ReviewToxicology and applied pharmacology2011
Oxidative stress in MeHg-induced neurotoxicity.
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131 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 334 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Mercury Exposure and Heart Rate Variability: a Systematic Review.Current environmental health reports · 2015Pooled it
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- Mercury-induced excitotoxicity in autism spectrum disorder: disruption of glutamatergic homeostasis and the therapeutic role of the selenium-glutathione axis.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Review
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- Sequential Mediation by Maternal Weight Gain and Late Blood Metal Concentration in the Association Between Heavy Metal Exposure in Early Pregnancy and Fetal Growth.Journal of Korean medical science · 2026Article
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- Effects of Physiologically Relevant Species of Organic Mercury on Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Neural Precursor Cells.Metabolites · 2025Article
- JAK2/STAT3 Signaling Pathway Modulates Acute Methylmercury Toxicity in the Mouse Astrocyte C8-D1A Cell Line.Neurochemical research · 2025Article
- Therapeutic potential of 4-phenylbutyric acid against methylmercury-induced neuronal cell death in mice.Archives of toxicology · 2025Article
- Soil and water pollution and cardiovascular disease.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2025Review
- Heavy Metal Exposure-induced Cardiovascular Diseases: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Role of Antioxidants.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- Effective Analysis of Alzheimer's Disease and Mechanisms of Methyl-4- Hydroxybenzoate using Network Toxicology, Molecular Docking, and Machine Learning Strategies.Current Alzheimer research · 2025Article
- Exposure to Mercury in the Air and Its Effect on Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD): A Systematic Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2024Review
- Immunocompromisation of wheat host by L-BSO and 2,4-DPA induces susceptibility to the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum.Stress biology · 2024Article
- Ameliorative impacts of sinapic acid against mercuric chloride-induced renal toxicity: role of antioxidants and inflammatory cytokines.Toxicology research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Methylmercury (MeHg) is an environmental toxicant that leads to long-lasting neurological and developmental deficits in animals and humans. Although the molecular mechanisms mediating MeHg-induced neurotoxicity are not completely understood, several lines of evidence indicate that oxidative stress represents a critical event related to the neurotoxic effects elicited by this toxicant. The objective of this review is to summarize and discuss data from experimental and epidemiological studies that have been important in clarifying the molecular events which mediate MeHg-induced oxidative damage and, consequently, toxicity. Although unanswered questions remain, the electrophilic properties of MeHg and its ability to oxidize thiols have been reported to play decisive roles to the oxidative consequences observed after MeHg exposure. However, a close examination of the relationship between low levels of MeHg necessary to induce oxidative stress and the high amounts of sulfhydryl-containing antioxidants in mammalian cells (e.g., glutathione) have led to the hypothesis that nucleophilic groups with extremely high affinities for MeHg (e.g., selenols) might represent primary targets in MeHg-induced oxidative stress. Indeed, the inhibition of antioxidant selenoproteins during MeHg poisoning in experimental animals has corroborated this hypothesis. The levels of different reactive species (superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide) have been reported to be increased in MeHg-exposed systems, and the mechanisms concerning these increments seem to involve a complex sequence of cascading molecular events, such as mitochondrial dysfunction, excitotoxicity, intracellular calcium dyshomeostasis and decreased antioxidant capacity. This review also discusses potential therapeutic strategies to counteract MeHg-induced toxicity and oxidative stress, emphasizing the use of organic selenocompounds, which generally present higher affinity for MeHg when compared to the classically studied agents.
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