Assessment of Reproductive Health Risk of Polychlorinated Biphenyls by Monitoring the Expression of Claudius and Transepithelial Electrical Resistance in Mouse Sertoli Cells

  • Gye, Myung-Chan (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University) ;
  • Seiichiroh Ohsako (Molecular and Cellular Toxicology Section, National Institute for Environmental Studies) ;
  • Lee, Ho-Joon (Department of Physiology, Eulji University School of Medicine)
  • Published : 2003.08.01

Abstract

Tight junctions (TJ) between adjacent Sertoli cells in testis are important for the formation of the blood testis barrier (BTB). In an effort to verify the reproductive health risk of endocrine-active chemicals (EACs), changes in the transepithelial electrical resistance (TER) and the expression of TJ genes were examined by co-planar polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) treatment in cultured mouse Sertoli cells. Although the increase in TER of Sertoli cells was accelerated by 10 nM co-planar PCB, it was downregulated by 100 nM co-planar PCB. The expression of claudin-1 was downregulated by co-planar PCB in a concentration-dependent manner. On the contrary, the expression of claudin-1 was increased in the Sertoli cells by 10 nM co-planar PCB treatment. These results suggest that the structure and function of TJ may be targeted by co-planar PCB in Sertoli cells. Assessment of the structure and function of TJ in Sertoli cells might be useful for screening the reproductive health risk of EACs.

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