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Increased PACAP- and DβH-Positive Hepatic Nerve Fibers after Bisphenol A Exposure

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine-disrupting compound (EDC) that can be found nearly everywhere in our polluted world. BPA has been correlated with pathophysiologies that include psychological disorders, especially in children. This study used juvenile porcine models to investigate the effects of BP...

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Autores principales: Thoene, Michael, Rytel, Liliana, Dzika, Ewa, Wojtkiewicz, Joanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8158090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34070027
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxics9050110
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author Thoene, Michael
Rytel, Liliana
Dzika, Ewa
Wojtkiewicz, Joanna
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description Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine-disrupting compound (EDC) that can be found nearly everywhere in our polluted world. BPA has been correlated with pathophysiologies that include psychological disorders, especially in children. This study used juvenile porcine models to investigate the effects of BPA on the liver of developing vertebrates in order to determine the effects of BPA on innervated hepatic samples with the use of double-labeled immunofluorescence. This study specifically investigated the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) colocalized with a specific neural marker (PACAP) that has previously been correlated with specific pathophysiologies in the literature. In the liver, it was observed that there were significantly increased nerve fibers in the SNS colocalized with the neural marker PACAP after exposure to BPA at concentrations considered to be “safe” with the same or more profound effects at higher exposure levels. The implications of childhood exposure to BPA are then discussed with regard to several correlation studies that have linked BPA exposure to behavioral/psychological disorders. It is possible that BPA exposure in childhood may upregulate the SNS and PACAP levels, thereby contributing to the correlations in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-81580902021-05-28 Increased PACAP- and DβH-Positive Hepatic Nerve Fibers after Bisphenol A Exposure Thoene, Michael Rytel, Liliana Dzika, Ewa Wojtkiewicz, Joanna Toxics Communication Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine-disrupting compound (EDC) that can be found nearly everywhere in our polluted world. BPA has been correlated with pathophysiologies that include psychological disorders, especially in children. This study used juvenile porcine models to investigate the effects of BPA on the liver of developing vertebrates in order to determine the effects of BPA on innervated hepatic samples with the use of double-labeled immunofluorescence. This study specifically investigated the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) colocalized with a specific neural marker (PACAP) that has previously been correlated with specific pathophysiologies in the literature. In the liver, it was observed that there were significantly increased nerve fibers in the SNS colocalized with the neural marker PACAP after exposure to BPA at concentrations considered to be “safe” with the same or more profound effects at higher exposure levels. The implications of childhood exposure to BPA are then discussed with regard to several correlation studies that have linked BPA exposure to behavioral/psychological disorders. It is possible that BPA exposure in childhood may upregulate the SNS and PACAP levels, thereby contributing to the correlations in the literature. MDPI 2021-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8158090/ /pubmed/34070027 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxics9050110 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Wojtkiewicz, Joanna
Increased PACAP- and DβH-Positive Hepatic Nerve Fibers after Bisphenol A Exposure
title Increased PACAP- and DβH-Positive Hepatic Nerve Fibers after Bisphenol A Exposure
title_full Increased PACAP- and DβH-Positive Hepatic Nerve Fibers after Bisphenol A Exposure
title_fullStr Increased PACAP- and DβH-Positive Hepatic Nerve Fibers after Bisphenol A Exposure
title_full_unstemmed Increased PACAP- and DβH-Positive Hepatic Nerve Fibers after Bisphenol A Exposure
title_short Increased PACAP- and DβH-Positive Hepatic Nerve Fibers after Bisphenol A Exposure
title_sort increased pacap- and dβh-positive hepatic nerve fibers after bisphenol a exposure
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8158090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34070027
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxics9050110
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