title: Central nervous system damage due to acute paraquat poisoning: an experimental study with rat model.
abstract: Paraquat (PQ) is a common herbicide and PQ poisoning is a major medical problem in Asia. However, few studies have focused on the acute neurotoxic changes caused by PQ. Here we report the acute neurotoxicological findings of rats treated with lethal dose of PQ. In substantia nigra (SN) and striatum we found obvious microglia (labeled by Iba-1) activation within one week. In SN and hippocampus, we detected increased oxidative stress in the neurons based on NeuN/8-OHdG immunofluorescence double labeling and laser cofocal microscopy. Moreover, we provided ultrastructural evidences of astrocyte edema and neurons apoptosis in rat brain by electron microscopy. Further studies will be needed with non-lethal dose of PQ to confirm these results and demonstrate the direct CNS toxicity of PQ.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050000, China. wubailins@163.com
authors.forename: Bailin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Haiqing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Boyuan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Yansu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Huaijun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000080242:8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine; D000818:Animals; D034961:Antigens, Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D017209:Apoptosis; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000473:pathology; D003849:Deoxyguanosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006540:Herbicides; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D017628:Microglia / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D020258:Neurotoxicity Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010269:Paraquat; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D034961:Antigens, Nuclear; D015415:Biomarkers; D006540:Herbicides; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C546339:Rbfox3 protein, rat; D000080242:8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine; D003849:Deoxyguanosine; D010269:Paraquat