The influence of prenatal fumonisin exposure on bone properties, as well as opg and rankl expression and immunolocalization, in newborn offspring is sex and dose dependent

Abstrakt

The current study examined the effects of exposure of pregnant dams to fumonisins (FBs; FB1 and FB2), from the seventh day of pregnancy to parturition, on offspring bone metabolism and properties. The rats were randomly divided into three groups intoxicated with FBs at either 0, 60, or 90 mg/kg b.w. Body weight and bone length were affected by fumonisin exposure, irrespective of sex or dose, while the negative and harmful effects of maternal FBs’ exposure on bone mechanical resistance were sex and dose dependent. The immunolocalization of osteoprotegerin (OPG) and receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-Β ligand (RANKL), in bone and articular cartilage, indicated that the observed bone effects resulted from the FB-induced alterations in bone metabolism, which were confirmed by the changes observed in the Western blot expression of OPG and RANKL. It was concluded that the negative effects of prenatal FB exposure on the general growth and morphometry of the offspring bones, as a result of the altered expression of proteins responsible for bone metabolism, were dose and sex dependent.

Autorzy

Halyna Rudyk
Halyna Rudyk
Monika Hułas-Stasiak
Monika Hułas-Stasiak
Janine Donaldson
Janine Donaldson
Piotr Dobrowolski
Piotr Dobrowolski
Volodymyr Kushnir
Volodymyr Kushnir
Oksana Brezvyn
Oksana Brezvyn
Viktor Muzyka
Viktor Muzyka
Ihor Kotsyumbas?
Ihor Kotsyumbas?
artykuł
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Angielski
2021
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