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  • Title: Enantioselective effects of paclobutrazol and its enantiomers on glycolipid metabolism in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
    Author: Guo D, Chen S, Zhang W, Fan J.
    Journal: Pestic Biochem Physiol; 2023 Aug; 194():105499. PubMed ID: 37532357.
    Abstract:
    Paclobutrazol is a plant growth inhibitor widely used in agricultural production. However, toxicology studies of paclobutrazol enantiomers towards aquatic organisms are limited. Herein, effects of paclobutrazol and its two enantiomers (2R, 3R; 2S, 3S) on glycolipid metabolism of zebrafish have been systemically explored at the concentration of 10 mg/L through biochemical analyses, LC-MS/MS, molecular dynamics simulation, and gene expression. In all treatments, the contents of glucose, citric acid and lactate significantly were increased while the glycogen and pyruvate contents were decreased, in which (2R, 3R)-paclobutrazol exhibited a greater effect than the (2S, 3S)-enantiomer (P < 0.05). Then, activities of hexokinase and lactate dehydrogenase in (2R, 3R)-paclobutrazol treatment were 0.74- and 1.18-fold higher than (2S, 3S)-enantiomer treatment, respectively (P < 0.001), and the results of molecular dynamics simulation revealed that the binding free energy of hexokinase 1 to (2R, 3R)-paclobutrazol was higher than that to the antipode. Moreover, lipids including triglycerides, total cholesterol, fatty acids, bile acids and glycerophospholipids in zebrafish were strikingly affected after paclobutrazol exposure. The (2R, 3R)-paclobutrazol-treated group showed the most obvious changes, indicating that it possessed much stronger disruption ability on the lipid metabolism of zebrafish. Furthermore, qRT-PCR analysis results revealed that (2R, 3R)-enantiomer significantly impacted expressions of glycolipid metabolism-related genes (hk1, g6pc, pck1, pk, aco, cebpa, cyp51, fasn and ppara) in zebrafish than (2S, 3S)-enantiomer (P < 0.05). Briefly, this study provides new evidences for the toxicity of paclobutrazol to aquatic organisms and the potential risk to human health at the chiral level.
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