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ArticleScientific reports2017

Chronic low-dose exposure to a mixture of environmental endocrine disruptors induces microRNAs/isomiRs deregulation in mouse concomitant with intratesticular estradiol reduction.

Julio Buñay, Eduardo Larriba, Ricardo D Moreno, Jesús Del Mazo

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Julio BuñayDepartment of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Eduardo LarribaDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8838-4974
Ricardo D MorenoDepartment of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. rmoreno@bio.puc.cl.
Jesús Del MazoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain. jdelmazo@cib.csic.es.
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas · ESPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · CL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Humans are environmentally exposed not only to single endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) but to mixtures that affect their reproductive health. In reproductive tissues, microRNAs (miRNAs) are emerging as key targets of EDCs. Here, we analysed changes in the testis "miRNome" (and their biogenesis mechanism) in chronically exposed adult mice to a cocktail of five EDCs containing 0.3 mg/kg-body weight (BW)/day of each phthalate (DEHP, DBP, BBP) and 0.05 mg/kg-BW/day of each alkylphenol (NP, OP), from conception to adulthood. The testis "miRNome" was characterised using next-generation sequencing (NGS). Expression levels of genes involved in miRNA biogenesis were measured by RT-qPCR, as well as several physiological and cytological parameters. We found two up-regulated, and eight down-regulated miRNAs and thirty-six differentially expressed isomiRs along with an over-expression of Drosha, Adar and Zcchc11. A significant decrease of intratesticular estradiol but not testosterone was detected. Functional analysis showed altered spermatogenesis, germ cell apoptosis and negative correlation of miR-18a-5p with Nr1h2 involved in the deregulation of the steroidogenesis pathway. Here, we present the first association between miRNA/isomiRs deregulation, their mechanisms of biogenesis and histopathological and hormonal alterations in testes of adult mice exposed to a mixture of low-dose EDCs, which can play a role in male infertility.

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AnimalsApoptosisBiomarkersDose-Response Relationship, DrugEndocrine DisruptorsEstradiolFemaleGene Expression RegulationGerm CellsInfertility, MaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroRNAsReproductionRNA IsoformsBiomarkersEndocrine DisruptorsEstradiolMicroRNAsRNA Isoforms

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PMID28611354
PMCPMC5469815
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