Gliadin intake induces oxidative-stress responses in Caenorhabditis elegans
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center and Konkuk University, Seoul 05029 (Korea, Republic of)
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029 (Korea, Republic of)
Highlights: • Locomotion behavior and brood size were reduced in C. elegans fed with gliadin. • ROS production and oxidative-stress responses were increased with gliadin intake. • Reduction in pumping rate was caused by the gliadin-induced oxidative stress. Clinical attention to gluten-related disorders, such as celiac disease and nonceliac gluten sensitivity, is on the rise. However, identifying the pathophysiological mechanisms of gluten-related disorders remains elusive. Gliadin, a component of gluten, is known to play a major role in gluten toxicity. Caenorhabditis elegans has been widely used as the predominant experimental animal model to study toxicity and stress response in biomedical research. We investigated the stress response induced by gliadin intake in C. elegans to evaluate its toxicity and found brood size, body bending, and pumping rates to be significantly altered in response to gliadin. Notably, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and Pgst-4::GFP transgene expression, an indicator of the oxidative-stress response, were significantly increased after gliadin intake. Reduced pumping rates were most likely caused by gliadin-induced oxidative stress, since pumping rates in oxidative stress-sensitive mev-1 mutants were more severely reduced than in oxidative stress-resistant daf-2 mutants following gliadin intake. Our results indicated that gluten/gliadin intake in C. elegans triggered ROS production and induced an oxidative stress response that reduced pumping rates and decreased brood size. We suggest C. elegans to be a useful model system for studying gluten/gliadin toxicity.
- OSTI ID:
- 23105562
- Journal Information:
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 503, Issue 3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0006-291X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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