Project description:Glyphosate-based herbicides are the major pesticides used worldwide. There is an intense debate on the estrogenic effects of their ingredients. We have compared the estrogenic effects of glyphosate (the active principle), polyethoxylated tallowamine (a co-formulant), and a commercial formulations containing different co-formulants to those of estradiol and bisphenol A in the MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line. The gene expression profiles were determined using the Affymetrix Human Transcriptome 2.0 Array.
Project description:Glyphosate and 2,4-D are among the most widely used herbicides globally, leading to environmental presence, food contamination, and human contact. Investigations based on current toxicological limits or populational-based herbicide exposures are warranted, and in vitro bioassays provide useful tools for toxicological screening. Thus, this study evaluated the transcriptomic implications of non-cytotoxic exposures to glyphosate, its metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), or 2,4-D - or to their mixes - on hepatic cells. The half maximal effective concentration (IC50) of each herbicide was calculated (cell viability) in human hepatic C3A cells and 1000-fold lower concentrations were used for transcriptomic analysis (RNA-Seq) after 48h exposure, resembling current toxicological limits and considering herbicide water levels (glyphosate: 0.95 µg/mL; AMPA: 3.7 µg/mL; 2,4-D: 0.56 µg/mL). Glyphosate exposure enriched MAPK-related biological processes (upregulated TNF, FOS, IGF1, and PDGFB), and downregulated genes associated with lipid metabolism (CD36 and PPARA). Many AMPA exposure-related differentially expressed genes (DEGs, such as PFKFB3, HK2, and ALDOA) were associated with glucose metabolic pathways. Glyphosate and its metabolite yielded a common molecular signature, as illustrated by principal component analysis and the function of 212 shared DEGs. The exposure to 2,4-D was associated with the JNK cascade and the solute carrier family annotations. The herbicide mixtures had a discrete effect on enhancing the impact of individual herbicides, although important epithelial-mesenchymal transition genes were exclusively modified by the mixes (COL11A2, LOXL3, SNAI1). Altogether, our data reveals new perspectives on the short-term molecular effects of herbicide exposure in liver cells, emphasizing potential avenues for further exploration.
Project description:Human health effects from chronic exposure to pesticide residues are little investigated. We compared standard histopathology and serum biochemistry measures and multi-omics analyses in an in vivo subchronic toxicity test of a glyphosate, its formulated product MON 52276, and mixture of six pesticide active ingredients frequently detected in foodstuffs (azoxystrobin, boscalid, chlorpyrifos, glyphosate, imidacloprid and thiabendazole). Sprague-Dawley rats were administered with the pesticide mixture with each ingredient at its regulatory permitted acceptable daily intake.
Project description:Human health effects from chronic exposure to pesticide residues are little investigated. We compared standard histopathology and serum biochemistry measures and multi-omics analyses in an in vivo subchronic toxicity test of a glyphosate, its formulated product MON 52276, and mixture of six pesticide active ingredients frequently detected in foodstuffs (azoxystrobin, boscalid, chlorpyrifos, glyphosate, imidacloprid and thiabendazole). Sprague-Dawley rats were administered with the pesticide mixture with each ingredient at its regulatory permitted acceptable daily intake.
Project description:Despite all debates about its safe use, glyphosate still is the most widely applied active ingredient in herbicide products with renewed approval in the European Union until 2033. Non-target organisms are commonly exposed to glyphosate as a matter of its mode of application, with its broader environmental and biological impacts remaining under investigation. Glyphosate displays structural similarity to phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), thereby competitively inhibiting the 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), crucial for the synthesis of aromatic amino acids in plants, fungi, bacteria, and archaea. The majority of microbes, including the gut bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli), possess a glyphosate-sensitive class I EPSPS, making them vulnerable to glyphosate's effects. Yet, little is known about glyphosate’s interactions with other bacterial proteins or its broader modes of action at the proteome level. Here, we employed a quantitative proteomics and thermal proteome profiling (TPP) approach, to identify novel protein binding partners of glyphosate in the E. coli proteome. Glyphosate exposure significantly altered amino acid synthesizing pathways, including increased abundance in shikimate pathway proteins, suggesting a compensatory mechanism. Extracellular riboflavin concentrations were elevated upon glyphosate exposure, while intracellular levels remained stable. Thermal proteome profiling indicated an effect of glyphosate on the thermal stability of certain proteins beyond the target enzyme EPSPS, including AroH and ProA. An elevated structural similarity between the substrates of the interaction candidates and glyphosate, similar to the competitive binding between PEP and glyphosate at the EPSPS, could be a reason for their interaction with the herbicide. Overall, glyphosate induced metabolic disturbances in E. coli, extending beyond its primary target, thereby providing new insights into glyphosate's broader impact on microbial systems.
2025-01-02 | PXD055134 | Pride
Project description:Effects of glyphosate-based herbicide on the honey bee gut microbiota
Project description:In order to evaluate the molecular effects of Roundup at a concentration at which no morphological effects were identified, RNA extracted from Roundup-treated A. nidulans cultures were subjected to a global gene expression profiling using a custom agilent microarray (8 × 15 K format), for which the reproducibility, specificity and sensitivity was described previously (Delomenie et al., Curr Genet 2016 Nov;62(4):897-910. PMID: 27038308). This data is published in Mesnage R, Oestreicher N, Poirier F, Nicolas V, Boursier C, Vélot C. (2020) Transcriptome profiling of the fungus Aspergillus nidulans exposed to a commercial glyphosate-based herbicide under conditions of apparent herbicide tolerance. Environmental Research. Available online 7 January 2020, 109116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109116
Project description:In this study, the circRNAs expression pattern in hippocampus of postnatal day (PND) 28 mice offsprings which were exposured by glyphosate-based herbicide (GBH) during pregnancy and lactation was investigated. CircRNA microarray had detected 330 upregulated and 333 downregulated miRNAs in the PND28 mice offsprings' hippocampus
Project description:In this study, the lncRNAs expression pattern in hippocampus of postnatal day (PND) 28 mice offsprings which were exposured by glyphosate-based herbicide (GBH) during pregnancy and lactation was investigated. LncRNA microarray had detected 840 upregulated and 919 downregulated lncRNAs in the PND28 mice offsprings' hippocampus
Project description:In this study, the miRNAs expression pattern in prefrontal cortex (PFC) of postnatal day (PND) 28 mice offsprings which were exposured by glyphosate-based herbicide (GBH) during pregnancy and lactation was investigated. MiRNA microarray had detected 55 upregulated and 19 downregulated miRNAs in the PND28 mice offsprings' PFC.