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Single-cell transcriptomic profiling provides insights into the toxic effects of Zearalenone exposure on primordial follicle assembly

Rationale: Zearalenone (ZEN), a pollutant in our daily diet, seriously threatens the reproductive health of humans and animals. The primordial follicle (PF) assembly in the mouse occurs during the perinatal period, which determines the whole ovarian reserve in reproductive lifespan. In the current i...

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Autores principales: Tian, Yu, Zhang, Ming-Yu, Zhao, Ai-Hong, Kong, Li, Wang, Jun-Jie, Shen, Wei, Li, Lan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8039963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33859742
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/thno.58433
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author Tian, Yu
Zhang, Ming-Yu
Zhao, Ai-Hong
Kong, Li
Wang, Jun-Jie
Shen, Wei
Li, Lan
author_facet Tian, Yu
Zhang, Ming-Yu
Zhao, Ai-Hong
Kong, Li
Wang, Jun-Jie
Shen, Wei
Li, Lan
author_sort Tian, Yu
collection PubMed
description Rationale: Zearalenone (ZEN), a pollutant in our daily diet, seriously threatens the reproductive health of humans and animals. The primordial follicle (PF) assembly in the mouse occurs during the perinatal period, which determines the whole ovarian reserve in reproductive lifespan. In the current investigation, we administered ZEN orally to perinatal mice from 16.5 days post coitum (dpc) to postnatal day 3 (PD3), and single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) was performed on PD0 and PD3 ovarian tissues in the offspring to check ZEN toxic to primordial follicle formation at the single cell level. Methods: Ovarian tissues (in vivo) were examined by single cell RNA sequencing analysis, Immunostaining, and Western blotting. Ovarian tissues (in vitro) were examined by qRT-PCR, Immunostaining, and Western blotting. Results: We found that ZEN exposure altered the developmental trajectory of both germ cells and granulosa cells. Furthermore, after establishing the cell-cell communication network between germ cells and granulosa cells, we found that this was perturbed by ZEN exposure, especially during the Hippo signaling pathway. Conclusions: This study showed that ZEN affected the status of germ cells and granulosa cells through the Hippo signaling pathway and blocked the assembly of PFs. This research contributes to our deeper understanding of the mechanisms of toxicity in different cell types and the disruption of normal intercellular signaling by ZEN exposure.
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spelling pubmed-80399632021-04-14 Single-cell transcriptomic profiling provides insights into the toxic effects of Zearalenone exposure on primordial follicle assembly Tian, Yu Zhang, Ming-Yu Zhao, Ai-Hong Kong, Li Wang, Jun-Jie Shen, Wei Li, Lan Theranostics Research Paper Rationale: Zearalenone (ZEN), a pollutant in our daily diet, seriously threatens the reproductive health of humans and animals. The primordial follicle (PF) assembly in the mouse occurs during the perinatal period, which determines the whole ovarian reserve in reproductive lifespan. In the current investigation, we administered ZEN orally to perinatal mice from 16.5 days post coitum (dpc) to postnatal day 3 (PD3), and single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) was performed on PD0 and PD3 ovarian tissues in the offspring to check ZEN toxic to primordial follicle formation at the single cell level. Methods: Ovarian tissues (in vivo) were examined by single cell RNA sequencing analysis, Immunostaining, and Western blotting. Ovarian tissues (in vitro) were examined by qRT-PCR, Immunostaining, and Western blotting. Results: We found that ZEN exposure altered the developmental trajectory of both germ cells and granulosa cells. Furthermore, after establishing the cell-cell communication network between germ cells and granulosa cells, we found that this was perturbed by ZEN exposure, especially during the Hippo signaling pathway. Conclusions: This study showed that ZEN affected the status of germ cells and granulosa cells through the Hippo signaling pathway and blocked the assembly of PFs. This research contributes to our deeper understanding of the mechanisms of toxicity in different cell types and the disruption of normal intercellular signaling by ZEN exposure. Ivyspring International Publisher 2021-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8039963/ /pubmed/33859742 http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/thno.58433 Text en © The author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See http://ivyspring.com/terms for full terms and conditions.
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Tian, Yu
Zhang, Ming-Yu
Zhao, Ai-Hong
Kong, Li
Wang, Jun-Jie
Shen, Wei
Li, Lan
Single-cell transcriptomic profiling provides insights into the toxic effects of Zearalenone exposure on primordial follicle assembly
title Single-cell transcriptomic profiling provides insights into the toxic effects of Zearalenone exposure on primordial follicle assembly
title_full Single-cell transcriptomic profiling provides insights into the toxic effects of Zearalenone exposure on primordial follicle assembly
title_fullStr Single-cell transcriptomic profiling provides insights into the toxic effects of Zearalenone exposure on primordial follicle assembly
title_full_unstemmed Single-cell transcriptomic profiling provides insights into the toxic effects of Zearalenone exposure on primordial follicle assembly
title_short Single-cell transcriptomic profiling provides insights into the toxic effects of Zearalenone exposure on primordial follicle assembly
title_sort single-cell transcriptomic profiling provides insights into the toxic effects of zearalenone exposure on primordial follicle assembly
topic Research Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8039963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33859742
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/thno.58433
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