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- Title
Hepatic Lipid Accumulation and Nrf2 Expression following Perinatal and Peripubertal Exposure to Bisphenol A in a Mouse Model of Nonalcoholic Liver Disease.
- Authors
Shimpi, Prajakta C.; More, Vijay R.; Paranjpe, Maneesha; Donepudi, Ajay C.; Goodrich, Jaclyn M.; Dolinoy, Dana C.; Rubin, Beverly; Slitt, Angela L.
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: Exposure to chemicals during critical windows of development may re-program liver for increased risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Bisphenol A (BPA), a plastics component, has been described to impart adverse effects during gestational and lactational exposure. Our work has pointed to nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) being a modulator of hepatic lipid accumulation in models of NAFLD. OBJECTIVES: To determine if chemical exposure can prime liver for steatosis via modulation of NRF2 and epigenetic mechanisms. METHODS: Utilizing BPA as a model exposure, pregnant CD-1 mice were administered 25 µg=kg=day BPA via osmotic minipumps from gestational day 8 through postnatal day (PND)16. The offspring were weaned on PND21 and exposed to same dose of BPA via their drinking water through PND35. Tissues were collected from pups at week 5 (W5), and their littermates at week 39 (W39). RESULTS: BPA increased hepatic lipid content concomitant with increased Nrf2 and pro-lipogenic enzyme expression at W5 and W39 in female offspring. BPA exposure increased Nrf2 binding to a putative antioxidant response element consensus sequence in the sterol regulatory-element binding protein-1c (Srebp-1c) promoter. Known Nrf2 activators increased SREBP-1C promoter reporter activity in HepG2 cells. Methylated DNA immunoprecipitation-PCR and pyrosequencing revealed that developmental BPA exposure induced hypomethylation of the Nrf2 and Srebp-1c promoters in livers of W5 mice, which was more prominent in W39 mice than in others. CONCLUSION: Exposure to a xenobiotic during early development induced persistent fat accumulation via hypomethylation of lipogenic genes. Moreover, increased Nrf2 recruitment to the Srebp-1c promoter in livers of BPA-exposed mice was observed. Overall, the underlying mechanisms described a broader impact beyond BPA exposure and can be applied to understand other models of NAFLD.
- Subjects
FATTY liver; ANIMAL experimentation; GENE expression; HISTOLOGICAL techniques; LIVER; METHYLATION; MICE; PLASTICS; POLYMERASE chain reaction; RESEARCH funding; T-test (Statistics); WESTERN immunoblotting; ENVIRONMENTAL exposure; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PRECIPITIN tests; PRENATAL exposure delayed effects; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Environmental Health Perspectives, 2017, Vol 125, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
0091-6765
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1289/EHP664