PMID- 31306741 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190916 LR - 20211204 IS - 1879-3169 (Electronic) IS - 0378-4274 (Linking) VI - 314 DP - 2019 Oct 10 TI - Decreased H3K9ac level of KLF4 mediates podocyte developmental toxicity induced by prenatal caffeine exposure in male offspring rats. PG - 63-74 LID - S0378-4274(19)30193-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.07.011 [doi] AB - This study aimed to verify the toxic effects of prenatal caffeine exposure (PCE) on the podocyte development in male offspring, and to explore the underlying intrauterine programming mechanisms. The pregnant rats were administered with caffeine (30 to 120 mg/kg⋅d) during gestational day (GD) 9 to 20. The male fetus on GD20 and the offspring at postnatal week (PW) 6 and PW28 were sacrificed. The results indicated that PCE caused ultrastructural abnormalities on podocyte, and inhibited the expression of podocyte marker genes such as Nephrin, Wilms tumor 1 (WT1), the histone 3 lysine 9 acetylation (H3K9ac) level in the Kruppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) promoter and its expression in the male offspring from GD20 to PW28. Meanwhile, the expression of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and histone deacetylase 7 (HDAC7) in the fetus were increased by PCE. In vitro, corticosterone increased GR and HDAC7 whereas reduced the H3K9ac level of KLF4 and KLF4/Nephrin expression. KLF4 over-expression reversed the reduction of Nephrin expression, knockdown of HDAC7 and GR antagonist RU486 partially reversed the inhibitory effects of corticosterone on H3K9ac level and KLF4 expression. In conclusion, PCE caused podocyte developmental toxicity in male offspring, which was associated with corticosterone-induced low-functional programming of KLF4 through GR/HDAC7/H3K9ac pathway. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhu, Yanan AU - Zhu Y AD - Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China. FAU - Chen, Haiyun AU - Chen H AD - Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China. FAU - Zhao, Xiaoqi AU - Zhao X AD - Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China. FAU - Li, Bin AU - Li B AD - Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - He, Hangyuan AU - He H AD - Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - Cheng, Hui AU - Cheng H AD - Department of Nephrology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China. FAU - Wang, Hui AU - Wang H AD - Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disorder, Wuhan 430071, China. FAU - Ao, Ying AU - Ao Y AD - Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disorder, Wuhan 430071, China. Electronic address: yingao@whu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190712 PL - Netherlands TA - Toxicol Lett JT - Toxicology letters JID - 7709027 RN - 0 (Central Nervous System Stimulants) RN - 0 (Glucocorticoids) RN - 0 (Histones) RN - 0 (Klf4 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Kruppel-Like Factor 4) RN - 0 (Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Glucocorticoid) RN - 0 (nephrin) RN - 3G6A5W338E (Caffeine) RN - EC 3.5.1.98 (HDAC7 protein, rat) RN - EC 3.5.1.98 (Histone Deacetylases) RN - K3Z4F929H6 (Lysine) SB - IM MH - Acetylation MH - Animals MH - Caffeine/*toxicity MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Central Nervous System Stimulants/*toxicity MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/drug effects MH - Gestational Age MH - Glucocorticoids/metabolism MH - Histone Deacetylases/genetics/metabolism MH - Histones/*metabolism MH - Kidney Diseases/*chemically induced/embryology/genetics/metabolism MH - Kruppel-Like Factor 4 MH - Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Lysine MH - Male MH - Maternal Exposure MH - Membrane Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Phenotype MH - Podocytes/*drug effects/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Pregnancy MH - *Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Receptors, Glucocorticoid/genetics/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Glucocorticoid OT - Intrauterine programming OT - Kruppel-like factor 4 OT - Podocyte developmental toxicity OT - Prenatal caffeine exposure EDAT- 2019/07/16 06:00 MHDA- 2019/09/17 06:00 CRDT- 2019/07/16 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/06/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/07/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/07/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/09/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/07/16 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0378-4274(19)30193-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.07.011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicol Lett. 2019 Oct 10;314:63-74. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.07.011. Epub 2019 Jul 12.