Vitamin E promotes ovine Sertoli cell proliferation by regulation of genes associated with cell division and the cell cycle

Yuefeng Gao, Wei Lu, Luyang Jian, Zoltan Machaty, Hailing Luo

Anim Biotechnol . 2020 Jul 2;1-9. doi: 10.1080/10495398.2020.1788044. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

The effect of Vitamin E on the proliferation of ovine Sertoli cells was investigated. Sertoli cells were isolated and treated with various amounts of Vitamin E (0 μM, 400 μM, 800 μM, 1000 μM, 1200 μM, 1400 μM and 1600 μM) for 24 h. We found that at the concentration of 1200 μM, Vitamin E promoted Sertoli cell proliferation very effectively. It also increased the proportion of cells in the G1 phase while reduced that in the S and G2/M phases, suggesting that its effect on Sertoli cell proliferation is achieved by enhancing progression through the cell cycle. In addition, Vitamin E significantly up-regulated the transcript level of the PDPN, BMP6, AMPKα, GSK3β, Myc, and CDK6 genes and down-regulated that of PPARγ, Cyclin B1 and CDK4 as determined by qRT-PCR. Western blot analysis revealed that the expression of BMP6 and PDPN was also upregulated at the protein level, in accordance with the results of the qRT-PCR. Taken together, Vitamin E promoted Sertoli cell proliferation by affecting the expression of genes that regulate cell division and the cell cycle; this indicates that it can have a positive effect on sheep reproductive performance.

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Culprit or Correlate? An Application of the Bradford Hill Criteria to Vitamin E Acetate

Ryan Feldman, Jonathan Meiman, Matthew Stanton, David D Gummin

Arch Toxicol . 2020 Jun;94(6):2249-2254. doi: 10.1007/s00204-020-02770-x. Epub 2020 May 25.

Abstract

Vitamin E acetate (VEA) has come under significant scrutiny due to its association with e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI). In 1965, Sir Austin Bradford Hill proposed a set of criteria used to critically assess an association for causality. In this article, we apply the Bradford Hill causation criteria to VEA and the EVALI outbreak to clarify what further areas of study are needed to strengthen the causal argument. Additionally, we highlight the need for systematized approaches to rapidly identify the cause of mass poisoning events of unknown etiology.

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