Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2015, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 260-265,271.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2015.04.002

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Developmental toxicity assessment of chlormequat chloride using embryonic stem cell test

KONG Dan1,2, HAO Weidong1, JIANG Jianjun1, SHANG Lanqin1, WEI Xuetao1, SHI Fuli2   

  1. 1. School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Toxicological Research and Risk Assessment for Food Safety, Beijing 100191;
    2. The Bureau for Health Inspection and Supervision of Haidian District, Beijing 100037, China
  • Received:2015-02-02 Revised:2015-06-08 Online:2015-07-30 Published:2015-07-30
  • Contact: 郝卫东,E-mail:whao@bjmu.edu.cn;Tel:010-82802352 E-mail:whao@bjmu.edu.cn

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate the developmental toxicity and underlying mechanism of chlormequat chloride by utilizing embryonic stem cell test in vitro. METHODS: Mouse embryonic stem cells and 3T3 cells were treated with different doses of chlormequat chloride,the effects on ES and 3T3 cell proliferation and ES cell differentiation were determined. A cascade of genes related to normal cardiac development was examined by real time PCR. RESULTS: Chlormequat chloride (1 000 μg/mL) could evidently increase the viability of mouse fibroblasts 3T3 cells and mouse embryonic stem cells. Chlormequat chloride could influence embryonic stem cell cardiac differentiation in a U shape manner. Compared to the control group,only 69.4% beating EBs was observed at 250 μg/mL concentration. Chlormequat chloride was able to cause effect on gene expression during cardiogenesis,especially Nkx2.5 and α-MHC. CONCLUSION: Chlormequat chloride could not be classified according to the prediction model recommended by ECVAM. Chlormequat chloride at 250 μg/mL concentration could retard embryonic stem cell differentiation into myocardial cell without causing any morphological malformations of 3T3 and ES-D3. Chlormequat chloride could alter the expression of crucial genes during the early stages of cardiogenesis,and these effects might result in adverse developmental outcomes.

Key words: chlormequat chloride, plant growth regulators, developmental toxicity, embryonic stem cell test model

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