PMID- 31086573 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1792-0981 (Print) IS - 1792-1015 (Electronic) IS - 1792-0981 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 6 DP - 2019 Jun TI - PM2.5 induces cell cycle arrest through regulating mTOR/P70S6K1 signaling pathway. PG - 4371-4378 LID - 10.3892/etm.2019.7466 [doi] AB - Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution has become a serious problem in China. This study aims to elucidate the toxicity mechanism of PM2.5. Protein levels were detected by western blotting and RT-qPCR, and cell cycle was detected by flow cytometry. The results showed that exposure to PM2.5 induces cell cycle arrest and downregulation of the expression of cyclin D1 protein. Moreover, the protein expression of thymidylate synthase (TS) enzyme was found to be downregulated and the mRNA expression of TS was upregulated after PM2.5 exposure. Knockout of TS gene promoted cell cycle arrest and downregulation of the expression of cyclin D1 protein after PM2.5 exposure. Our data further revealed that PM2.5 exposure downregulates the expression of TS and cyclin D1 partially through the downregulation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/P70S6K1 signaling pathway. Thus, these findings indicate that PM2.5-induced cell cycle arrest might be due to the downregulation of mTOR/P70S6K1 signaling pathway, and thus inhibits the expression of TS protein. FAU - Zhang, Yu AU - Zhang Y AD - Key Lab of Environmental Pollution and Microecology of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, P.R. China. FAU - Yang, Dan AU - Yang D AD - Key Lab of Environmental Pollution and Microecology of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, P.R. China. AD - Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, P.R. China. FAU - Yang, Biao AU - Yang B AD - Key Lab of Environmental Pollution and Microecology of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, P.R. China. FAU - Li, Bingyu AU - Li B AD - Key Lab of Environmental Pollution and Microecology of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, P.R. China. FAU - Guo, Jie AU - Guo J AD - Key Lab of Environmental Pollution and Microecology of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, P.R. China. FAU - Xiao, Chunling AU - Xiao C AD - Key Lab of Environmental Pollution and Microecology of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190403 PL - Greece TA - Exp Ther Med JT - Experimental and therapeutic medicine JID - 101531947 PMC - PMC6489014 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PM2.5 OT - cell cycle arrest OT - cyclin D1 protein OT - mTOR/P70S6K1 signaling pathway OT - thymidylate synthase protein EDAT- 2019/05/16 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/16 06:01 PMCR- 2019/04/03 CRDT- 2019/05/16 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/02/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/05/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/05/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/16 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ETM-0-0-7466 [pii] AID - 10.3892/etm.2019.7466 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Ther Med. 2019 Jun;17(6):4371-4378. doi: 10.3892/etm.2019.7466. Epub 2019 Apr 3.