PMID- 36724846 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230223 LR - 20231213 IS - 1873-6351 (Electronic) IS - 0278-6915 (Linking) VI - 173 DP - 2023 Mar TI - Maternal exposure to a glyphosate-based herbicide impairs placental development through endoplasmic reticulum stress in mice. PG - 113640 LID - S0278-6915(23)00042-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.fct.2023.113640 [doi] AB - Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are the most widely used agrochemicals worldwide, increasing the risk of their occurrence in the environment. This study aimed to explore effects and mechanisms of GBH exposure on placental development in vivo during pregnancy in mice. Pregnant mice received GBH by gavage at 0, 5, and 50 mg⋅kg(-1)⋅day(-1) doses from gestational day (GD) 1 to GD 13 and were sacrificed on GD 13 or GD19. Our data indicated that GBH administration significantly increased the number of resorbed fetuses, reduced the weight of fetuses and placentas, and inhibited placental growth, as evident from decreased placental total area and spongiotrophoblast area on GD 19. GBH treatment also inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis of placenta via upregulation of Bax, cleaved caspase-3 and -12 expression, and downregulation of B cell lymphoma (Bcl)-2 expression. Further study showed that GBH exposure significantly increased expression levels of glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78), protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK), and C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) mRNAs and proteins and triggered oxidative stress in placenta on GD 13 and GD 19. In conclusion, our findings suggest that maternal exposure to GBH can impair placental development through the endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated activation of GRP78/PERK/CHOP signaling pathway in mice. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Liu, Mengling AU - Liu M AD - Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, PR China; Nursing School of Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, 332000, PR China. Electronic address: 304916968@qq.com. FAU - Lu, Siying AU - Lu S AD - Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, PR China. Electronic address: 892403767@qq.com. FAU - Yang, Chuanzhen AU - Yang C AD - Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, PR China. Electronic address: yangczhen@126.com. FAU - Zhang, Dalei AU - Zhang D AD - Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, PR China; Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology and Pathology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, PR China. Electronic address: zhangdalei@ncu.edu.cn. FAU - Zhu, Jun AU - Zhu J AD - Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, PR China. Electronic address: zj78_12@163.com. FAU - Yin, Jiting AU - Yin J AD - Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, PR China. Electronic address: 314885850@qq.com. FAU - Zhao, Hongru AU - Zhao H AD - Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, PR China. Electronic address: zhaohongru2019@163.com. FAU - Yang, Bei AU - Yang B AD - Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, PR China. Electronic address: yangbei@ncu.edu.cn. FAU - Kuang, Haibin AU - Kuang H AD - Department of Physiology, Basic Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, PR China; Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology and Pathology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, PR China. Electronic address: kuanghaibin@ncu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230129 PL - England TA - Food Chem Toxicol JT - Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association JID - 8207483 RN - 0 (Herbicides) RN - 0 (Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Pregnancy MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - Female MH - *Placentation MH - Maternal Exposure/adverse effects MH - Placenta MH - *Herbicides/pharmacology MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress MH - Apoptosis MH - Glyphosate OTO - NOTNLM OT - Apoptosis OT - Endoplasmic reticulum stress OT - Glyphosate-based herbicides OT - Placenta OT - Pregnancy COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/02/02 06:00 MHDA- 2023/02/25 06:00 CRDT- 2023/02/01 19:13 PHST- 2022/12/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/01/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/01/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/02/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2023/02/01 19:13 [entrez] AID - S0278-6915(23)00042-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.fct.2023.113640 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Food Chem Toxicol. 2023 Mar;173:113640. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2023.113640. Epub 2023 Jan 29.