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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Differential Expression Profiles and Potential Intergenerational Functions of tRNA-Derived Small RNAs in Mice After Cadmium Exposure.

Ling Zeng, Jinzhao Zhou, Yanwei Zhang, Xiaofei Wang, Mei Wang, Ping Su

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ling ZengInstitute of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Jinzhao ZhouInstitute of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yanwei ZhangInstitute of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xiaofei WangInstitute of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Mei WangReproductive Medicine Center, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Ping SuInstitute of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CNZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic heavy metal and ubiquitous environmental endocrine disruptor. Previous studies on Cd-induced damage to male fertility mainly focus on the structure and function of testis, including cytoskeleton, blood-testis barrier, and steroidogenesis. Nevertheless, to date, no studies have investigated the effects of Cd exposure on sperm epigenetic inheritance and intergenerational inheritance. In our study, we systematically revealed the changes in sperm tRNA-derived small RNAs (tsRNA) profiles and found that 14 tsRNAs (9 up-regulated and 5 down-regulated) were significantly altered after Cd exposure. Bioinformatics of tsRNA-mRNA-pathway interactions revealed that the altered biological functions mainly were related to ion transmembrane transport, lipid metabolism and cell membrane system. In addition, we focused on two stages of early embryo development and selected two organs to study the impact of these changes on cell membrane system, especially mitochondrion and lysosome, two typical membrane-enclosed organelles. Surprisingly, we found that the content of mitochondrion was significantly decreased in 2-cell stage, whereas remarkably increased in the morula stage. The contents of mitochondrion and lysosome were increased in the testes of 6-day-old offspring and livers of adult offspring, whereas remarkably decreased in the testes of adult offspring. This provides a possible basis to further explore the effects of paternal Cd exposure on offspring health.

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cadmiumcell membrane systemintergenerational epigenetic inheritancemitochondrion and lysosomesperm tsRNA

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