Development and Reproduction (한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식)

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Tributyltin Increases Adipogenesis and Apoptosis of Rat Testicular Interstitial Cells

Tributyltin에 의한 흰쥐 정소 내 간질세포의 지방세포 유도와 세포자연사 증가

  • Song, Yeon-Hwa (Dept. of Bioenvironmental Technology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Jung, Ji-Eun (Dept. of Bioenvironmental Technology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-A (Dept. of Bioenvironmental Technology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Hong, Ji-Hee (Dept. of Bioenvironmental Technology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Yang, Hyun-Won (Dept. of Bioenvironmental Technology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul Women's University)
  • 송연화 (서울여자대학교 자연과학대학 생명환경공학과) ;
  • 정지은 (서울여자대학교 자연과학대학 생명환경공학과) ;
  • 이현아 (서울여자대학교 자연과학대학 생명환경공학과) ;
  • 홍지희 (서울여자대학교 자연과학대학 생명환경공학과) ;
  • 양현원 (서울여자대학교 자연과학대학 생명환경공학과)
  • Received : 2010.12.05
  • Accepted : 2010.12.20
  • Published : 2010.12.31
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Abstract

Tributyltin (TBT), an endocrine disrupting chemical, has been reported to decrease testicular function by causing apoptosis in the testis, but this mechanism is not fully understood. Thus, in this study we examined whether TBT induces adipogenesis of the Leydig cells to find out the correlation between adipogenesis and apoptosis in the testis. Three week old SD male rats were orally administrated with sesame oil, 1 mg/kg of TBT, or 10 mg/kg of TBT daily for 1 week and weighed after administration. The testes obtained on day 8 were weighed and stained with BODIPY and TUNEL kit. Using total RNA extracted from the isolated Leydig cells, adipogenesis and apoptosis-related genes were analyzed by real-time PCR. The testicular weights of the rats treated with 10 mg/kg TBT were significantly decreased compared to those in the control rats treated with sesame oil. As a result of BODIPY staining, the number of Leydig cells stained with BODIPY was increased in the rats treated with 10 mg/kg TBT compared with the control rats. Similar to BODIPY staining results, the TUNEL assay showed that the apoptosis of Leydig cells was increased in TBT treated rats. The results of the gene expression analysis in the Leydig cells showed that the expression of adipogenesis-related genes (PPAR${\gamma}$, aP2, Perilipin, CD36) and apoptosis-related genes (TNFRSF1A, TNFSF10) was increased after TBT administration. The present study demonstrates that TBT induces the expression of adipogenesis-related and apoptosis-related genes in the Leydig cells leading to adipogenesis and apoptosis in the testes. These results suggest that the dysfunction of Leydig cells by TBT exposure may cause a loss in testicular function.

내분비교란물질로 알려진 Tributyltin(TBT)는 흰쥐 정소 내 생식세포와 간질세포의 세포자연사를 일으켜 정소의 기능을 감소시키는 것으로 보고되고 있으나, 그 기전은 명확히 밝혀져 있지 않다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 정소 내 간질세포를 표적으로 TBT에 의해 지방세포로 분화가 유도되는 지를 확인하고, 이로 인한 정소 내 세포자연사와의 연관성을 알아보고자 하였다. 3주령 된 수컷 흰쥐에 각각 TBT 1 mg과 10 mg/kg/day을 1주일 동안 경구 투여한 후 정소를 분리하여 무게를 측정하였다. 획득된 정소의 일부는 냉동 절편을 만들어 BODIPY로 지방세포를 염색하였고, 일부는 파라핀 절편을 만들어 TUNEL 염색을 수행하였다. 나머지 정소는 정소 백색막을 제거한 후 세정관 사이에 존재하는 간질세포를 분리하였다. 분리된 간질세포에서 total RNA를 추출한 다음 real-time PCR 방법으로 지방세포 유도 유전자들과 세포자연사 관련 유전자들을 분석하였다. 정소의 무게는 대조군에 비교해 TBT 10 mg을 투여한 군에서 유의하게 감소하였다. BODIPY 염색 결과, TBT 10 mg을 투여한 군의 간질세포에서 염색된 세포의 수가 증가하였고, TUNEL 염색 결과에서도 대조군과 비교해 TBT 투여한 군에서 간질세포 내 세포자연사가 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. Real-time PCR을 이용해 간질세포 내 유전자 발현을 분석한 결과, 투여된 TBT의 농도가 증가할수록 PPAR${\gamma}$, aP2, PLIN, PGAR 등 지방세포 유도 유전자들의 발현이 증가하였고, 이와 함께 TNFRSF1A, TNFSF10과 같은 세포자연사 관련 유전자의 발현도 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이상의 결과에서 환경성 내분비 교란물질로 알려진 TBT에 노출될 경우 정소 내 간질세포의 지방세포로의 분화가 유발되면서 세포자연사가 증가하고, 이에 따른 정소 기능의 저하를 야기시킬 수 있는 것으로 사료된다.

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