Exposure to Sub-Lethal Doses of Permethrin Is Associated with Neurotoxicity: Changes in Bioenergetics, Redox Markers, Neuroinflammation and Morphology.
Teresita Guadalupe López-AcevesElvia Coballase-UrrutiaFrancisco Estrada-RojoAmérica Vanoye-CarloLiliana Carmona-AparicioMaría Eugenia Hernández-GutiérrezPedraza-Chaverri JoséLuz NavarroOmar Emiliano Aparicio-TrejoArmando Pérez-TorresMedina-Campos Omar NoelDaniel Martínez-FongVicente Sánchez-ValleCárdenas-Rodríguez NoemíLeticia Granados-RojasEvelyn Pulido-CamarilloVerónica Rodríguez-MataClaudia Del R León-SicairosPublished in: Toxics (2021)
Permethrin (PERM) is a member of the class I family of synthetic pyrethroids. Human use has shown that it affects different systems, with wide health dysfunctions. Our aim was to determine bioenergetics, neuroinflammation and morphology changes, as redox markers after subacute exposure to PERM in rats. We used MDA determination, protein carbonyl assay, mitochondrial O 2 consumption, expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and a deep histopathological analysis of the hippocampus. PERM (150 mg/kg and 300 mg/kg body weight/day, o.v.) increased lipoperoxidation and carbonylated proteins in a dose-dependent manner in the brain regions. The activities of antioxidant enzymes glutathione peroxidase, reductase, S-transferase, catalase, and superoxide dismutase showed an increase in all the different brain areas, with dose-dependent effects in the cerebellum. Cytokine profiles (IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α) increased in a dose-dependent manner in different brain tissues. Exposure to 150 mg/kg of permethrin induced degenerated and/or dead neurons in the rat hippocampus and induced mitochondrial uncoupling and reduction of oxidative phosphorylation and significantly decreased the respiratory parameters state 3-associated respiration in complex I and II. PERM exposure at low doses induces reactive oxygen species production and imbalance in the enzymatic antioxidant system, increases gene expression of pro-inflammatory interleukins, and could lead to cell damage mediated by mitochondrial functional impairment.
Keyphrases
- oxidative stress
- cerebral ischemia
- diabetic rats
- gene expression
- body weight
- resting state
- high glucose
- white matter
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- endothelial cells
- hydrogen peroxide
- cognitive impairment
- reactive oxygen species
- blood brain barrier
- functional connectivity
- healthcare
- anti inflammatory
- public health
- traumatic brain injury
- lipopolysaccharide induced
- poor prognosis
- lps induced
- dna methylation
- single cell
- drug induced
- rheumatoid arthritis
- high throughput
- mental health
- spinal cord
- cell death
- inflammatory response
- health information
- small molecule
- prefrontal cortex
- mass spectrometry
- social media
- liquid chromatography