the environment are emerging concerns. Chronic exposure to naturally occurring inorganic arsenic has been known to cause various adverse health effects, including cancers, in humans. On the other hand, animal studies by Dr. M. Waalkes' group reported that arsenite exposure of pregnant F0 females, only from gestational day 8 to 18, increased hepatic tumors in the F1 (arsenite-F1) males of C3H mice, whose males tend to develop spontaneous hepatic tumors later in life. Since this mice model illuminated novel unidentified consequences of arsenic exposure, we wished to further investigate the background mechanisms. In the same experimental model, we identified a variety of factors that were affected by gestational arsenic exposure, including epigenetic and genetic changes, as possible constituents of multiple steps of late-onset hepatic tumor augmentation in arsenite-F1 males. Furthermore, our study discovered that the F2 males born to arsenite-F1 males developed hepatic tumors at a significantly higher rate than the control F2 males. The results imply that the tumor augmenting effect is inherited by arsenite-F2 males through the sperm of arsenite-F1. In this article, we summarized our studies on the consequences of gestational arsenite exposure in F1 and F2 mice to discuss novel aspects of biological effects of gestational arsenic exposure.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41021-016-0069-1
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28265304
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331735
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1186/s41021-016-0069-1
  • ISSN : 1880-7062
  • ISSN : 1880-7046
  • PubMed ID : 28265304
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC5331735
  • SCOPUS ID : 85031932909

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