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ArticleBirth defects research2021

The effects of NONRATT008453.2 on autophagy in genital tubercle fibroblasts of rats with hypospadias induced by dibutyl phthalate.

Xiao Feng, Enfu Huang, Yuanyuan Gao, Ya Zhang, Yun Zhou

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Article in Birth defects research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiao FengDepartment of Clinical laboratory, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. China.
Enfu HuangSection of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. China.
Yuanyuan GaoDepartment of Clinical laboratory, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. China.
Ya ZhangCentral Laboratory of Pediatric Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. China.
Yun ZhouSection of Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-9374-5364
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypospadias is a common birth defect that might be caused by inadequate fusion of the urethral folds in the process of male external genital development. We intended to discover the crucial long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) regulating autophagy from the gene expression profile of the genital tubercle (GT) of dibutyl phthalate (DBP) induced hypospadiac rats.

methodsWhole transcriptome resequencing was used to determine the expression of the total RNA in GTs and cultured fibroblasts obtained from GTs of DBP-induced hypospadiac male rat fetuses. Autophagosomes and autolysosomes were examined under a transmission electron microscope after overexpression of lncRNA NONRATT008453.2 in the fibroblasts by adenovirus transfection. Finally, the protein expression levels of Atg5, Beclin-1, Atg7, and the LC3A/B-II:LC3A/B-I ratio were detected in the fibroblasts by western blotting.

resultsNONRATT008453.2 suppressed autophagy by promoting the expression of Atg7, but inhibited the expressions of Atg5, Beclin-1, and the LC3A/B-II:LC3A/B-I ratio in the GT fibroblasts.

conclusionsNONRATT008453.2 may have an influence on autophagy in the fibroblasts of the GT in DBP-induced hypospadiac rats.

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Dibutyl PhthalateHypospadiasAnimalsAutophagyFemaleFibroblastsHumansMaleMaternal ExposurePlasticizersRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyUrethraDibutyl PhthalatePlasticizersautophagydibutyl phthalatehypospadiaslong noncoding RNAsrat

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