Abstract:
:Many studies report that cadmium chloride (CdCl2)-induces oxidative stress is associated with male reproductive damage in the testes. CdCl2 also induces mitochondrial fission by increasing dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1) expression as well as the mitochondria-dependent apoptosis pathway by extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation. However, it remains unclear whether mechanisms linked to the mitochondrial damage signal via CdCl2-induced mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) cause damage to spermatocytes. In this study, increased intracellular and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, mitochondrial membrane potential (∆Ψm) depolarization, and mitochondrial fragmentation and swelling were observed at 5 μM of CdCl2 exposure, resulting in increased apoptotic cell death. Moreover, CdCl2-induced cell death is closely associated with the ERK/Drp1/p38 signaling axis. Interestingly, SB203580, a p38 inhibitor, effectively prevented CdCl2-induced apoptotic cell death by reducing ∆Ψm depolarization and intracellular and mitochondrial ROS levels. Knockdown of Drp1 expression diminished CdCl2-induced mitochondrial deformation and ROS generation and protected GC-2spd cells from apoptotic cell death. In addition, electron microscopy showed that p38 inhibition reduced CdCl2-induced mitochondrial interior damage more effectively than N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), an ROS scavenger; ERK inhibition; or Drp1 knockdown. Therefore, these results demonstrate that inhibition of p38 activity prevents CdCl2-induced apoptotic GC-2spd cell death by reducing depolarization of mitochondrial membrane potential and mitochondrial ROS levels via ERK phosphorylation in a signal pathway different from the CdCl2-induced ERK/Drp1/p38 axis and suggest a therapeutic strategy for CdCl2-induced male infertility.
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Toxicol Appl Pharmacoljournal_title
Toxicology and applied pharmacologyauthors
Seong JB,Bae YC,Lee HS,Huh JW,Lee SR,Lee HJ,Lee DSdoi
10.1016/j.taap.2019.114797subject
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2019-12-01 00:00:00pages
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1096-0333pii
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