PMID- 32308655 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210326 LR - 20210326 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2020 TI - Phthalate Exposure During the Prenatal and Lactational Period Increases the Susceptibility to Rheumatoid Arthritis in Mice. PG - 550 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00550 [doi] LID - 550 AB - The prenatal and early postnatal period is highly sensitive to environmental exposures that may interfere with the developmental programming of the immune system leading to an altered disease risk in later life. To clarify the role of early influences in activation or exacerbation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) we investigated the effect of maternal exposure during the prenatal and lactational period of DBA/1 mice to the plasticizer benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) on the development of RA in the offspring. Using a mild collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) model, maternal BBP-exposure increased both the prevalence and the severity of RA in the progeny compared to un-exposed dams. Additionally, maternal BBP exposure led to elevated serum IgG(1) and IgG(2a) level in the offspring and increased the IFN-gamma and IL-17 release from collagen-re-stimulated spleen cells. Transcriptome analysis of splenocytes isolated from 3-week-old pups before RA-induction revealed considerable changes in gene expression in the offspring from BBP-exposed dams. Among them were regulator of G-protein signaling 1 (rgs1), interleukin-7 receptor (il-7r) and CXC chemokine 4 (cxcr4), all genes that have previously been described as associated with RA pathology. In summary, our results demonstrate that perinatal exposure to BBP increases the susceptibility of the offspring to RA, probably via a phthalate-induced disturbed regulation of RA-relevant genes or signaling pathways. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elter, Wagner, Buchenauer, Bauer and Polte. FAU - Elter, Elena AU - Elter E AD - Department of Environmental Immunology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Leipzig, Germany. AD - Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Wagner, Marita AU - Wagner M AD - Department of Environmental Immunology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Leipzig, Germany. AD - Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Buchenauer, Lisa AU - Buchenauer L AD - Department of Environmental Immunology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Leipzig, Germany. AD - Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Bauer, Mario AU - Bauer M AD - Department of Environmental Immunology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Polte, Tobias AU - Polte T AD - Department of Environmental Immunology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Leipzig, Germany. AD - Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200403 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (Phthalic Acids) RN - YPC4PJX59M (butylbenzyl phthalate) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Arthritis, Experimental/chemically induced MH - *Arthritis, Rheumatoid/chemically induced MH - Disease Susceptibility MH - Female MH - Lactation MH - Maternal Exposure/*adverse effects MH - Mice MH - Phthalic Acids/*toxicity MH - Pregnancy MH - Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/*chemically induced PMC - PMC7145968 OTO - NOTNLM OT - autoimmune disease OT - early programming OT - perinatal exposure OT - phthalates OT - rheumatoid arthritis EDAT- 2020/04/21 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/27 06:00 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2020/04/21 06:00 PHST- 2019/12/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/03/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/04/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/04/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00550 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2020 Apr 3;11:550. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00550. eCollection 2020.