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Human receptor activation by aroclor 1260, a polychlorinated biphenyl mixture.

Abstract
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent environmental toxicants, present in 100% of U.S. adults and dose-dependently associated with obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). PCBs are predicted to interact with receptors previously implicated in xenobiotic/energy metabolism and NAFLD. These receptors include the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), pregnane xenobiotic receptor (PXR), constitutive androstane receptor (CAR), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs), liver-X-receptor (LXRα), and farnesoid-X-receptor (FXR). This study evaluates Aroclor 1260, a PCB mixture with congener composition mimicking that of human adipose tissue, and selected congeners, as potential ligands for these receptors utilizing human hepatoma-derived (HepG2) and primate-derived (COS-1) cell lines, and primary human hepatocytes. Aroclor 1260 (20 μg/ml) activated AhR, and PCB 126, a minor component, was a potent inducer. Aroclor 1260 activated PXR in a simple concentration-dependent manner at concentrations ≥10 μg/ml. Among the congeners tested, PCBs 138, 149, 151, 174, 183, 187, and 196 activated PXR. Aroclor 1260 activated CAR2 and CAR3 variants at lower concentrations and antagonize CAR2 activation by the CAR agonist, CITCO, at higher concentrations (≥20 μg/ml). Additionally, Aroclor 1260 induced CYP2B6 in primary hepatocytes. At subtoxic doses, Aroclor 1260 did not activate LXR or FXR and had no effect on LXR- or FXR-dependent induction by the agonists T0901317 or GW4064, respectively. Aroclor 1260 (20 μg/ml) suppressed PPARα activation by the agonist nafenopin, although none of the congeners tested demonstrated significant inhibition. The results suggest that Aroclor 1260 is a human AhR, PXR and CAR3 agonist, a mixed agonist/antagonist for CAR2, and an antagonist for human PPARα.
AuthorsBanrida Wahlang, K Cameron Falkner, Heather B Clair, Laila Al-Eryani, Russell A Prough, J Christopher States, Denise M Coslo, Curtis J Omiecinski, Matthew C Cave
JournalToxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology (Toxicol Sci) Vol. 140 Issue 2 Pg. 283-97 (Aug 01 2014) ISSN: 1096-0929 [Electronic] United States
PMID24812009 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Validation Study)
Copyright© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Toxicology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: [email protected].
Chemical References
  • Aroclors
  • Complex Mixtures
  • DNA Primers
  • aroclor 1260
Topics
  • Aroclors (toxicity)
  • Base Sequence
  • Complex Mixtures
  • DNA Primers
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Humans

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