Maternal Disononyl Phthalate Exposure Activates Allergic Airway Inflammation via Stimulating the Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt Pathway in Rat Pups / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
; (12): 190-198, 2015.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the effect of diisononyl phthalate (DINP) exposure during gestation and lacta- tion on allergic response in pups and to explore the role of phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt pathway on it.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Female Wistar rats were treated with DINP at different dosages (0, 5, 50, and 500 mg/kg of body weight per day). The pups were sensitized and challenged by ovalbumin (OVA). The airway response was assessed; the airway histological studies were performed by hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining; and the relative cytokines in phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and western blot analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There was no significant difference in DINP's effect on airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) between male pups and female pups. In the 50 mg/(kg·d) DINP-treated group, airway response to OVA significantly increased and pups showed dramatically enhanced pulmonary resistance (RI) compared with those from controls (P<0.05). Enhanced Akt phosphorylation and NF-κB translocation, and Th2 cytokines expression were observed in pups of 50 mg/(kg·d) DINP-treated group. However, in the 5 and 500 mg/(kg·d) DINP-treated pups, no significant effects were observed.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>There was an adjuvant effect of DINP on allergic airway inflammation in pups. Maternal DINP exposure could promote OVA-induced allergic airway response in pups in part by upregulation of PI3K/Akt pathway.</p>
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Phosphorylation
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Phthalic Acids
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Bronchitis
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
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Blotting, Western
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Rats, Wistar
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Maternal Exposure
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Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
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Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
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Animals
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Pregnancy
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En
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Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Year:
2015
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Article