ArticleDisease models & mechanisms2021
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid modulates barrier function and systemic T-cell homeostasis during intestinal inflammation.
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- Inflammatory bowel diseases: pathological mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives.Molecular biomedicine · 2026Review
- Integration of network pharmacology and molecular docking reveals the anti-inflammatory efficacy of formononetin in Huangqin decoction and experiment verification in DSS-induced zebrafish IBD model.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Article
- From Exposure to Dysfunction: The Intestinal Toxicity of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances.Toxics · 2025Review
- Is Zebrafish a Good Model for the Alpha-Gal Syndrome?FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025Review
- Associations between per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and county-level cancer incidence between 2016 and 2021 and incident cancer burden attributable to PFAS in drinking water in the United States.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Impact of Persistent Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals on Human Nuclear Receptors: Insights from In Silico and Experimental Characterization.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Review of the zebrafish as a model to investigate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance toxicity.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2023Review
- The role of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) exposure in inflammation of intestinal tissues and intestinal carcinogenesis.Frontiers in toxicology · 2023Review
- Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid Disrupts Protective Tight Junction Proteins via Protein Kinase D in Airway Epithelial Cells.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2022Article
- Factors Modulating COVID-19: A Mechanistic Understanding Based on the Adverse Outcome Pathway Framework.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The intestinal epithelium is continuously exposed to deleterious environmental factors that might cause aberrant immune responses leading to inflammatory disorders. However, what environmental factors might contribute to disease are poorly understood. Here, to overcome the lack of in vivo models suitable for screening of environmental factors, we used zebrafish reporters of intestinal inflammation. Using zebrafish, we interrogated the immunomodulatory effects of polyfluoroalkyl substances, which have been positively associated with ulcerative colitis incidence. Exposure to perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) during 2,4,6-trinitro-benzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced inflammation enhanced the expression of proinflammatory cytokines as well as neutrophil recruitment to the intestine of zebrafish larvae, which was validated in the TNBS-induced colitis mouse model. Moreover, PFOS exposure in mice undergoing colitis resulted in neutrophil-dependent increased intestinal permeability and enhanced PFOS translocation into the circulation. This was associated with a neutrophil-dependent expansion of systemic CD4+ T cells. Thus, our results indicate that PFOS worsens inflammation-induced intestinal damage with disruption of T-cell homeostasis beyond the gut and provides a novel in vivo toolbox to screen for pollutants affecting intestinal homeostasis.
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