基因敲除
细胞生物学
人口
基因表达
去甲基化
化学
生物
信号转导
DNA甲基化
细胞凋亡
分子生物学
基因
生物化学
医学
环境卫生
作者
Wenwen Yuan,Hongqiang Chen,Jing-zhi Li,Shimeng Zhou,Yong Zeng,Jia Fan,Zhe Zhang,Jinyi Liu,Jia Cao,Wenbin Liu
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118739
摘要
Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure has many adverse effects on the reproductive system in animals and humans. Ten-eleven translocation 1 (TET1) is closely related to a variety of biological processes through regulating the dynamic balance of DNA demethylation and methylation. However, the role and mechanism of TET1 during BPA induced reproductive toxicity are largely unknown. In this study, mouse spermatogonia cell line GC-2 was treated with BPA in the final concentration of 0, 20, 40 and 80 μM for 72 h. The cell model of differential TET1 gene expression was established to explore the role and mechanism. We found that the growth rate of GC-2 cells, and the intracellular calcium level decreased significantly with the increase of BPA dose, while TET1 and Catsper1-4 expression level decrease with a dose-dependent relationship. Furthermore, TET1 overexpression promoted the proliferation of GC-2 cell, the increase of calcium ion concentration, and the expression level of Catsper1-4, while knockdown of TET1 leads to the opposite results. Mechanistically, TET1 expression promoted the hydroxymethylation of Catsper1-4 and reduced their methylation level. In addition, the expression level of Catsper1-4 was positively correlated with TET1 gene expression level in semen samples of the population. Our study revealed for the first time that TET1 gene regulates the expression of related molecules in the Catsper calcium signal pathway through its hydroxymethylation modification to affect the calcium level, thereby participating in the process of BPA induced damage. These results indicated that TET1 gene may be a potential biomarker of BPA induced male reproductive toxicity.
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