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Effects of Phthalates on Trophoblast Differentiation: From Biology to Biomarkers

邻苯二甲酸盐对滋养层分化的影响：从生物学到生物标志物

基本信息

批准号：
8625299
负责人：
Jennifer Joan Adibi
金额：
$ 23.86万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-03-16 至 2016-02-29
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8625299
关键词：
Allografting Angiogenic Factor Applications Grants Arteries Bioinformatics Biological Biological Assay Biological Markers Biology Biometry Blood Blood flow Cell Differentiation process Cell model Cells Chronic Clinical Complex Cosmetics Data Analyses Development Dibutyl Phthalate Discipline of obstetrics Disease Dose Embryo Embryonic and Fetal Development Endocrine Disruptors Environment Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Epidemiology Exposure to Fetal Tissues Fetus Funding Gene Expression Gene Expression Profile Genes Germ Cells Goals Growth Factor Gynecology Health Health Status High-Risk Pregnancy Hormones Human Human Development Immune Tolerance In Vitro Infant Intervention Knowledge Laboratories Learning Longitudinal Studies Maps Mass Spectrum Analysis Measures Mediating Mentors Mentorship Metabolic Metabolic Diseases Methodology Methods Modeling Molecular Monitor Obesity Organ Outcome Pathway interactions Pattern Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors Phase Physiology Placenta Placentation Plastics Play Polyvinyl Chloride Population Positioning Attribute Postdoctoral Fellow Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome Pregnant Women Prevention Process Production Rattus Regulation Renal function Reproduction Research Research Personnel Risk Rodent Role Source Stem cells Structure System Testing Testis Tissue Differentiation Tissues Training Training Programs Umbilical Cord Blood Waste Products Work abstracting adipocyte differentiation adverse outcome analytical tool base consumer product cytokine embryo/fetus exposed human population fetal health care delivery human embryonic stem cell human tissue improved in utero in vivo in vivo Model insight mRNA Expression male member mullerian-inhibiting hormone nutrient metabolism obesogen offspring phthalates prenatal prenatal exposure reproductive research study response stem cell biology theories tool toxicant trophoblast urinary

项目摘要

Project Summary/Abstract I seek funding to extend my training in epidemiology in two new directions-namely, human placental biology and mass spectrometry. Learning these laboratory-based methods will move me closer to accomplishing my long-term goals of becoming an independent academic investigator and offering new insights and methods to research on low dose chronic exposures to endocrine disrupting compounds and their role in health disorders that originate in early pregnancy. During the K99 phase, under the primary mentorship of Dr. Susan Fisher, I will receive training in trophoblast (Tb) stem cell biology, state-of-the-art microarray-based methodologies that are used to analyze gene expression at a global level, including bioinformatics approaches for data analysis. Building on the results of my initial post-doctoral research, I theorize that Tbs, the specialized cells that carry out many of the placenta's most important functions, are exposed to phthalates early in pregnancy with adverse consequences on placental development and function. We will test hypotheses regarding clinical outcomes and biological parameters that include molecular, cellular, and morphologic measures of human placental development and function. Specifically, I will conduct experiments to test the hypothesis that cultured human Tb stem cells will show dose-dependent changes in patterns of gene expression when they are exposed to environmentally relevant doses of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and di-n-butyl phthalate (Aim 1). During the R00 phase, I will test the theory, in a longitudinal study of pregnant women, that placental genes that are differentially expressed as a consequence of phthalate exposure in vitro are similarly regulated, in a dose-dependant manner, in vivo (Aim 2). As part of this aim, I will evaluate the correlation between the conventional dosimeter of prenatal exposure, urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations, and the dose to the target placental tissue. My primary mentor and co-mentors in obstetrics/gynecology, mass spectrometry, biostatistics, and epidemiology will guide the process whereby I learn the methods that are required to accomplish the goals set forth in this proposal. At the conclusion of this training program I will have developed new methodologies and tools that I and other investigators can use to ask more directed questions about the consequences of phthalate exposures during pregnancy in terms of alterations in placental function and consequently, human development. This work is important because phthalates, which can disrupt cell and tissue differentiation, are well established as reproductive and developmental toxicants in rodents; yet the relevance of these finding to humans is not well understood. With biomarkers specific to phthalate-induced placental damage, it will become possible to identify high-risk pregnancies and provide opportunities for prevention, at the population level, and possibly intervention at the level of health care delivery systems to improve placental and fetal outcomes.

项目总结/文摘