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Neuronal Gα subunits required for the control of response to polystyrene nanoparticles in the range of μg/L in C. elegans
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Researchers identified specific neuronal G-alpha proteins in C. elegans that control the toxic response to polystyrene nanoparticles at microgram-per-liter concentrations, revealing that G protein-coupled receptor signaling mediates nanoplastic toxicity in neurons.
The aim of this study was to identify Gα proteins mediating function of neuronal G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in controlling the response to polystyrene nanoparticles (PS-NPs). Caenorhabditis elegans was used as an animal model, and both gene expression and functional analysis were performed to identify the Gα proteins in controlling PS-NPs toxicity. In nematodes, exposure to PS-NPs (1-100 μg/L) significantly altered transcriptional expressions of some neuronal Gα genes, including gpa-5, gpa-10, gpa-11, gpa-15 gsa-1, egl-30, and goa-1. Among these 7 Gα genes, only neuronal RNAi knockdown of gsa-1, gpa-10, and goa-1 affected toxicity of PS-NPs in inducing ROS production and in decreasing locomotion behavior. Some neuronal GPCRs (such as GTR-1, DCAR-1, DOP-2, NPR-8, NPR-12, NPR-9, and DAF-37) functioned upstream of GOA-1, some neuronal GPCRs (such as DCAR-1, DOP-2, NPR-9, NPR-8, and DAF-37) functioned upstream of GSA-1, and some neuronal GPCRs (such as DOP-2, NPR-8, DAF-37, and DCAR-1) functioned upstream of GPA-10 to regulate the toxicity of PS-NPs. Moreover, GOA-1 acted upstream of MPK-1/ERK MAPK, JNK-1/JNK MAPK, DBL-1/TGF-β, and DAF-7/ TGF-β, GSA-1 functioned upstream of MPK-1/ERK MAPK, JNK-1/JNK MAPK, and DBL-1/TGF-β, and GPA-10 functioned upstream of GLB-1/Globin and DBL-1/TGF-β to control the PS-NPs toxicity. Therefore, neuronal Gα proteins of GOA-1, GSA-1, and GPA-10 functioned to transduce signals of multiple GPCRs to different downstream signaling pathways during the control of PS-NPs toxicity in nematodes. Our results provide clues for understanding the important function of GPCRs-Gα signaling cascade in the neurons in controlling response to nanoplastics in organisms.
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