Reproductive toxicity of folpet through deregulation of calcium homeostasis in porcine trophectoderm and luminal epithelial cells during early pregnancy

Sunwoo Park, Bo Hyun Yun, Hyocheol Bae, Whasun Lim, Gwonhwa Song

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    Abstract

    Folpet, a fungicide, is utilized even in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. The LD50 of folpet in mammals, birds, and fish is relatively high. Recently, several negative effects of folpet on the respiratory system and cornea have been reported. However, there is no study on the negative effects of folpet on maternal–fetus interactions. In the present study, we used porcine trophectoderm (pTr) cells and porcine luminal epithelial (pLE) cells to investigate the toxic effects of folpet during implantation. Folpet treatment decreased cell proliferation and promoted apoptosis with cell cycle arrest. In addition, the ERK, JNK, and AKT signal pathways were activated by folpet treatment. Folpet treatment induced calcium overload in pTr and pLE cells mediating antimigratory and antiadhesive effects in both cell lines. Co-treatment with calcium chelates decreased the anti-implantation effect of folpet. Overall, our results demonstrated potential reproductive toxicity of folpet in pig.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number104974
    JournalPesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
    Volume179
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021 Nov

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea Government (MSIT) (No. 2021R1A2C2005841 , No. 2019R1A2C2089914 and No. 2021R1C1C1009807 ) and was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, South Korea (grant number: 2020R1I1A1A01067648 ).

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    Keywords

    • Calcium
    • Folpet
    • Luminal epithelial cell
    • Migration
    • Trophectoderm

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Agronomy and Crop Science
    • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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