简介：Themechanismofhealtheffectscausedbyorganohalogenpollutants,e.g.,toxinsfromelectronicwaste(e-waste),ispoorlyunderstood.WesupposedthatmicroRNAs(miRNAs),animportantpost-transcriptionalregulator,couldplayaroleinthisprocess.Inthisstudy,fastingperipheralbloodsampleswerecollectedfromresidentslivingatane-wastesiteinnorthernChinaandanearbyreferencepopulation.Concentrationsofe-wasterelatedorganohalogenpollutantsinplasmafromtheexposuregroupwerehigherthanthecorrespondingmeasurementinthereferencegroup.Correspondingly,sixtymiRNAsinplasmashowed>2-foldchangebetweenthetwogroupsinmicroarrayanalysis.Amongthem,miR-125a-5pwasconfirmedtobeupregulatedbyqRT-PCRanditsvalidatedtargetswereenrichedinresponsestoxenobioticsandcancerrelatedpathways.Furthermore,significantpositivecorrelationswerefoundbetweenlevelsofmiR-125a-5pinplasmaandreactiveoxygenspecies(ROS)inpolymorphonuclearneutrophilleukocytes(P<0.05).Theseevidencessuggestedoxidativestressmightbeanintermediatebetweene-wasterelatedPOPsexposureandalterationofplasmamiRNA.

简介：通过探究iNOS/p38MAPK信号通路在丙烯腈（acrylonitrile,ACN）诱导脑组织损伤中的作用,为进一步研究ACN的神经毒性作用提供依据。选取50只SPF级健康成年雄性SD大鼠,随机分为5组,每组10只。适应性饲养一周后,以12.5、25.0、50.0mg·kg^-1ACN对大鼠进行灌胃染毒,对照组给予玉米油,另设NAC组（300.0mg·kg^-1NAC＋50.0mg·kg^-1ACN）,1次·天^-1,6天·周^-1,共染毒13周。次日称重并处死大鼠,测定大鼠脑组织NO含量、总NOS水平及iNOS、p-p38和p38蛋白表达水平。结果显示,ACN各剂量组大鼠脑组织脏器系数与对照组比较均显著降低（P〈0.05）,高剂量组大鼠脑脏器系数与NAC组比较降低（P〉0.05）。高剂量组NO含量和总NOS水平显著高于对照组,与NAC组比较,高剂量组NO含量降低（P〉0.05）,总NOS水平升高（P〉0.05）。Westernblot结果显示,ACN高剂量组大鼠脑组织iNOS、p-p38蛋白表达水平和p-p38/p38比值显著高于对照组和NAC组（P〈0.05）。ACN可激活iNOS/p38MAPK信号通路,这可能是ACN致大鼠脑组织损伤的机制之一。