PMID- 27885436 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180102 LR - 20181202 IS - 1572-8773 (Electronic) IS - 0966-0844 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Feb TI - Effects of aluminum trichloride on the cartilage stimulatory growth factors in rats. PG - 143-150 LID - 10.1007/s10534-016-9982-9 [doi] AB - Aluminum (Al) is considered to be a potentially toxic metal and inhibits cartilage formation. Transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1) and bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) are cartilage stimulatory growth factors, which play important roles in regulating the cartilage formation. To investigate the effects of aluminum trichloride (AlCl(3)) on the regulation of cartilage formation. Eighty Wistar rats were orally exposed to 0 (control group), 0.4 g/L (low-dose group), 0.8 g/L (mid-dose group) and 1.6 g/L (high-dose group) AlCl(3) for 120 days, respectively. The rats body weight were decreased, the cartilage histological structure were disrupted, the cartilage and serum contents of Al and the serum level of C-telopeptide of type II collagen were all increased, the serum level of type II collagen (Col II) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and the mRNA expressions of TGF-beta1, BMP-2, ALP and Col II were all decreased in the AlCl(3)-treated groups compared with those in control group. These results indicate that AlCl(3) inhibits the cartilage formation through inhibition of the cartilage stimulatory growth factors expressions. FAU - Zhang, Fan AU - Zhang F AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China. FAU - Sun, Xudong AU - Sun X AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, 5333 Xi'an Road, Changchun, Jilin, 130062, China. FAU - Yu, Hongyan AU - Yu H AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China. FAU - Yang, Xu AU - Yang X AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China. FAU - Song, Miao AU - Song M AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China. FAU - Han, Yanfei AU - Han Y AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China. FAU - Li, Yanfei AU - Li Y AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China. liyanfei@neau.edu.cn. FAU - Zhu, Yanzhu AU - Zhu Y AD - Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, 130112, China. zhuyanzhu@caas.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161124 PL - Netherlands TA - Biometals JT - Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine JID - 9208478 RN - 0 (Aluminum Compounds) RN - 0 (Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2) RN - 0 (Chlorides) RN - 0 (Collagen Type II) RN - 0 (Tgfb1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) RN - 3CYT62D3GA (Aluminum Chloride) RN - CPD4NFA903 (Aluminum) SB - IM MH - Aluminum/blood MH - Aluminum Chloride MH - Aluminum Compounds/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Body Weight/drug effects MH - Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2/*genetics/metabolism MH - Cartilage/drug effects/*growth & development/metabolism MH - Chlorides/pharmacology MH - Collagen Type II/blood MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Rats MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta1/*genetics/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Aluminum trichloride OT - Cartilage OT - Cartilage stimulatory growth factors OT - Rat EDAT- 2016/11/26 06:00 MHDA- 2018/01/03 06:00 CRDT- 2016/11/26 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/11/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/11/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/01/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/26 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s10534-016-9982-9 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10534-016-9982-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biometals. 2017 Feb;30(1):143-150. doi: 10.1007/s10534-016-9982-9. Epub 2016 Nov 24.