Effect of Cadmium on Human Middle Ear Epithelial Cells
- Authors
- Song, Jae Jun; Kim, Ju Yeon; Jang, An Soo; Kim, Shin Hye; Rah, Yoon Chan; Park, Mina; Park, Moo Kyun
- Issue Date
- 12월-2015
- Publisher
- AVES
- Keywords
- Cadmium; human middle ear epithelial cells; otitis media
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED OTOLOGY, v.11, no.3, pp.183 - 187
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED OTOLOGY
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 183
- End Page
- 187
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/91775
- DOI
- 10.5152/iao.2015.756
- ISSN
- 1308-7649
- Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: Cadmium (Cd2+) exposure can occur through passive smoking, ambient air pollution, and food. Even low exposure can affect hearing and cause lung disease. Here we investigated whether cadmium causes cytotoxicity induces inflammation, or increases mucin gene expression in immortalized human middle ear epithelial cells (HMEECs). MATERIALS and METHODS: Cell viability was investigated using the MTT assay following Cd2+ treatment increases in apoptosis and necrosis were determined and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was measure. We analyzed the expression of an inflammatory cytokine (COX-2) gene and a mucin gene (MUC5AC) using RT-PCR. RESULTS: Exposure to >20 mu M Cd2+ caused a significant decrease in cell viability Hoechst 33258 staining showed apoptotic morphology of heterogeneous intensity, condensation, and fragmentation after Cd2+ exposure, Cd2+ was shown to increase cell death by apoptosis and necrosis and necrosis by annexin V-FITC/PI double staining Cd2+ exposure increased ROS production and COX-2 and MUC5AC expressions. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that environmental cadmium exposure is related to the development of otitis media.
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