Augmenting effects of gestational arsenite exposure of C3H mice on the hepatic tumors of the F2 male offspring via the F1 male offspring
Augmenting effects of gestational arsenite exposure of C3H mice on the hepatic tumors of the F2 male offspring via the F1 male offspring
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DOI:
10.1002/jat.3149
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发表时间:
2016-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Hata, Kenichiro
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作者:
Nohara, Keiko;Okamura, Kazuyuki;Hata, Kenichiro
Gestational exposure can affect the F-2 generation through exposure of F-1 germline cells. Previous studies reported that arsenite exposure of only F-0 females during their pregnancy increases hepatic tumors in the F-1 males in C3H mice, whose males are predisposed spontaneously to develop hepatic tumors later in life. The present study addressed the effects of gestational arsenite exposure on tumorigenesis of the F-2 males in C3H mice. Expression analysis of several genes in the normal livers at 53 and 80weeks of age clearly showed significant changes in the F-2 males obtained by crossing gestational arsenite-exposed F-1 (arsenite-F-1) males and females compared to the control F-2 males. Some of the changes were shown to occur in a late-onset manner. Then the tumor incidence was assessed at 75-82 weeks of age in the F-2 males obtained by reciprocal crossing between the control and arsenite-F-1 males and females. The results demonstrated that the F-2 males born to arsenite-F-1 males developed tumors at a significantly higher rate than the F-2 males born to the control F-1 males, irrespective of exposure of F-1 females. Gene expressions of hepatocellular carcinoma markers -catenin (CTNNB1) and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in the tumors were significantly upregulated in the F-2 males born to arsenite-F-1 males compared to those born to the control F-1 males. These results show that arsenite exposure of only F-0 pregnant mice causes late-onset changes and augments tumors in the livers of the F-2 males by affecting the F-1 male offspring. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Gestational exposure can affect the F-2 generation through exposure of F-1 germ cells. We assessed tumor incidence in the F-2 males obtained by reciprocal crossing between the control and gestationally arsenite-exposed F-1 males and females in C3H mice. The results demonstrated that the F-2 males born to arsenite-F-1 males developed tumors at a significantly higher rate than the F-2 males born to the control F-1 males. We also characterized gene expression of several hepatocellular carcinoma markers in the F-2 tumors.