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ArticleScientific reports2022

Effects of cadmium on oxidative stress and cell apoptosis in Drosophila melanogaster larvae.

Pingping Yang, Xingran Yang, Liran Sun, Xiaobing Han, Lu Xu, Wei Gu, Min Zhang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pingping YangCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
Xingran YangCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
Liran SunCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
Xiaobing HanCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
Lu XuCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
Wei GuCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
Min ZhangCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China. zhangmin451@snnu.edu.cn.
Shaanxi Normal University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the increase of human activities, cadmium (Cd) pollution has become a global environmental problem affecting biological metabolism in ecosystem. Cd has a very long half-life in humans and is excreted slowly in organs, which poses a serious threat to human health. In order to better understand the toxicity effects of cadmium, third instar larvae of Drosophila melanogaster (Canton-S strain) were exposed to different concentrations (1.125 mg/kg, 2.25 mg/kg, 4.5 mg/kg, and 9 mg/kg) of cadmium. Trypan blue staining showed that intestinal cell damage of Drosophila larvae increased and the comet assay indicated significantly more DNA damage in larvae exposed to high Cd concentrations. The nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) experiments proved that content of reactive oxygen species (ROS) increased, which indicated Cd exposure could induce oxidative stress. In addition, the expression of mitochondrial adenine nucleotide transferase coding gene (sesB and Ant2) and apoptosis related genes (Debcl, hid, rpr, p53, Sce and Diap1) changed, which may lead to increased apoptosis. These findings confirmed the toxicity effects on oxidative stress and cell apoptosis in Drosophila larvae after early cadmium exposure, providing insights into understanding the effects of heavy metal stress in animal development.

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CadmiumDrosophila melanogasterAnimalsApoptosisEcosystemLarvaOxidative StressPolycomb Repressive Complex 1CadmiumPolycomb Repressive Complex 1Sce protein, Drosophila

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PMID35307728
PMCPMC8934349
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