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- Title
Developmental immunotoxicity of maternal exposure to yttrium nitrate on BALB/c offspring mice.
- Authors
Yuan, Yuese; Wang, Xiaoyun; Ge, Jianhong; Jiang, Wanyu; Li, Zekang; Wang, Zhenyu; Xiao, Qianqian; Meng, Qinghe; Jiang, Jianjun; Hao, Weidong; Wei, Xuetao
- Abstract
Yttrium is a typical heavy rare earth element with widespread use in numerous sectors. Only one previous study has indicated that yttrium has the potential to cause developmental immunotoxicity (DIT). Therefore, there remains a paucity of evidence on the DIT of yttrium. This study aimed to explore the DIT of yttrium nitrate (YN) and the self‐recovery of YN‐induced DIT. Dams were treated with 0, 0.2, 2, and 20 mg/kg bw/day YN by gavage during gestation and lactation. No significant changes were found in innate immunity between the control and YN‐treated groups in offspring. In female offspring at postnatal day 21 (PND21), YN markedly inhibited humoral and cellular immune responses, the proliferative capacity of splenic T lymphocytes, and the expression of costimulatory molecules in splenic lymphocytes. Moreover, the inhibitory effect on cellular immunity in female offspring persisted to PND42. Unlike females, YN exposure did not change the adaptive immune responses in male offspring. Overall, maternal exposure to YN showed a strong DIT to offspring, with the lowest effective dose of 0.2 mg/kg in the current study. The toxicity of cellular immunity could persist throughout development into adulthood. There were sex‐specific differences in YN‐induced DIT, with females being more vulnerable.
- Subjects
MATERNAL exposure; YTTRIUM; RARE earth metals; IMMUNOTOXICOLOGY; CELLULAR immunity
- Publication
Environmental Toxicology, 2023, Vol 38, Issue 8, p1939
- ISSN
1520-4081
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/tox.23820