title: Effects of fluoride on the expression of NCAM, oxidative stress, and apoptosis in primary cultured hippocampal neurons.
abstract: The mechanisms underlying the neurotoxicity of endemic fluorosis still remain unknown. To investigate the expression level of neural cell adhesion molecules (NCAM), oxidative stress, and apoptosis induced by fluoride, the primary rat hippocampal neurons were incubated with 20, 40, and 80 mg/l sodium fluoride for 24 h in vitro. The results showed that the cell survival rate in the 80 mg/l fluoride-treated group was significantly lower than that of the control group. Forty and 80 mg/l of fluoride induced significantly increased lactate dehydrogenase release, intracellular reactive oxygen species, and the percentage of apoptosis. Compared with control group, the malondialdehyde levels were significantly elevated while glutathione levels and glutathione peroxidase activities were decreased in all fluoride-treated groups, accompanied by the markedly reduced superoxide dismutase activity in 80 mg/l fluoride-treated group. With respect to NCAM mRNA expression levels, a significant dose-dependent decrease was observed in 40 and 80 mg/l fluoride-treated groups against the control group. In addition, as compared to the control group, the protein expression levels of NCAM-180 in 40 and 80 mg/l fluoride-treated groups, NCAM-140 in all fluoride-treated groups, and NCAM-120 in the 80 mg/l fluoride-treated group were significantly decreased. Our study herein suggested that fluoride could cause oxidative stress, apoptosis, and decreased mRNA and protein expression levels of NCAM in rat hippocampal neurons, contributing to the neurotoxicity induced by fluoride.
authors.affiliation: MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, 430030 Hubei, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Aiguo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Weihong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Bayi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Xuemin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Kedi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D012969:Sodium Fluoride / Q000633:toxicity*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D012969:Sodium Fluoride; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005978:Glutathione