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PCB 9 exposure induces endothelial cell death while increasing intracellular calcium and ROS levels.

Abstract
Cultured porcine endothelial cells were used to determine the effects of several congeners of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on cell viability and changes induced by these congeners on levels of intracellular calcium and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Cultured endothelial cells were prepared as a single suspension and run on flow cytometry. Cell viability, intracellular calcium, and ROS concentrations were simultaneously determined by using propidium iodide, Fluo-3, and dihydrorodamine, respectively. The congeners tested included two coplanar tetrachlorinated congeners that have no ortho chlorines, PCBs 77 and 80, a tri-chloro congener which does not have any ortho chlorine, PCB 39, a di-ortho, tetrachlorinated congener, PCB 52, and a mono-ortho congener, PCB 9. PCB 9 was cytotoxic at 5 μM within 5 min of exposure, and the toxicity increased with time and concentration. None of the other congeners showed consistent cytotoxicity. The cytotoxicity was roughly correlated with elevations in cellular ROS levels, but not with changes in intracellular calcium. To the best of our knowledge, toxicity of lower chlorinated, more volatile congeners such as PCB 9 has not been previously studied. These observations may be taken to explain the elevated risk of cardiovascular disease previously reported among residents living near to hazardous waste sites containing PCBs.
AuthorsBayram Yilmaz, Suleyman Sandal, David O Carpenter
JournalEnvironmental toxicology (Environ Toxicol) Vol. 27 Issue 3 Pg. 185-91 (Mar 2012) ISSN: 1522-7278 [Electronic] United States
PMID21344606 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Chemical References
  • Hazardous Substances
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • 2,5,2',5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls
  • Calcium
Topics
  • Animals
  • Calcium (metabolism)
  • Cell Death
  • Cell Survival (drug effects)
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Endothelial Cells
  • Hazardous Substances (toxicity)
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls (toxicity)
  • Reactive Oxygen Species (metabolism)
  • Swine

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