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Obesity alters the ovarian proteomic response to zearalenone exposure
Biology of Reproduction
  • M. Estefanía González-Alvarez, Iowa State University
  • Bailey C. McGuire, Iowa State University
  • Aileen F. Keating, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
7-1-2021
DOI
10.1093/biolre/ioab069
Abstract

Zearalenone (ZEN), a nonsteroidal estrogenic mycotoxin, is detrimental to female reproduction. Altered chemical biotransformation, depleted primordial follicles and a blunted genotoxicant response have been discovered in obese female ovaries, thus, this study investigated the hypothesis that obesity would enhance ovarian sensitivity to ZEN exposure. Seven-week-old female wild-type nonagouti KK.Cg-a/a mice (lean) and agouti lethal yellow KK.Cg-Ay/J mice (obese) received food and water ad libitum, and either saline or ZEN (40 μg/kg) per os for 15 days. Body and organ weights, and estrous cyclicity were recorded, and ovaries collected posteuthanasia for protein analysis. Body and liver weights were increased (P < 0.05) in the obese mice, but obesity did not affect (P > 0.05) heart, kidney, spleen, uterus, or ovary weight and there was no impact (P > 0.05) of ZEN exposure on body or organ weight in lean or obese mice. Obese mice had shorter proestrus (P < 0.05) and a tendency (P = 0.055) for longer metestrus/diestrus. ZEN exposure in obese mice increased estrus but shortened metestrus/diestrus length. Neither obesity nor ZEN exposure impacted (P > 0.05) circulating progesterone, or ovarian abundance of EPHX1, GSTP1, CYP2E1, ATM, BRCA1, DNMT1, HDAC1, H4K16ac, or H3K9me3. Lean mice exposed to ZEN had a minor increase in γH2AX abundance (P < 0.05). In lean and obese mice, LC–MS/MS identified alterations to proteins involved in chemical metabolism, DNA repair and reproduction. These data identify ZEN-induced adverse ovarian modes of action and suggest that obesity is additive to ZEN-induced ovotoxicity.

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This article is published as González-Alvarez, M. Estefanía, Bailey C. McGuire, and Aileen F. Keating. "Obesity alters the ovarian proteomic response to zearalenone exposure." Biology of Reproduction 105 (2021): 278-289. doi:10.1093/biolre/ioab069.

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M. Estefanía González-Alvarez, Bailey C. McGuire and Aileen F. Keating. "Obesity alters the ovarian proteomic response to zearalenone exposure" Biology of Reproduction Vol. 105 Iss. 1 (2021) p. 278 - 289
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aileen-keating/52/