Notch信号通路
平原的
再生(生物学)
细胞凋亡
神经毒性
细胞命运测定
细胞生物学
信号转导
药理学
细胞生长
癌症研究
生物
医学
基因
内科学
毒性
生物化学
转录因子
作者
Zimei Dong,Jinrui Huo,Ang Liang,Jinzi Chen,Guangwen Chen,Dezeng Liu
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146735
摘要
DAPT (N-[N-(3, 5-difluorophenacetyl)-l-alanyl]-s-phenylglycinet-butyl ester) is a γ-secretase inhibitor that indirectly blocks the activity of Notch pathway. It is a potential therapeutic target drug for many diseases, such as cancer, neurological, cardiovascular, and cerebrovascular diseases. However, the pharmacological action and specific mechanisms of DAPT are not clear. Planarians have strong regenerative capacity and can regenerate a new individual with a complete nervous system in one week. Thus, they are used as an ideal indicator of environmental toxicants and a novel model for studying neurodevelopmental toxicology. In this study, different concentrations and treatment times of DAPT are used to analyze the gene expression levels of major components in Notch pathway. The results show that the optimal concentration and exposure time of DAPT is 100 nM for 10 days in planarians and indicate that the inhibitory of DAPT treatment on Notch pathway is time- and concentration-dependent. The potential impact of DAPT is effectively analyzed by qPCR, WISH, and Immunofluorescence. The results indicate that DAPT exposure causes intact planarian wavy or swollen, and regenerative planarians asymmetric growth or muti-eye. Moreover, DAPT exposure increases cell proliferation and apoptosis, results in neurodevelopmental defects and dynamic changes of some marker genes. These results suggest that the balance of proliferation and apoptosis is disturbed, and then, affecting tissue homeostasis and differentiation. These findings demonstrate that DAPT has serious side effects in organisms and relies on Notch pathway to determine cell fate, it is cautious in the use of DAPT as a potential therapeutic approach for the disease in clinical trials.
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