Transcriptional response in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) B cells and thrombocytes following in vivo exposure to benzo[a]pyrene

Publication date: Available online 19 June 2017 Source:Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology Author(s): Laura J. Phalen, Bernd Köllner, Natacha S. Hogan, Michael R. van den Heuvel Immune toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in fishes has been frequently reported but the reasons for differential cell toxicity remains unclear. Rainbow trout were exposed in vivo with a single intraperitoneal injection of corn oil or 100mg/kg of the immunotoxic PAH benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) in corn oil and leukocytes were harvested from head kidney, spleen and blood after 14 days, the optimal time for B cell depletion found in a previous study. The mRNA expression of five cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), and an intrinsic pathway apoptosis checkpoint (p53) in B cells and thrombocytes were examined. Transcript levels were measured in immunomagnetically-isolated B cells and thrombocytes from those tissues as well as in liver as B cells had been previously shown to be responsive the BaP whereas thrombocytes were not. There was induction of CYP1A1 in liver, blood B cells, and blood thrombocytes; CYP1B1 in blood B cells, blood thrombocytes; CYP1A3 in liver, blood and spleen B cells; and AhR in spleen thrombocytes. There was no change CYP1C1, CYP1C2, or p53 mRNA levels across tissues or cell type. Induction in mRNA was observed 14 d after exposure, indicating a prolonged physiological effect of a single B[a]P injection. CYP1A1 and CYP1A3 were the...
Source: Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology - Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research