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ArticleToxicology2022

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) augment adipogenesis and shift the proteome in murine 3T3-L1 adipocytes.

Seyed Mohamad Sadegh Modaresi, Wei Wei, Marques Emily, Nicholas A DaSilva, Angela L Slitt

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Article in Toxicology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Seyed Mohamad Sadegh ModaresiDepartment of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA.
Wei WeiDepartment of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA.
Marques EmilyDepartment of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA.
Nicholas A DaSilvaDepartment of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA.
Angela L SlittDepartment of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA. Electronic address: aslitt@uri.edu.
University of Rhode Island · US

Funding

Sources, Transport, Exposure & Effects of PFAS (STEEP) Center - RENEWALP42ES027706 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND · PI Elsie Mareca Sunderland · 2017 to 2026
$18.9M
NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES027706
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a wide group of fluorinated compounds, which the health effects of many of them have not been investigated. Perfluorinated sulfonates, such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorinated carboxylates, such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) are members of this broad group of PFAS, and previous studies have shown a correlation between the body accumulation of PFOS and PFOA and increased adipogenesis. PFOA and PFOS have been withdrawn from the market and use is limited because of their persistence, toxicity, and bioaccumulative properties. Instead, short chain PFAS have been created to replace PFOA and PFOS, but the health effects of other short chain PFAS are largely unknown. Therefore, herein we aimed to comprehensively determined the potential adipogenesis of ten different PFAS (PFBS, PFHxS, PFOS, PFBA, PFHxA, PFHA, PFOA, PFNA, PFDA, and HFPO-DA) and investigated the differences in protein expression of 3T3-L1 cells upon exposure to each PFAS. 3T3-L1 cells were differentiated with or without each PFAS for 4-days, and cellular lipid was quantified using Nile Red staining. Analysis of the adipocyte proteome was performed to identify the pathways related to adipogenesis and quantify proteins significantly affected by each PFAS. The results showed that in general, every PFAS investigated in our study has the potential to induce the 3T3-L1 differentiation to adipocytes in the presence of rosiglitazone, with the concentrations that range between 0.25 and 25 μM. Proteomics analysis revealed specific markers regarding to adipogenesis upregulated upon exposure to each of the ten PFAS.

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3T3-L1 CellsAdipocytesAdipogenesisAlkanesulfonic AcidsAnimalsCaprylatesFluorocarbonsLipid MetabolismMiceProtein Interaction MapsProteomeProteomicsRosiglitazoneAlkanesulfonic AcidsCaprylatesFluorocarbonsperfluorooctane sulfonic acidperfluorooctanoic acidProteomeRosiglitazoneAdipogenicityPFASProteomics

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PMID34800597
PMCPMC8756374
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