PMID- 20427127 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100812 LR - 20191210 IS - 1873-3336 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3894 (Linking) VI - 179 IP - 1-3 DP - 2010 Jul 15 TI - Sensitivity of morphological change of Vero cells exposed to lipophilic compounds and its mechanism. PG - 1055-64 LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.03.113 [doi] AB - To find a sensitive cytotoxic response to reflect the toxicity of trace organic pollutants, the sensitivity and reliability of morphological change and proliferation inhibition of Vero cells exposed to lipophilic compounds and the leachate from products related to drinking water (PRDW) were compared, and the mechanism of the morphological change in Vero cells was studied. Results showed the proportion of morphologically changed cells increased with increasing 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP)/perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) concentration. However, at low TCP concentrations, inhibition of cell proliferation did not correlate to TCP concentration. After exposure to the leachate from PRDW extracted at different temperatures, the percentage of morphologically changed cells increased with extracting temperature, but the inhibition of cell proliferation failed to reflect the correlation to extracting temperature. These imply cell morphological change is a more sensitive and reliable method to reflect toxicity of trace organic pollutants than proliferation inhibition. Flow cytometry analysis indicated cell membrane damage was an early and sensitive cytotoxic response comparing with necrosis, resulting in cell morphological change, which may be due to the interference of lipophilic compounds. Lipophilic compound accumulated in cell membrane to interfere the assembly process of membrane protein and phospholipid. CI - 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Liao, Ting Ting AU - Liao TT AD - College of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. liaotingting 82@163.com FAU - Shi, Yan Ling AU - Shi YL FAU - Jia, Jian Wei AU - Jia JW FAU - Jia, Ru Wen AU - Jia RW FAU - Wang, Lei AU - Wang L LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100402 PL - Netherlands TA - J Hazard Mater JT - Journal of hazardous materials JID - 9422688 RN - 0 (Chlorophenols) RN - 0 (Environmental Pollutants) RN - 0 (Lipids) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Organic Chemicals) RN - 0 (Phospholipids) RN - 0 (Tetrazolium Salts) RN - 0 (Thiazoles) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 7440-44-0 (Carbon) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - EUY85H477I (thiazolyl blue) RN - MHS8C5BAUZ (2,4,6-trichlorophenol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Carbon/analysis MH - Cell Membrane/drug effects/ultrastructure MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Cell Shape/*drug effects MH - Chlorocebus aethiops MH - Chlorophenols/toxicity MH - DNA/analysis/biosynthesis MH - Environmental Pollutants/analysis/toxicity MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Lipids/chemistry/*toxicity MH - Membrane Proteins/chemistry/metabolism MH - Organic Chemicals/analysis/toxicity MH - Phospholipids/analysis MH - Tetrazolium Salts MH - Thiazoles MH - Vero Cells MH - Water Pollutants, Chemical/chemistry/*toxicity EDAT- 2010/04/30 06:00 MHDA- 2010/08/13 06:00 CRDT- 2010/04/30 06:00 PHST- 2009/07/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/03/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/03/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/04/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/04/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/08/13 06:00 [medline] AID - S0304-3894(10)00419-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.03.113 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Hazard Mater. 2010 Jul 15;179(1-3):1055-64. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.03.113. Epub 2010 Apr 2.