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Title: Fenitrothion action at the endocannabinoid system leading to spermatotoxicity in Wistar rats

Abstract

Organophosphate (OP) compounds as anticholinesterase agents may secondarily act on diverse serine hydrolase targets, revealing unfavorable physiological effects including male reproductive toxicity. The present investigation proposes that fenitrothion (FNT, a major OP compound) acts on the endocannabinoid signaling system in male reproductive organs, thereby leading to spermatotoxicity (sperm deformity, underdevelopment, and reduced motility) in rats. FNT oxon (bioactive metabolite of FNT) preferentially inhibited the fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), an endocannabinoid anandamide (AEA) hydrolase, in the rat cellular membrane preparation from the testis in vitro. Subsequently, male Wistar rats were treated orally with 5 or 10 mg/kg FNT for 9 weeks and the subchronic exposure unambiguously deteriorated sperm motility and morphology. The activity-based protein profiling analysis with a phosphonofluoridate fluorescent probe revealed that FAAH was selectively inhibited among the FNT-treated cellular membrane proteome in testis. Intriguingly, testicular AEA (endogenous substrate of FAAH) levels were elevated along with the FAAH inhibition caused by the subchronic exposure. More importantly, linear regression analyses for the FNT-elicited spermatotoxicity reveal a good correlation between the testicular FAAH activity and morphological indices or sperm motility. Accordingly, the present study proposes that the FNT-elicited spermatotoxicity appears to be related to inhibition of FAAH leading to overstimulation ofmore » the endocannabinoid signaling system, which plays crucial roles in spermatogenesis and sperm motility acquirement. - Highlights: • Subchronic exposure to fenitrothion induces spermatotoxicity in rats. • The fatty acid amide hydrolase is a potential target for the spermatotoxicity. • Overstimulation of the endocannabinoid signal possibly leads to the spermatotoxicity.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]; ;  [1]; ;  [2];  [1]
  1. Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601 (Japan)
  2. Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550 (Japan)
  3. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Kanagawa 214-8585 (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22439831
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 279; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0041-008X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; CELL MEMBRANES; FLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO; INSECTICIDES; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEINS; RATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERINE; SIGNALS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTES; TOXICITY

Citation Formats

Ito, Yuki, Tomizawa, Motohiro, Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo 156-8502, Suzuki, Himiko, Okamura, Ai, Ohtani, Katsumi, Nunome, Mari, Noro, Yuki, Wang, Dong, Nakajima, Tamie, and Kamijima, Michihiro. Fenitrothion action at the endocannabinoid system leading to spermatotoxicity in Wistar rats. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/J.TAAP.2014.06.023.
Ito, Yuki, Tomizawa, Motohiro, Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo 156-8502, Suzuki, Himiko, Okamura, Ai, Ohtani, Katsumi, Nunome, Mari, Noro, Yuki, Wang, Dong, Nakajima, Tamie, & Kamijima, Michihiro. Fenitrothion action at the endocannabinoid system leading to spermatotoxicity in Wistar rats. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TAAP.2014.06.023
Ito, Yuki, Tomizawa, Motohiro, Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo 156-8502, Suzuki, Himiko, Okamura, Ai, Ohtani, Katsumi, Nunome, Mari, Noro, Yuki, Wang, Dong, Nakajima, Tamie, and Kamijima, Michihiro. 2014. "Fenitrothion action at the endocannabinoid system leading to spermatotoxicity in Wistar rats". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TAAP.2014.06.023.
@article{osti_22439831,
title = {Fenitrothion action at the endocannabinoid system leading to spermatotoxicity in Wistar rats},
author = {Ito, Yuki and Tomizawa, Motohiro and Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo 156-8502 and Suzuki, Himiko and Okamura, Ai and Ohtani, Katsumi and Nunome, Mari and Noro, Yuki and Wang, Dong and Nakajima, Tamie and Kamijima, Michihiro},
abstractNote = {Organophosphate (OP) compounds as anticholinesterase agents may secondarily act on diverse serine hydrolase targets, revealing unfavorable physiological effects including male reproductive toxicity. The present investigation proposes that fenitrothion (FNT, a major OP compound) acts on the endocannabinoid signaling system in male reproductive organs, thereby leading to spermatotoxicity (sperm deformity, underdevelopment, and reduced motility) in rats. FNT oxon (bioactive metabolite of FNT) preferentially inhibited the fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), an endocannabinoid anandamide (AEA) hydrolase, in the rat cellular membrane preparation from the testis in vitro. Subsequently, male Wistar rats were treated orally with 5 or 10 mg/kg FNT for 9 weeks and the subchronic exposure unambiguously deteriorated sperm motility and morphology. The activity-based protein profiling analysis with a phosphonofluoridate fluorescent probe revealed that FAAH was selectively inhibited among the FNT-treated cellular membrane proteome in testis. Intriguingly, testicular AEA (endogenous substrate of FAAH) levels were elevated along with the FAAH inhibition caused by the subchronic exposure. More importantly, linear regression analyses for the FNT-elicited spermatotoxicity reveal a good correlation between the testicular FAAH activity and morphological indices or sperm motility. Accordingly, the present study proposes that the FNT-elicited spermatotoxicity appears to be related to inhibition of FAAH leading to overstimulation of the endocannabinoid signaling system, which plays crucial roles in spermatogenesis and sperm motility acquirement. - Highlights: • Subchronic exposure to fenitrothion induces spermatotoxicity in rats. • The fatty acid amide hydrolase is a potential target for the spermatotoxicity. • Overstimulation of the endocannabinoid signal possibly leads to the spermatotoxicity.},
doi = {10.1016/J.TAAP.2014.06.023},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22439831}, journal = {Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology},
issn = {0041-008X},
number = 3,
volume = 279,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}