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Perturbateurs endocriniens de type phtalate et poisson zèbre Danio rerio : approche chémoprotéomique pour l'identification des cibles et recherche de signatures d'exposition
Summary
This study investigates the endocrine-disrupting effects of phthalates, a class of plasticizer chemicals commonly found in plastic products, using zebrafish as a model organism. Exposure to phthalates was shown to interfere with hormonal signaling, affecting development and reproductive function in the fish. The results contribute to growing evidence that plastic-associated chemicals pose risks to aquatic life and potentially to human health.
Phthalate esters are a family of synthetic compounds widely used as plasticisers. They are used in a number of plastic products such as packaging, toys, cosmetics, plastic roofing system and furniture decoration materials. Phthalates are not covalently bonded to the polymer matrix and are therefore easily released into the environment, resulting in animal and human exposure. In the absence of non-toxic substitutes, phthalate compounds are still widely used in industry, despite the classification of some of them by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) as suspected toxic substances and as endocrine disruptors. In addition, they are carcinogenic and teratogenic. The deleterious effect of phthalate esters on organisms is established, but the multiple nature of the effects observed shows that the mechanisms of action of phthalates are only partially elucidated. We used two targeted proteomics approaches to shed light on the mechanisms of action of phthalate esters. Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) was used as a model phthalate and zebrafish (D. rerio) as a model organism. Using the first targeted proteomics approach, affinity-based protein profiling (AfBPP), the functional disruption of proteins by DBP with photoaffinity probes from aryl azide synthesis was demonstrated. Optimisation of the binding conditions for diazirine probes (Diazirine 2) should provide us with a probe that can be used to identify DBP protein targets in the zebrafish proteome. The second approach, activity-based protein profiling (ABPP), used a reactive probe specific for serine hydrolases (SHs) to map active SHs in the zebrafish proteome for the first time. The identification of deregulated SHs in the presence of DBP in zebrafish larvae was also reported in this study. Overall, our results indicate that targeted proteomics approaches such as ABPP or AfBPP can be an asset for understanding xenobiotic-related mechanisms of action in ecotoxicology.