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N, N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) is a universal organic solvent which widely used in various industries, and a considerable amount of DMF is detected in industrial effluents. Accumulating animal and epidemiological studies have identified liver injury as an early toxic effect of DMF exposure; however, the detailed mechanisms remain poorly understood. In this study, we systematically integrated the quantitative proteomics, lipidomics, and metabolomics data obtained from the primary human hepatocytes exposed to DMF, to depict the complicated biochemical reactions correlated to liver damage. Eventually, we identified 284 deregulated proteins (221 downregulated and 63 upregulated) and 149 deregulated lipids or metabolites (99 downregulated and 50 upregulated) induced by DMF exposure. Further, the integration of the protein-metabolite (lipid) interactions revealed that N-glycan biosynthesis (involved in the endoplasmic reticulum stress and the unfolded protein response), bile acid metabolism (involved in the lipid metabolism and the inflammatory process), and mitochondrial dysfunction and glutathione depletion (both contributed to reactive oxygen species) were the typical biochemical reactions disturbed by DMF exposure. In summary, our study identified the versatile protein, lipid, and metabolite molecules in multiple signaling and metabolic pathways involved in DMF induced liver injury, and provided new insights to elucidate the toxic mechanisms of DMF.Cadmium (Cd) exposure in environment is associated with development of esophageal cancer. However, the mechanisms of Cd-induced carcinogenesis are still not been fully cleared, and the present study aimed to explore the possible etiological mechanism of Cd-induced esophageal cancer. Human esophageal epithelial cell lines (HET-1A and KYSE450) were treated with CdCl2 at 0.05 mg/l for 12, 24 h, and the then the apoptosis were detected using flow cytometry with annexin-V-FITC/PI staining. Results showed that apoptosis of treatment groups was significantly inhibited, and decreased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production played a key role in the inhibitory effects by upregulating Bcl-2 and downregulating Caspase-3/9. The relief of oxidative stress during Cd exposure was actively promoted by the increased nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphoric acid and glutathione levels. To investigate the causes of enhanced intracellular antioxidant capacity, the activity of pyruvate kinase (PK), a key enzyme of glycolysis, was detected. Our results showed that PK activity was inhibited, suggesting that glycolysis process was blocked which promoted more intermediate metabolites of glycolysis to be used for reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphoric acid (NADPH) or other antioxidants synthesis. PK activity was closely correlated with phosphorylation of pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2), and a highly negative correlation (correlation coefficients -0.835, p less then 0.05) between them was found. Western blotting showed the overphosphorylation of PKM2 in Cd-exposed cells, resulting from increased expression of cyclin-dependent kinases 6 (CDK6). https://www.selleckchem.com/products/diphenyleneiodonium-chloride-dpi.html These results suggested a possible mechanism of carcinogenic Cd-induced upregulation of CDK6 in esophageal cell lines caused PKM2 overphosphorylation inhibiting PK activity, thereby shunting glucose-derived carbon into the pentose phosphate pathway and promoting the production of NADPH and reduced glutathione (GSH) to neutralize ROS, which finally results in the inhibited apoptosis.Arsenic (As) is one of the most toxic contaminants to food crops, and as such, decreasing crops uptake and accumulation of As cannot be overemphasized. Here, we characterized a functional wheat NIP2;1 homolog of the As transporter, TaNIP2;1. TaNIP2;1 expression was suppressed by arsenite (As(III)) in wheat. Ectopic expression of TaNIP2;1 in the Δfps1 yeast mutant enhanced yeast sensitivity towards As(III). Conversely, the elevated expression of TaNIP2;1 in Δacr3 mutants decreased yeast sensitivity to arsenate (As(V)), demonstrating that TaNIP2;1 showed both influx and efflux transport activities for As(III) in yeasts. This is further supported by increased As concentration in the yeast cells that overproduce TaNIP2;1 in Δfps1, while As concentration decreased in Δacr3. Furthermore, ectopic expression of TaNIP2;1 in Arabidopsis confirmed that TaNIP2;1 can transport As into plants, as supported by increased sensitivity to and uptake of As(III). No change in plant sensitivity was found to Cu(II), Cd(II), Zn(II) or Ni(II), indicating that transport activity of TaNIP2;1 is specific for As(III). Taken together, our data show that TaNIP2;1 may be involved in As(III) transportation in plants. This finding reveals a functional gene that can be manipulated to reduce As content in wheat.The extensive applicability of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in various fields such as environment, agriculture, medicine or biotechnology has mostly been attributed to their better physicochemical properties as compared with conventional bulk materials. However, functions and biological effects of ENPs change across different scenarios which impede the progress in their risk assessment and safety management. This review thus intends to figure out whether properties of ENPs can be indicators of their behavior through summarizing and analyzing the available literature and knowledge. The studies have indicated that size, shape, solubility, specific surface area, surface charge and surface reactivity constitute a more accurate measure of ENPs functions and toxic effects in addition to mass concentration. Effects of ENPs are also highly dependent on dose metrics, species and strains of organisms, environmental conditions, exposure route and duration. Searching correlations between properties and functions or biological effects may serve as an effective way in understanding positive and negative impacts of ENPs. This will ensure safe design and sustainable future use of ENPs.The widespread existence of microplastics in wastewater has caused great concern. link2 As the exposure time of microplastics in the environment increases, the microplastic leaching solution (i.e.,chemical additives) may be released into the environment causing toxic effects. In this study, the effect of polystyrene (PS) microplastics on the anaerobic digestion system was investigated. The results showed that the exposure to 80 nm and 5 μm polystyrene microplastics with the concentrations of 0.2 g/L or lower did not significantly affect the cumulative methane production (P ≥ 0.05). On the other hand, 80 nm and 5 μm PS microplastic level of 0.25 g/L led to a decrease in methane production by 19.3% (P = 2 × 10-5) and 17.9% (P = 4 × 10-5), respectively. The 80 nm PS nanoplastics therefore had slightly higher inhibition capacity on methane production than 5 μm PS microplastics. The pH of all groups remained stable at 6.7-7.5. Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) concentration and ammonium-nitrogen concentration had no obvious relationship to PS micro and nanoplastics addition. Further investigation showed that PS micro and nanoplastics concentration of 0.25 g/L or higher could inhibit acidification and methanation stage of anaerobic digestion. However, the main negative influence of PS micro and nanoplastics on methane production was due to the severe inhibition on the methanization stage.The characteristics and content of organo-mineral complex were confirmed to be changed in agriculture soils under the biochar application with long-term, but the resulting environmental effects in the retention and lasting of agrochemicals and xenobiotic pollutants is far from clear. In this study, biochar-soil composites were prepared by one-step dry ball-milling method, and a sorption case study was proceed to investigate the biochar incorporated affection in soils on the transport of dimethyl phthalate (DMP). More surface oxygen-containing functional groups on ball-milled biochar enhanced its complexation with soil minerals. link3 Sorption isotherms of DMP onto the biochar-soil composites were well described by the Freundlich model, both heterogeneous surface and multilayer interactions occurred simultaneously. The kinetics of sorption could be simulated with the pseudo-second-order model (R2 > 0.98), while the average sorption energy (Ea) calculated from Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherms were found in the range of 3.83-5.60 kJ mol-1, which revealed that the sorption processes coexist of chemisorption and physisorption, and π-π electron donor-acceptor interaction, pore-filling and hydrophobic interactions could be identified as the main sorption mechanisms. Desorption of absorbed DMP appeared obvious nonlinear characteristics and lag effect, the calculated hysteresis index (HI) increased with the application of biochar into soil. Considering the phenomenon of biochar aging and soil complexation, it is important to verify how the transport and natural attenuation of contaminant will be influenced by biochar addition, especially the long-term effect in soil ecosystem.Ammonia toxicity to respiratory system in pig faming is of particular concern, but the molecular mechanism remains still unclear. The present study was devoted to assess the impacts of the ammonia exposure on the lung tissues based on a pig study using 80 ppm ammonia exposing to piglets for different days. The histology analysis revealed ammonia exposure induced lung injury and inflammatory response, as indicated by epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), significant thickening of alveolar septa, infiltration of inflammatory cells and excessive mucus production. The transcriptome analysis revealed many more up-regulated genes in exposure groups when compared with the control group, and these genes were significantly enriched in the GO term of extracellular exosome, proteolysis, and regulation of circadian rhythm. The study discovered the induction of seven genes (CRY2, CIART, CREM, NR1D1, NR1D2, PER1 and PER3) that encode repressors of circadian clock. One gene (ARNTL) that encodes activator of circadian clock was down-regulated after ammonia exposure. The results of this study suggest that ammonia exposure disturbed the pulmonary circadian clock gene expression, which may establish new evidence for further understanding the toxicity of ammonia to lungs.
The application of various hydrophobic/superhydrophobic coatings on the surface of metals has become the hot topic of the recent studies. The corrosion protection effectiveness and environmental issues are two important factors that should be taken into consideration when developing advanced surface coatings. Recently, the rare-earth elements (i.e., samarium) and biopolymers (i.e., polydopamine) have attracted much attention in the metals' corrosion control field.

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containing solution was sprayed to the steel (St-12) sheets. Then, the Sm-modified plates were post-modified by polydopamine biopolymers that were synthesized by the self-polymerization (using tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane as a buffer), and oxidant-induced (using CuSO
as an oxidant) approaches. The structural analysis was carried out by different techniques such as contact angle (CA) test. Moreover, the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and polarization tests were performed to investigate the anti-corrosion performance of various samples.
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