PMID- 30523571 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191224 LR - 20191224 IS - 1559-0720 (Electronic) IS - 0163-4984 (Linking) VI - 191 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Sep TI - An Antagonism Joint Action of Lead and Di-2-Ethylhexyl Phthalate Explains an Improved Ability of Learning and Memory after Combined Exposure in Weaning Rats. PG - 126-134 LID - 10.1007/s12011-018-1586-5 [doi] AB - Lead and di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) are widely distributed in the environment, and their neurotoxicity has caused a widespread concern. The complexity of environmental exposure provides the possibility of their combined exposure. The present study aims to describe a joint neurotoxicity and clarify the potential mechanism after combined exposure to lead and DEHP. A 2 x 3 factorial design was used to analyze either single effects or their interaction by a subchronic lead and DEHP exposure model of the male weaning rats. Similar to the previous study, lead or DEHP single exposure showed an increased neurotoxicity. Interestingly, our neurobehavioral test showed the rats in the combined exposure groups had a better ability of learning and memory compared with the single-exposure ones. It seemed to reflect an antagonism joint action in neurotoxicity after combined exposure. The content of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in serum and the mRNA level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (Bdnf) in the hippocampus showed a similar trend to the ability of learning and memory. However, there was insufficient evidence to support the joint action on some indexes of oxidative stress such as malondialdehyde (MDA), the ratio of reduced glutathione(GSH) to oxidized glutathione(GSSG), gammaglutamylcysteine synthetase (gamma-GCS), glutathione-s transferase (GST), and nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) mRNA expression in the hippocampus. In a word, our current study reminded a unique antagonism joint action of neurotoxicity after combined exposure to lead and DEHP, which may contribute to understanding some shallow mechanism of the joint toxicity due to the complexity of environmental pollutant exposure. FAU - Li, Liuli AU - Li L AD - Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Li, Hao AU - Li H AD - Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Qu, Peng AU - Qu P AD - Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Xiao, Mingyang AU - Xiao M AD - Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Guopei AU - Zhang G AD - Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Qianye AU - Zhang Q AD - Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Cai, Yuan AU - Cai Y AD - Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Jin, Cuihong AU - Jin C AD - Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yang, Jinghua AU - Yang J AD - Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wu, Shengwen AU - Wu S AD - Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China. FAU - Lu, Xiaobo AU - Lu X AD - Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China. xblu@cmu.edu.cn. LA - eng GR - 81773470/the National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 20170540991/Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181206 PL - United States TA - Biol Trace Elem Res JT - Biological trace element research JID - 7911509 RN - 0 (Bdnf protein, rat) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 2P299V784P (Lead) RN - 459AG36T1B (Dehydroepiandrosterone) RN - C42K0PH13C (Diethylhexyl Phthalate) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Dehydroepiandrosterone/metabolism MH - Diethylhexyl Phthalate/*toxicity MH - Hippocampus/*metabolism/pathology MH - Lead/*toxicity MH - Learning/*drug effects MH - Male MH - Memory/*drug effects MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar OTO - NOTNLM OT - Combined exposure OT - DEHP OT - Lead OT - Learning and memory EDAT- 2018/12/14 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/25 06:00 CRDT- 2018/12/08 06:00 PHST- 2018/08/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/12/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/12/08 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s12011-018-1586-5 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s12011-018-1586-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Trace Elem Res. 2019 Sep;191(1):126-134. doi: 10.1007/s12011-018-1586-5. Epub 2018 Dec 6.