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2378-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) alters the mRNA expression
of critical genes associated with cholesterol metabolism bile acid
biosynthesis and bile transport in rat liver A microarray study
Nick Fletcher a David Wahlstr fma Rebecca Lundberga Charlotte B Nilsson bKerstin C Nilsson b Kenneth Stockling b Heike Hellmold b Helen H3 kanssona
a Institute of Environmental Medicine Karolinska Institutet Nobels vag 13 PO Box 210 SE-171 77 Stockholm Sweden bSafety Assessment Astra Zeneca RampD So derta lje SE-151 85 So derta lje Sweden
Received 15 October 2004 accepted 3 December 2004
Available online 19 February 2005
Abstract
2378-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a potent hepatotoxin that exerts its toxicity through binding to the aryl hydrocarbon
receptor (AhR) and the subsequent induction or repression of gene transcription In order to further identify novel genes and pathways
that may be associated with TCDD-induced hepatotoxicity we investigated gene changes in rat liver following exposure to single oral
doses of TCDD Male SpraguendashDawley rats were administered single doses of 04 Agkg bw or 40 Agkg bw TCDD and killed at 6 h
24 h or 7 days for global analyses of gene expression In general low-dose TCDD exposure resulted in greater than 2-fold induction
of genes coding for a battery of phase I and phase II metabolizing enzymes including cytochrome P450 1a1 (CYP1A1) cytochrome
P450 1a2 (CYP1A2) NAD(P)H dehydrogenase quinone 1 UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family (UGT1A67) and metallothionein 1
However 04 Agkg bw TCDD also altered the expression of growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible 45 alpha and Cyclin D1
suggesting that even low-dose TCDD exposure can alter the expression of genes indicative of cellular stress or DNA damage andassociated with cell cycle control At the high-dose widespread changes were observed for genes encoding cellular signaling proteins
cellular adhesion cytoskeletal and membrane transport proteins as well as transcripts coding for lipid carbohydrate and nitrogen
metabolism In addition decreased expression of cytochrome P450 7A1 short heterodimer partner (SHP gene designation nr0b2)
farnesoid X receptor (FXR) Ntcp and Slc21a5 (oatp2) were observed and confirmed by RT-PCR analyses in independent rat liver
samples Altered expression of these genes implies major deregulation of cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis and transport
We suggest that these early and novel changes have the potential to contribute significantly to TCDD induced hepatotoxicity and
hypercholesterolemia
D 2004 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved
Keywords Cholesterol metabolism Bile acid Rat liver
Introduction
TCDD is the most potent of the polychlorinated
dibenzo-p-dioxins and the prototypical compound for the
study of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR)-mediated tox-
icity Exposure of laboratory rodents to TCDD elicits a
broad range of biological and toxicological effects includ-
ing delayed mortality associated with a characteristic
wasting syndrome multiple site carcinogenicity teratoge-
nicity immune suppression adverse effects on reproduc-
tion as well as endocrine and neurobehavioral disturban-
ces (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994 Poland and Knutson
1982)
The initial step in the mechanism of TCDD-toxicity
involves binding to the AhR followed by a subsequent
increase or decrease in the transcription of AhR-regulated
genes (Schmidt and Bradfield 1996) The AhR is a basic
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E-mail address helenhakanssonimmkise (H H3 kansson)
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helixndashloop-helix protein that binds TCDD in the cyto-
plasm and following release of its chaperone proteins
translocates to the nucleus where it associates with
enhancer elements in the 5 V-flanking region of the
CYP1A1 gene known as dioxin-responsive elements
(DRE reviewed in Whitlock 1999 Whitlock et al
1996) The CYP1A1 gene contains multiple copies of the DRE sequence which have been shown to be required
for inducer-dependent transcription in DNA transfection
experiments (Denison et al 1988 1989 Fujisawa-Sehara
et al 1987 Hines et al 1988) Furthermore DRE
elements were well conserved with respect to location
within the CYP1A1 gene for mice rats and humans
(Denison et al 1988 1989 Fujisawa-Sehara et al 1987
Hines et al 1988) DREs have also been found for the
well known battery of AhR responsive genes including
CYP1A2 (Quattr ochi et al 1994) NAD(P)Hquinone
oxidoreductase (Favreau and Pickett 1991) CYP1B1
(Zhang et al 1998) UGT1A16 (Emi et al 1996 Munzelet al 1998) aldehyde dehydrogenase class 3 (Takimoto et
al 1994) and glutathione S-transferase Ya (Paulson et al
1990 Rushmore et al 1990)
More recently global expression studies have been
carried out to investigate other novel genes affected by
TCDD exposure Puga et al (2000) investigated the
transcriptome of human HepG2 cells using commercial
cDNA arrays Exposure to 10 nM TCDD for 8 h altered the
expression of 310 known genes and a similar number of
expressed sequence tags more than 21-fold Of these 310
genes 30 were upregulated and 78 downregulated regard-
less of cycloheximide treatment In another study in HepG2
cells Frueh et al (2001) found that TCDD up or down-
regulated 112 genes two-fold or more It is however
important to consider that these studies were conducted in
vitro in immortalized cell lines and may not necessarily
reflect transcriptional changes occurring in the liver follow-
ing in vivo exposure To that end using serial analyses of
gene expression (SAGE) Kurachi et al (2002) investigated
gene expression changes in mouse liver 7 days after
treatment with a dose of 20 Agkg bw TCDD Together
these studies confirmed the complicated nature of the action
of TCDD on liver cells
If one accepts that TCDD evokes a change in the
transcription of early response genes which subsequently propagate changes in cellular signaling pathways it
should be of importance to identify those genes that
are involved in the initial response Of similar interest is
to identify changes that occur after low-dose exposures
and equally those that are observed after relatively high-
dose exposure In this way it may be possible to
distinguish between adaptive changes to TCDD exposure
or the transcriptional response in a low stress state and
that associated with overt toxicity Therefore in this
study rats were exposed to a low single dose of TCDD
(04 Agkg bw) or a dose intended to elicit moderate
toxicity in SpraguendashDawley rats (40 Agkg bw) Changes
in gene expression were investigated 6 h 24 h and 7
days after TCDD exposure using the Affymetrix U34A
chip Selected novel gene changes were confirmed by
RT-PCR analyses Clinical chemistry and pathological
analyses were also conducted in support of the global
gene expression analyses
Materials and methods
Chemicals
TCDD was obtained from Cambridge Isotope Labs
(ED-901-C)
Animals
Animal experiments were conducted according to GLP at
Gene Logic Inc laboratories Male SpraguendashDawley out- bred CD rats (CRLCD[SD] IGS BR) weighing 250ndash300 g
were obtained from Charles River Laboratories The animals
were singly housed in polycarbonate cages temperatures
were maintained between 180 and 260 8C with a relative
humidity between 30 and 70 Rats were supplied with
feed (2018 Teklad Certified Global diet) and tap water
(routinely analyzed for contaminants and microbes) ad
libitum during the study During a 7-day acclimatization
period rats were observed for general health and suitability
for inclusion in the study
Experimental design
Rats (5dose) received singles doses of TCDD in a
corn oil vehicle (5 mLkg) by oral gavage at 0 04 or 40
Agkg bw on Day 1 Doses were determined in a
preliminary dose-ranging study the high-dose was
designed to elicit moderate toxicity Animals were killed
by decapitation 6 h 24 h and 7 days following
treatment livers were removed snap frozen within
approximately 2 min of death and stored at Agrave80 8C
Blood (approximately 4 mL) samples were taken prior to
termination by puncture of the orbital sinus while under
70 CO230 O2 anesthesia Approximately 1 mL of
blood was collected in serum separator tubes for clinicalchemistry analysis whereas 05 mL of blood was
collected into EDTA tubes for hematological analyses
Microarray experiments
Sample preparation processing and hybridization to
the Rat Genome U34A chip was performed by Gene
Logic Inc as described in the GeneChip Expression
Analysis Technical Manual (Affymetrix Santa Clara CA)
Information on the Rat Genome U34A chip which
analyzes approximately 7000 full-length sequences and
approximately 1000 EST clusters is available on the internet
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(httpwwwaffymetrixcomproductsarraysspecificrgu34
affx) In the experiment one chip was used per animal and
sample
Clinical chemistry
Clinical chemistry and pathological examination wascarried out at Gene Logic Inc laboratories Serum samples
(5dosetime point) were analyzed on a Roche Hitachi 717
Chemistry Analyzer using commercially available reagents
from Roche Diagnostics Determined endpoints consisted of
calcium phosphorous glucose urea nitrogen creatinine
total protein albumin total bilirubin alanine aminotransfer-
ase alkaline phosphatase aspartate aminotransferase
sodium potassium chloride carbon dioxide triglycerides
cholesterol magnesium sorbitol dehydrogenase and glob-
ulin was calculated as the difference between total protein
and albumin Hematological parameters were measured or
calculated using the ABX 9010TM Haematology AnalyzerInvestigated parameters were white blood cells red blood
cells hemoglobin hematocrit mean corpuscular volume
mean corpuscular hemoglobin and platelets
Pathological examination
Liver samples were preserved in 10 neutral-buffered
formalin Samples were subsequently embedded in paraf-
fin sectioned at approximately 5 Am and stained by
hematoxylin and eosin Samples were then examined
microscopically
Verification of gene changes
Confirmation of gene changes was carried out in rats
treated with single doses of TCDD as previously described
( Nilsson et al 2000) Dose selection was designed to
encompass the dose at which gene changes were observed
using microarray analyses Briefly male SpraguendashDawley
rats (BampK Universal Ab Solentuna Sweden) were housed
3 per cage and received R34 diet (6000 IU vitamin Akg
diet Lactamin Stockholm Sweden) during a four week
acclimatization period Rats (6group 273 F 18 g)
received TCDD in corn oil (1 mLkg bw) at doses of 0
10 and 100 Agkg bw and were killed 3 days following
treatment Anesthesia was carried out using 90 mgkg bw sodium pentobarbital (Mebumal) and death was in-
duced by blood withdrawal from the portal vein Livers
were excised snap frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at
Agrave70 8C
Real-time PCR (Taqman) experiments
RNA was isolated using the QIAGEN RNeasy Midi Prep
Kit according to the manufacturerrsquos instructions The frozen
tissue samples were homogenized in lysis buffer using a
Fastprep FP120 instrument (Qbiogene Cedex France) The
total RNA was quantified using the NanoDropND-1000
Spectrophotometer (NanoDrop Montchanin USA) The
RNA quality was analyzed on Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer
using the bRNA 6000 Nano Q Kit (Agilent Technologies
Palo N Alto USA) The procedure was performed according
to the manufacturerrsquos manual Reagent Kit Guide RNA
6000 Nano Assay and Edition 0701 After quantification
the total RNA was stored at Agrave
70 8CTotal RNA was transcribed to cDNA using the High
Capacity cDNA Archive Kit (Applied Biosystems Stock-
holm Sweden)
Real time PCR was performed using an ABI Prism
7700 sequence Detection System (Applied Biosystems
Stockholm Sweden) according to the manufacturerrsquos
protocol and using 5 ngl of template RNA Primers and
probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems Samples
were amplified in triplicate and each run included a
standard curve with known amounts of template RNA 18S
rRNA was used as internal control to which the samples
were normalized
Data analysis
Microarray data analysis Data were analyzed using the
Affymetrix software version MAS 50 (Affymetrix Santa
Clara CA) The RG-U34A Genechip array consists of 8799
probe sets (including 59 control probesets) A total of 37
observations divided into 9 treatment groups were
recorded from individual animals (n = 3ndash5 per treatment
group) Data are contained within GeneLogicrsquos Toxexpress
database
To look for outliers and trends in the data principal
components analysis (PCA Simca-P 81) pairwise correla-
tion analysis and hierarchical clustering (Spotfire version
62) were conducted PCA revealed one outlying sample in
the 6 h 40 Agkg bw dose group This sample was removed
from further analysis Data were also normalized using the
Contrast Normalization routine (Astrand 2003)
To investigate differentially expressed genes ANOVA
models were fitted to each probe set individually with time
and dose as main effects and an interaction term Data were
subjected to a log transform prior to the calculations
Additionally pairwise tests were also carried out within the
model between each dose group against its time-matched
vehicle control The estimated differences in mean levels for the respective group comparisons were then expressed as
fold changes by taking the exponent of the difference
Statistical analysis Statistical analyses of clinical chem-
istry hematological data and RT-PCR experiments was
conducted by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) using
Sigmastat Statistical software (Jandel Scientific Erkath
Germany) Where significant differences were indicated
between groups and the data were homogenous (Levene
median test) Least Squares Difference test was used for
pairwise comparisons When tests for homogenous variance
failed the KruskalndashWallis one-way ANOVA on ranks was
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used and significant differences were evaluated using
Dunnettrsquos test for multiple comparisons
Results and discussion
Clinical observations
There were no unscheduled deaths during the study
period and no reported clinical signs Body weight was
significantly decreased compared to control at 40 Agkg bw
at 7 days only (18 P b 005 data not shown)
Clinical chemistry
Significant changes in clinical chemistry and hematolog-
ical parameters are shown in Table 1 At 40 Agkg bw TCDD
increased serum cholesterol concentrations at the 24 h and 7-
day time points At 6 h there was a significant decrease inserum cholesterol concentration but the difference between
control values was only minor Serum triglycerides on the
other hand were markedly increased at the high-dose at 24 h
but decreased after 7 days Serum glucose was decreased
significantly only at the high-dose at 7 days Total protein and
globulin concentrations were likewise increased at 7 days
Hemoglobin was increased at the high-dose at all time points
Alanine aminotransferase activity was decreased at the low-
and high-dose at 7 days The absence of significant increases
here is consistent with liver histopathological examination
which revealed no marked signs of hepatotoxicity (below)
Pathology
There were no gross lesions in the livers of control or
treated rats Upon histopathological examination no alter-
ations were evident 6 h after dosing At 24 h minimal
evidence of centrilobular hypertrophy characterized by a loss
of glycogen vacuolization and slight increases in the
eosinophilic matrix were observed in 25 rats given 40 Ag
kg bw TCDD On day 7 centrilobular hypertrophy was
observed in 45 rats given 40 Agkg bw TCDD
Gene expression analyses
Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD
if the change exceeded a 2-fold cut off value and was
statistically significant to P b 001 Applying this criteria a
total of 288 probesets were altered in the liver of male
SpraguendashDawley rats by single oral TCDD exposure at 6 h
24 h andor 7 days (Table 2) Low-dose TCDD exposure
altered the expression of 49 probesets 25 at 6 h (13 up 12
down) 12 (up) at 24 h and 12 (up) at 7 days At 6 h
upregulated genes included CYP1A1 CYP1A2 NAD(P)H
dehydrogenase quinone 1 (Nqo1) UDP glycosyltransferase
1 family (UGT1A6) NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nfe2I2 nrf2)
and growth arrest and DNA damage inducible 45 alpha
(Gadd45a) Nrf2 has been suggested to function as a mediator
of Nqo1 induction following TCDD exposure (Ma et al
2004) and the results here further demonstrate that nrf2 is an
early and sensitive target for TCDD Gadd45a has been
shown to be induced by ionizing radiation as well as in
response to DNA damage as a result of alkylation and
oxidative stress (Hollander and Fornace 2002) In addition
non-genotoxic stresses such as nutrient depletion have also
been shown to induce Gadd45a (Fornace et al 1989 Zhan et
al 1996) While the precise functions of Gadd45a remain to
be determined two studies suggest involvement in the G2Mcell cycle checkpoint (Wang et al 1999b Zhan et al 1999)
Furthermore Gadd45a has been implicated in mechanisms of
DNA damage repair and control of genetic instability
[reviewed in (Hollander and Fornace 2002 Sheikh et al
2000)] Low-dose TCDD exposure also caused down-
regulation of 12 genes at 6 h Interestingly several of these
were transcription factors for instance Onecut1 (codes for
HNF-6) nuclear factor IX (Nfix) and Kruppel-like factor 9
(Klf9) The relevance of these results may be questionable
however since these changes were only seen at the low-dose
and at one time point On the other hand Cyclin D1 (Ccnd1)
which is essential for cell cycle control at G1 was inhibited
Table 1
Clinical chemistry and hematology parameters in the serum of rats treated
with single oral doses of TCDD at 0 04 and 40 Agkg bw and killed at 6 h
24 h and 7 days following treatment
Parameter Dose
Control 04 40
6 hCholesterol (mgdL) 846 F 61 762 F 59 754 F 50
Hemoglobin (gdL) 149 F 05 155 F 03 154 F 03
24 h
Triglycerides (mgdL) 1494 F 279 1186 F 214 260 F 1008
Cholesterol (mgdL) 774 F 81 74 F 109 924 F 73
Hemoglobin (gdL) 144 F 06 146 F 04 156 F 05
Absolute neutrophils
(Th AL)
41 F 05 30 F 08 43 F 06
7 days
Triglycerides (mgdL) 1022 F 255 1256 F 336 544 F 194
Cholesterol (mgdL) 778 F 159 866 F 170 1248 F 34
Hemoglobin (gdL) 146 F 06 151 F 08 159 F 14
Red blood cells(mil AL)
67 F 03 68 F 04 76 F 05
Absolute reticulocytes
(mil AL)
02 F 001 018 F 002 012 F 003
Alanine
aminotransferase
(IUL)
58 F 74 452 F 58 462 F 82
Glucose (mgdL) 141 F 129 1286 F 182 1088 F 41
Total protein (gdL) 66 F 02 65 F 01 716 F 03
Globulin (gdL) 23 F 02 24 F 02 27 F 03
P b 005 compared to controls Statistical analysis was by one-way
analysis ANOVA followed by the Least Squares Difference test In cases
where tests for homogenous variance failed analysis was by the Kruskalndash
Wallis one-way ANOVA on ranks and significant differences were
evaluated using Dunnett Ts test for multiple comparisons
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Table 2
Probesets altered z 2-fold ( P b 001) compared to control in the liver of rats given TCDD by oral gavage at 0 04 and 40 Agkg bw and killed at 6 h 24 h
or 7 days following exposure
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 days
symbol04 40 04 40 04 40
Detoxificationstress
E00778cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a1 CYP1A1 28 3133 9973 3458 6903 1709 7017K03241cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 3883 71 110 87 112 91 185
E01184cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 7448 58 84 80 100 86 141
M26127 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 7673 36 53 55 74 57 95
rc _ AI176856 _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 13 2992 250 13559
U09540 _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 80 657 3856
U09540 _ g _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 76 750 80 4838
X83867cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 94 112
E00717UTR1 _ s _ at cDNA encoding cytochrome P-450
from rat liver
No symbol 269 1807 2945 2153 3048 944 2620
J02679 _ s _ at NAD(P)H dehydrogenase quinone 1 Nqo1 1093 23 147 31 105 20 126
M58495mRNA _ at NAD(P)H dehydrogenase quinone 1 Nqo1 41 205 174 111D38061exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 arylsulfatase B
Arsb
UGT1A6
303 26 105 86 173 52 193
S56936 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 arylsulfatase B
Arsb
UGT1A6
293 23 65 66 174 42 183
S56937 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 UDP
glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A7
UGT1A6
UGT1A7
4926 27 29 55
D83796 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 UDP
glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A7
UGT1A6
UGT1A7
10508 25 27 48
D38062exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 186 78 60 305 20 348
AF039212mRNA _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 348 52 31 106 227
J02612mRNA _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 10410 26 26 37
J05132 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 17473 21 27 37
J03637 _ at Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3
member A1
Aldh3a1 208 103 569 1058
D38065exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A1
UGT1A1 1777 Agrave25
K00136mRNA _ at Glutathione S-transferase alpha
type 2
GSTA2 18140 21 26 37
S72506 _ s _ at Glutathione S-transferase alpha
type 2
GSTA2 113 87 34
S82820mRNA _ s _ at GSTA5 = glutathione S-transferase
Yc2 subunit [rats Morris hepatomacell line mRNA 1274 nt]
Yc2 subunit
GSTA5
890 40 54 32
X62660mRNA _ at RRGTS8 Rrattus mRNA for
glutathione transferase subunit
GSTA4 1952 23 42
X62660mRNA _ g _ at RRGTS8 Rrattus mRNA for
glutathione transferase subunit
GSTA4 2770 29 48
rc _ AI102562 _ at Metallothionein Mt1a 69514 96 92
M11794cds2 _ f _ at Metallothionein Mt1a 48512 91 25 91
rc _ AI234950 _ at Acid phosphatase 2 Acp2 1715 20 29
AF045464 _ s _ at Aflatoxin B1 aldehyde reductase Afar 2602 29
J03786 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 15-beta gene CYP2c12 1528 63
J00728cds _ f _ at Rat cytochrome P-450e
(phenobarbital-inducible)
gene exon 9
No symbol 3892 Agrave20 Agrave25
(continued on next page)
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Detoxificationstress
L00320cds _ f _ at RATCYPB9 Rat
cytochrome P-450b
(phenobarbital-inducible)gene exon 9
Rat CYP2B9 802 Agrave27
M13234cds _ f _ at RATCYPEZ78 Rat cytochrome
P-450e gene exons 7 and 8
No symbol 3027 Agrave21
U40004 _ s _ at cytochrome P450 pseudogene
(CYP2J3P2)
CYP2J3P2 2438 Agrave20
U46118 _ at cytochrome P450 3A9 CYP3A9 1953 Agrave108
M18363cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily IIC
(mephenytoin 4-hydroxylase)
CYP2C 23384 Agrave29
X79081mRNA _ f _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily IIC
(mephenytoin 4-hydroxylase)
CYP2C 6286 Agrave49
U70825 _ at 5-oxoprolinase Oplah 821 Agrave28
S48325 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 49580 Agrave27
M20131cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 56615 Agrave23
AF056333 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 28723 Agrave27
M58041 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 2c22 CYP2c22 15104 Agrave23
M84719 _ at Flavin-containing
monooxygenase 1
FMO1 2390 Agrave34
U63923 _ at Thioredoxin reductase 1 Txnrd1 1277 25
rc _ AA891286 _ at Thioredoxin reductase 1 Txnrd1 2682 23
rc _ AI172247 _ at Xanthine dehydrogenase Xdh 1956 20
AF037072 _ at Carbonic anhydrase 3 Ca3 5409 Agrave49 Agrave207
L32591mRNA _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 382 20 33 40 65
L32591mRNA _ g _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 798 26 25 35
rc _ AI070295 _ g _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 391 49
AF025670 _ g _ at Caspase 6 Casp6 810 21
Lipid metabolism
J05210 _ at ATP citrate-lyase Acly 3890 Agrave30 Agrave29
J05210 _ g _ at ATP citrate-lyase Acly 10875 Agrave24
L07736 _ at Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 CPT1 8463 36
J02749 _ at Acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 1
3-oxo acyl-CoA thiolase A
Acaa1 1079 34 25 53
M76767 _ s _ at Fatty acid synthase Fasn 1814 Agrave24
S69874 _ s _ at Fatty acid binding protein 5
epidermal
Fabp 1065 42
rc _ AA799779 _ g _ at Acyl-CoAdihydroxyacetonephosphate
acyltransferase
Gnpat 488 21
U10357 _ at Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 Pdk2 3263 Agrave33
U10357 _ g _ at Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 Pdk2 4434 Agrave20
S81497 _ s _ at Lipase A lysosomal acid Lipa 1311 Agrave26
M33648 _ at 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA
synthase 2 mitochondrial precursor
Hmgcs2 29290 Agrave20
rc _ AA817846 _ at 3-hydroxybutyrate
dehydrogenase
(heart mitochondrial)
Bdh 4825 Agrave21
AF003835 _ at Isopentenyl-diphosphate
delta isomerase
Idi1 1727 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Lipid metabolism
M89945mRNA _ at Farensyl diphosphate synthase Fdps 10239 Agrave23
M00002 _ at Apolipoprotein A-IV Apoa4 7038 Agrave35
J05460 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 7a1 CYP7A1 4375Agrave
97Agrave
80U18374 _ at Farnesoid X receptor Nr1h4 (FXR) 1563 Agrave23 Agrave20
D86580 _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1390 Agrave36 Agrave36
D86745cds _ s _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1712 Agrave43 Agrave40
M77479 _ at Solute carrier family 10 (sodium
bile acid cotransporter family)
member 1
Slc10a1
(Ntcp)
11044 Agrave21
U88036 _ at Solute carrier family 21
(organic anion
transporter) member 5
Slc21a5
oatp2
4630 Agrave32 Agrave29
D10262 _ at Choline kinase Chk 726 24 29 23
E04239cds _ s _ at Choline kinase Chk 129 31
L14441 _ at Phosphatidylethanolamine
N-methyltransferase
PEMT 6315 Agrave27
D28560 _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 2917 27 41
D28560 _ g _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase
phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 1615 37 34
D78588 _ at Diacylglycerol kinase zeta Dgkz 534 Agrave23
AB009372 _ at Lysophospholipase LOC246266 943 Agrave48 Agrave156
Carbohydrate metabolism
X53588 _ at Glucokinase Gck 748 Agrave32 Agrave30
AF080468 _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 6645 Agrave26 Agrave26
AF080468 _ g _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 8134 Agrave23 Agrave24
X07467 _ at Glucose-6-phosphate
dehydrogenase
G6pd 728 33 35
rc _ AI008020 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 275 26 43 20
rc _ AI171506 _ g _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 752 43 45
M26594 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 430 41 36
rc _ AI171506 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 388 51 44
rc _ AI059508 _ s _ at Transketolase Tkt 1164 Agrave25
K03243mRNA _ s _ at Phosphoenolpyruvate
carboxykinase
PEPCK 24179 Agrave32 Agrave42
U32314 _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3515 Agrave22 Agrave22
U32314 _ g _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3111 Agrave20
Nitrogen metabolism
AB003400 _ at d-Amino acid oxidase Dao1 1239 Agrave76
X12459 _ at Arginosuccinate synthetase Ass 26118 Agrave21 Agrave31
rc _ AI179613 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 17405 Agrave24
rc _ AI233216 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 6905Agrave
24Agrave
21rc _ AA852004 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 902 Agrave31 Agrave31
M91652complete _ seq _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 2570 Agrave24 Agrave21
rc _ AI232783 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 6552 Agrave23
J05499 _ at Liver mitochondrial glutaminase Ga 2030 Agrave39
M58308 _ at Histidine ammonia lyase Hal 3436 Agrave44
D10354 _ s _ at Alanine aminotransferase Alat 2570 Agrave32
D13667cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 967 Agrave27
X06357cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 4465 Agrave22
X13119cds _ s _ at Serine dehydratase Sds 271 105
X06150cds _ at Glycine methyltransferase Gnmt 2359 Agrave20
E03229cds _ s _ at Cytolosic cysteine dioxygenase Cdo1 24819 Agrave33 Agrave29
AF056031 _ at Kynurenine 3-hydroxylase Kmo 2683 Agrave22
Z50144 _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 1164 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Nitrogen metabolism
Z50144 _ g _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 2458 Agrave22
J04171 _ at Aspartate aminotransferase Asat 1687 25 22
AF038870 _ at Betaine-homocysteinemethyltransferase
Bhmt 22602 20
J03959 _ g _ at Urate oxidase Uox 622 22
rc _ AA900413 _ at Dihydrofolate reductase 1
(active)
Dhfr1 2389 22
AJ000347 _ g _ at 3(2)5-bisphosphate
nucleotidase
Bpnt1 577 31
D90404 _ at cathepsin C Ctsc 11757 Agrave24
Mitochondrial electron transport chain
X15030 _ at Cytochrome c oxidase
subunit Va
Cox5a 9753 31
Retinoid metabolism
X65296cds _ s _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 4719 Agrave21 Agrave81
L46791 _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 2496 Agrave64
D00362 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 17296 Agrave52
M20629 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 20350 Agrave28
AF016387 _ at Retinoid X receptor gamma Rxrg 410 21
Steroid metabolism
S81448 _ s _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 3288 Agrave332
J05035 _ g _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 8835 Agrave177
J05035 _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 4560 Agrave131
M31363mRNA _ f _ at (Ad) M31363mRNA
RATHSST Rat hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase mRNA
No symbol 29966 Agrave45
rc _ AA818122 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 18559 Agrave37
D14988 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 29775 Agrave36
D14987 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 11993 Agrave31
D14989 _ f _ at Rat mRNA for hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase subunit
complete cds
No symbol 4793 Agrave28
M67465 _ at Hydroxy-delta-5-steroid
dehydrogenase
3 beta- and steroid
delta-isomerase
Hsd3b 7019 Agrave24
X57999cds _ at Deiodinase iodothyronine
type 1
Dio 1 826 Agrave43
X91234 _ at 17-beta hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase type 2
Hsd17b2 15271 20
M33312cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 IIA1
(hepatic steroid
hydroxylase IIA1) gene
CYP2A1 13452 36
L24207 _ i _ at (Ad) L24207 Rattus
norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
CYP3A1 1659 24
L24207 _ r _ at Rattus norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
Cyp3A1 1068 27
D13912 _ s _ at Cytochrome P-450PCN
(PNCN inducible)
cytochrome P450 subfamily
3A poypeptide 3
Cyp3A1
Cyp3a3
6993 25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Kinases
rc _ AI145931 _ at UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-
2-epimerase
N-acetylmannosamine kinase
Uae1 2653 Agrave23
Circadian rhythm
AB016532 _ at Period homolog 2 Per2 65 44
Membrane bound proteins
AF004017 _ at Solute carrier family 4
member 4
Slc4a4 493 70
U28504 _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 915 24 30
U28504 _ g _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 428 36 56
AB015433 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1577 21 40
X89225cds _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1046 30D84450 _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting beta
polypeptide 3
Atp1b3 968 29
M74494 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 2444 Agrave31
M28647 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 4911 Agrave27
rc _ AA799645 _ g _ at FXYD domain-containing
ion transport regulator 1
Fxyd1 1307 Agrave20 Agrave29
L27651 _ at Solute carrier family 22
(organic anion transporter)
member 7
Slc22a7 3174 Agrave21
U76714 _ at Solute carrier family 39
(iron-regulated transporter)
member 1
Slc39a1 696 Agrave20
rc _ AI145680 _ s _ at Solute carrier 16
(monocarboxylic acid
transporter) member 1
Slc16a1 1736 Agrave23
L28135 _ at Solute carrier family 2
A2 (glucose transporter
type 2)
Slc2a2 4653 Agrave23
U76379 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 22
member 1
Slc22a1 4182 Agrave21
AJ011656cds _ s _ at Claudin 3 Cldn3 3533 Agrave25
S61865 _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 2061 Agrave20
X60651mRNA _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 937 Agrave29
M31322 _ g _ at Sperm membrane protein
(YWK-II)
LOC64312 3213 21
AF097593 _ at Cadherin 2 Cdh2 950 Agrave24
U23056 _ at C-CAM4 protein LOC287009 240 25 544U23055cds _ s _ at Partial cds C-CAM4 protein
carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 322 676
J04963 _ at Carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 787 23
U32575 _ at Sec6 Sec6 181 44 62
U32575 _ g _ at Sec6 Sec6 342 20 45 94
rc _ AA926292 _ s _ at Trans-Golgi network protein 1 Ttgn1 919 20 26
rc _ AA859954 _ at Vacuole membrane protein 1 Vmp1 1472 26
rc _ AA892759 _ at Synaptosomal-associated protein
23 kDa
Snap23 205 34
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Cell cycle
X75207 _ s _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 696 Agrave20 Agrave24
D14014 _ g _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1307 Agrave36
D14014 _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1238Agrave
33Agrave
24
RNA processing
AF041066 _ at Ribonuclease RNase A family 4 Rnase4 15183 Agrave23
Cell signaling
X52140 _ at Integrin alpha 1 Itga1 1069 Agrave21
M83680 _ at GTPase Rab14 Rab14 735 Agrave23
L19180 _ g _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 935 Agrave59 Agrave81
L19933 _ s _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 835 Agrave21
K03249 _ at G protein-coupled receptor
37-like 1 enoyl-Coenzyme A
hydratase3-hydroxyacyl
Coenzyme A dehydrogenase
Ehhadh 2219 Agrave36
M63122 _ at Tumor necrosis factor receptor
super family member 1a
Tnfrsf1a 1906 20
rc _ AA892251 _ at Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A Avpr1a 2064 25 27
D85435 _ g _ at PKC-delta binding protein Prkcdbp 4280 28 24
rc _ AA900505 _ at RhoB gene Arhb 310 40
rc _ AA874794 _ g _ at Nerve growth factor receptor
(TNFRSF16) associated protein 1
Ngfrap1 308
L19699 _ g _ at V-ral simian leukemia viral
oncogene homolog B (ras related)
Ralb 282 20
AJ010828 _ at Chemokine orphan receptor 1 Rdc1 49 133
AF017437 _ g _ at Integrin-associated protein Cd47 187 25
Transcription factors
Y14933mRNA _ s _ at One cut domain family member 1
alternative name hepatocytenuclear factor 6 beta
Onecut1 1084 Agrave73
AB012234 _ g _ at Nuclear factor IX Nfix 732 Agrave45
D12769 _ at Kruppel-like factor 9 Klf 9 1886 Agrave20
AB017044exon _ at AB017044exon Rattus
norvegicus gene for hepatocyte
nuclear factor 3 gamma
partial cds
HNF3-G 631 Agrave27
X84210complete _ seq _ s _ at Nuclear factor IA Nfia 752 Agrave24
rc _ AI234146 _ at Cysteine rich protein 1 Csrp1 1397 Agrave27 Agrave63
rc _ AI014091 _ at Cbpp300-interacting
transactivator with GluAsp-rich
carboxy-terminal domain 2
Cited2 or
MRG1
864 Agrave36
L25785 _ at Transforming growth factor beta
1 induced transcript 4
(stimulated clone 22 homologue)
Tgfb1i4 Agrave 4734 Agrave28 Agrave36 Agrave37
rc _ AI177161 _ g _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 406 26 41 47 53
rc _ AI177161 _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 648 25 33 37 59
Heme synthesis
J03190 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 3005 Agrave43
J03190 _ g _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 1924 Agrave23
D86297 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 Alas2 1122 Agrave27
rc _ AI178971 _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 610 Agrave52
X56325mRNA _ s _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 40041 Agrave28
M94918mRNA _ f _ at Hemoglobin beta Hbb 28954 Agrave29
M94919mRNA _ f _ at mRNA RATBETGLOY Rat
beta-globin gene exons 1ndash3
No symbol 16547 Agrave26
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Immune
D10729 _ s _ at Proteasome (prosome
macropain) subunit beta type
8 (low molecular mass polypeptide 7)
Psmb8 3232 Agrave21
M64795 _ f _ at M64795 Rat MHC class I
antigen gene
No symbol 1839 Agrave23
M33025 _ s _ at Parathymosin Ptms 4727 Agrave30
rc _ AI136977 _ g _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 907 Agrave23
rc _ AI136977 _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 473 Agrave131
M86564 _ at Prothymosin alpha Ptma 1858 Agrave21
D88250 _ at Complement component 1
s subcomponent
C1s 6862 29
M31038 _ at RT1 class Ib gene RT1Aw2 438 Agrave27
rc _ AA945608 _ at Serum amyloid P-component Sap 14151 Agrave25
Cell differentiation
rc _ AI231292 _ at Cystatin C Cst3 2235 Agrave20
rc _ AA858673 _ at Pancreatic secretory trypsininhibitor type II (PSTI-II)
LOC266602 14588Agrave
31
M15481 _ g _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 30347 Agrave26
M15481 _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 4548 Agrave26
X06107 _ i _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 1871 Agrave23
M81183Exon _ UTR _ g _ at M81183Exon _ UTR
RATINSLGFA Rat insulin-like
growth factor I gene
3 end of exon 6
No symbol 3328 Agrave29
rc _ AA924289 _ s _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 2535 Agrave24
S46785 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 7526 Agrave24
M31837 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein 3
Igfbp3 1325 Agrave26
M58634 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1
Igfbp1 516 25 47 29 49
Cytoskeleton
U31463 _ at Myosin heavy polypeptide 9
non-muscle
Myh9 1052 Agrave38
X52815cds _ f _ at X52815cds RRGAMACT Rat
mRNA for cytoplasmic-gamma
isoform of actin
No symbol 5098 Agrave26
rc _ AI179012 _ s _ at Actin beta Actb 25868 Agrave32
X70706cds _ at Plastin 3 (T-isoform) Pls3 1033 Agrave20
U05784 _ s _ at Microtubule-associated proteins
1A1B light chain 3
MPL3 3218 33 26
rc _ AA944422 _ at Calponin 3 acidic Cnn3 794 22
rc _ AA892814 _ s _ at Calpain small subunit Capns1 3395 Agrave22
L24776 _ at tropomyosin 3 gamma Tpm3 446 20
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X12355 _ s _ at Glucose regulated protein 58 kDa Grp58 4725 Agrave29
rc _ AI234604_s _ at Heat shock cognate protein 70 Hsc70 10189 Agrave22
D30649mRNA _ s _ at Alkaline phosphodiesterase LOC54410 789 Agrave21 Agrave35
U62897 _ at Carboxypeptidase D Cpd 880 Agrave24
rc _ AA859837 _ g _ at Guanine deaminase Gda 2956 Agrave21
J00738 _ s _ at Alpha-2u globulin PGCL4 LOC259247 9926 Agrave1176
AB000199 _ at CCA2 protein Cca2 3793 Agrave23
U55765 _ at Serine (or cysteine) proteinase
inhibitor clade A (alpha-1
antiproteinase antitrypsin)
member 10
Serpina 10
Rasp-1
5175 22
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X96437mRNA _ g _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1
Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 661 29
X96437mRNA _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 888 22
S61960 _ s _ at Cysteine conjugate beta-lyase No symbol 869 25 24 42
rc _ AA893239 _ at 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Hpcl2 3090 Agrave23
S85184 _ at S85184 Cyclic Protein-2 =
cathepsin L proenzyme [rats
Sertoli cells mRNA 1790 nt]
CP-2 804 23 30
S77494 _ s _ at Lysyl oxidase Lox 558 Agrave43
X61381cds _ s _ at RRIIMRNA R rattus interferon
induced mRNA
No symbol 6533 Agrave27
rc _ AI172293 _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 6850 Agrave21
E12625cds _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 3679 Agrave25
rc _ AA891916 _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 1508 21
rc _ AA891916 _ g _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 2135 20
rc _ AA859981 _ at Inositol (myo)-1(or 4)-
monophosphatase 2
Impa2 385 32
D17809 _ at Beta-4N-
acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Galgt1 1455 Agrave23 Agrave25
X14848cds12 _ at MIRNXX Rattus norvegicus
mitochondrial genome
No symbol 362 2
rc _ AI639029 _ s _ at Rat mixed-tissue library Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
clone rx05067 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 323 4
rc _ AI638989 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
rx01268 3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 678 Agrave29
rc _ AI639162 _ at Rat mixed-tissue libraryRattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx01122 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 113 5
rc _ AA955983 _ at rc _ AA955983 UI-R-E1-fb-e-
12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E1-
fb-e-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA955983 Ag =
Rn7854len = 542
No symbol 5035 2
U47312 _ s _ at U47312 RNU47312 Rat R2
cerebellum DDRT-T-PCR
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
LIARCD-3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 669 Agrave24
rc _ AA875171 _ at rc _ AA875171 UI-R-E0-ce-f-12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E0-
ce-f-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA875171gi =
2980119 Ag = Rn2814
len = 458
No symbol 863 2
rc _ AA817987 _ f _ at rc _ AA817987 UI-R-A0-ah-a-
06-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-A0-
ah-a-06-0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA817987gi = 2887867 Ag =
Rn23920len = 373
No symbol 7364 Agrave30
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
rc _ AA859899 _ at rc _ AA859899 UI-R-E0-
cg-a-03-0-UIs1 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA 3 end clone = UI-R-E0-cg-a-03-
0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA859899gi = 2949419 Ag =
Rn810len = 353
No symbol 1018 Agrave21
rc _ AI639435 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx04153 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 99 54
ESTs
rc _ AI236601 _ at EST233163 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
643 28
rc _ AA892246 _ at EST196049 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
722 22 20 20
rc _ AA799700 _ at EST189197 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
1300 24
rc _ AA892888 _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
10889 22 26
rc _ AA893529 _ at EST197332 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
268 28
rc _ AI176456 _ at EST220041 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
42918 116 110
rc _ AA892888 _ g _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
21687 22
rc _ AA893667 _ g _ at EST197470 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
421 22
rc _ AI014135 _ g _ at EST207690 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2863 34
rc _ AA892520 _ g _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1472 20
rc _ AA892179 _ at EST195982 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
553 20
rc _ AA893088 _ at EST196891 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
808 22
rc _ AA799511 _ g _ at EST189008 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2143 20
rc _ AA893658 _ at EST197461 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2686 20 41
rc _ AA892918 _ at EST196721 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
550 21
rc _ AA946108 _ at EST201607 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
291 20
rc _ AA892520 _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1054 25
rc _ AA891814 _ at EST195617 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
479 23
rc _ H33001 _ at EST108598 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1380 Agrave22
rc _ H31813 _ at EST106240 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1628 Agrave24
rc _ AA799879 _ at EST189376 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
788 21
rc _ AA800787 _ at EST190284 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
875 Agrave23
rc _ AA893870 _ at EST197673 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
593 Agrave35
rc _ AA892234 _ at EST196037 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6720 Agrave22 Agrave30
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
U88036 ID Rn00756233 _ m1) and Eukaryotic 18S rRNA endogenous control (accession no X03205 ID Hs99999901 _ s1)
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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helixndashloop-helix protein that binds TCDD in the cyto-
plasm and following release of its chaperone proteins
translocates to the nucleus where it associates with
enhancer elements in the 5 V-flanking region of the
CYP1A1 gene known as dioxin-responsive elements
(DRE reviewed in Whitlock 1999 Whitlock et al
1996) The CYP1A1 gene contains multiple copies of the DRE sequence which have been shown to be required
for inducer-dependent transcription in DNA transfection
experiments (Denison et al 1988 1989 Fujisawa-Sehara
et al 1987 Hines et al 1988) Furthermore DRE
elements were well conserved with respect to location
within the CYP1A1 gene for mice rats and humans
(Denison et al 1988 1989 Fujisawa-Sehara et al 1987
Hines et al 1988) DREs have also been found for the
well known battery of AhR responsive genes including
CYP1A2 (Quattr ochi et al 1994) NAD(P)Hquinone
oxidoreductase (Favreau and Pickett 1991) CYP1B1
(Zhang et al 1998) UGT1A16 (Emi et al 1996 Munzelet al 1998) aldehyde dehydrogenase class 3 (Takimoto et
al 1994) and glutathione S-transferase Ya (Paulson et al
1990 Rushmore et al 1990)
More recently global expression studies have been
carried out to investigate other novel genes affected by
TCDD exposure Puga et al (2000) investigated the
transcriptome of human HepG2 cells using commercial
cDNA arrays Exposure to 10 nM TCDD for 8 h altered the
expression of 310 known genes and a similar number of
expressed sequence tags more than 21-fold Of these 310
genes 30 were upregulated and 78 downregulated regard-
less of cycloheximide treatment In another study in HepG2
cells Frueh et al (2001) found that TCDD up or down-
regulated 112 genes two-fold or more It is however
important to consider that these studies were conducted in
vitro in immortalized cell lines and may not necessarily
reflect transcriptional changes occurring in the liver follow-
ing in vivo exposure To that end using serial analyses of
gene expression (SAGE) Kurachi et al (2002) investigated
gene expression changes in mouse liver 7 days after
treatment with a dose of 20 Agkg bw TCDD Together
these studies confirmed the complicated nature of the action
of TCDD on liver cells
If one accepts that TCDD evokes a change in the
transcription of early response genes which subsequently propagate changes in cellular signaling pathways it
should be of importance to identify those genes that
are involved in the initial response Of similar interest is
to identify changes that occur after low-dose exposures
and equally those that are observed after relatively high-
dose exposure In this way it may be possible to
distinguish between adaptive changes to TCDD exposure
or the transcriptional response in a low stress state and
that associated with overt toxicity Therefore in this
study rats were exposed to a low single dose of TCDD
(04 Agkg bw) or a dose intended to elicit moderate
toxicity in SpraguendashDawley rats (40 Agkg bw) Changes
in gene expression were investigated 6 h 24 h and 7
days after TCDD exposure using the Affymetrix U34A
chip Selected novel gene changes were confirmed by
RT-PCR analyses Clinical chemistry and pathological
analyses were also conducted in support of the global
gene expression analyses
Materials and methods
Chemicals
TCDD was obtained from Cambridge Isotope Labs
(ED-901-C)
Animals
Animal experiments were conducted according to GLP at
Gene Logic Inc laboratories Male SpraguendashDawley out- bred CD rats (CRLCD[SD] IGS BR) weighing 250ndash300 g
were obtained from Charles River Laboratories The animals
were singly housed in polycarbonate cages temperatures
were maintained between 180 and 260 8C with a relative
humidity between 30 and 70 Rats were supplied with
feed (2018 Teklad Certified Global diet) and tap water
(routinely analyzed for contaminants and microbes) ad
libitum during the study During a 7-day acclimatization
period rats were observed for general health and suitability
for inclusion in the study
Experimental design
Rats (5dose) received singles doses of TCDD in a
corn oil vehicle (5 mLkg) by oral gavage at 0 04 or 40
Agkg bw on Day 1 Doses were determined in a
preliminary dose-ranging study the high-dose was
designed to elicit moderate toxicity Animals were killed
by decapitation 6 h 24 h and 7 days following
treatment livers were removed snap frozen within
approximately 2 min of death and stored at Agrave80 8C
Blood (approximately 4 mL) samples were taken prior to
termination by puncture of the orbital sinus while under
70 CO230 O2 anesthesia Approximately 1 mL of
blood was collected in serum separator tubes for clinicalchemistry analysis whereas 05 mL of blood was
collected into EDTA tubes for hematological analyses
Microarray experiments
Sample preparation processing and hybridization to
the Rat Genome U34A chip was performed by Gene
Logic Inc as described in the GeneChip Expression
Analysis Technical Manual (Affymetrix Santa Clara CA)
Information on the Rat Genome U34A chip which
analyzes approximately 7000 full-length sequences and
approximately 1000 EST clusters is available on the internet
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(httpwwwaffymetrixcomproductsarraysspecificrgu34
affx) In the experiment one chip was used per animal and
sample
Clinical chemistry
Clinical chemistry and pathological examination wascarried out at Gene Logic Inc laboratories Serum samples
(5dosetime point) were analyzed on a Roche Hitachi 717
Chemistry Analyzer using commercially available reagents
from Roche Diagnostics Determined endpoints consisted of
calcium phosphorous glucose urea nitrogen creatinine
total protein albumin total bilirubin alanine aminotransfer-
ase alkaline phosphatase aspartate aminotransferase
sodium potassium chloride carbon dioxide triglycerides
cholesterol magnesium sorbitol dehydrogenase and glob-
ulin was calculated as the difference between total protein
and albumin Hematological parameters were measured or
calculated using the ABX 9010TM Haematology AnalyzerInvestigated parameters were white blood cells red blood
cells hemoglobin hematocrit mean corpuscular volume
mean corpuscular hemoglobin and platelets
Pathological examination
Liver samples were preserved in 10 neutral-buffered
formalin Samples were subsequently embedded in paraf-
fin sectioned at approximately 5 Am and stained by
hematoxylin and eosin Samples were then examined
microscopically
Verification of gene changes
Confirmation of gene changes was carried out in rats
treated with single doses of TCDD as previously described
( Nilsson et al 2000) Dose selection was designed to
encompass the dose at which gene changes were observed
using microarray analyses Briefly male SpraguendashDawley
rats (BampK Universal Ab Solentuna Sweden) were housed
3 per cage and received R34 diet (6000 IU vitamin Akg
diet Lactamin Stockholm Sweden) during a four week
acclimatization period Rats (6group 273 F 18 g)
received TCDD in corn oil (1 mLkg bw) at doses of 0
10 and 100 Agkg bw and were killed 3 days following
treatment Anesthesia was carried out using 90 mgkg bw sodium pentobarbital (Mebumal) and death was in-
duced by blood withdrawal from the portal vein Livers
were excised snap frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at
Agrave70 8C
Real-time PCR (Taqman) experiments
RNA was isolated using the QIAGEN RNeasy Midi Prep
Kit according to the manufacturerrsquos instructions The frozen
tissue samples were homogenized in lysis buffer using a
Fastprep FP120 instrument (Qbiogene Cedex France) The
total RNA was quantified using the NanoDropND-1000
Spectrophotometer (NanoDrop Montchanin USA) The
RNA quality was analyzed on Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer
using the bRNA 6000 Nano Q Kit (Agilent Technologies
Palo N Alto USA) The procedure was performed according
to the manufacturerrsquos manual Reagent Kit Guide RNA
6000 Nano Assay and Edition 0701 After quantification
the total RNA was stored at Agrave
70 8CTotal RNA was transcribed to cDNA using the High
Capacity cDNA Archive Kit (Applied Biosystems Stock-
holm Sweden)
Real time PCR was performed using an ABI Prism
7700 sequence Detection System (Applied Biosystems
Stockholm Sweden) according to the manufacturerrsquos
protocol and using 5 ngl of template RNA Primers and
probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems Samples
were amplified in triplicate and each run included a
standard curve with known amounts of template RNA 18S
rRNA was used as internal control to which the samples
were normalized
Data analysis
Microarray data analysis Data were analyzed using the
Affymetrix software version MAS 50 (Affymetrix Santa
Clara CA) The RG-U34A Genechip array consists of 8799
probe sets (including 59 control probesets) A total of 37
observations divided into 9 treatment groups were
recorded from individual animals (n = 3ndash5 per treatment
group) Data are contained within GeneLogicrsquos Toxexpress
database
To look for outliers and trends in the data principal
components analysis (PCA Simca-P 81) pairwise correla-
tion analysis and hierarchical clustering (Spotfire version
62) were conducted PCA revealed one outlying sample in
the 6 h 40 Agkg bw dose group This sample was removed
from further analysis Data were also normalized using the
Contrast Normalization routine (Astrand 2003)
To investigate differentially expressed genes ANOVA
models were fitted to each probe set individually with time
and dose as main effects and an interaction term Data were
subjected to a log transform prior to the calculations
Additionally pairwise tests were also carried out within the
model between each dose group against its time-matched
vehicle control The estimated differences in mean levels for the respective group comparisons were then expressed as
fold changes by taking the exponent of the difference
Statistical analysis Statistical analyses of clinical chem-
istry hematological data and RT-PCR experiments was
conducted by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) using
Sigmastat Statistical software (Jandel Scientific Erkath
Germany) Where significant differences were indicated
between groups and the data were homogenous (Levene
median test) Least Squares Difference test was used for
pairwise comparisons When tests for homogenous variance
failed the KruskalndashWallis one-way ANOVA on ranks was
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used and significant differences were evaluated using
Dunnettrsquos test for multiple comparisons
Results and discussion
Clinical observations
There were no unscheduled deaths during the study
period and no reported clinical signs Body weight was
significantly decreased compared to control at 40 Agkg bw
at 7 days only (18 P b 005 data not shown)
Clinical chemistry
Significant changes in clinical chemistry and hematolog-
ical parameters are shown in Table 1 At 40 Agkg bw TCDD
increased serum cholesterol concentrations at the 24 h and 7-
day time points At 6 h there was a significant decrease inserum cholesterol concentration but the difference between
control values was only minor Serum triglycerides on the
other hand were markedly increased at the high-dose at 24 h
but decreased after 7 days Serum glucose was decreased
significantly only at the high-dose at 7 days Total protein and
globulin concentrations were likewise increased at 7 days
Hemoglobin was increased at the high-dose at all time points
Alanine aminotransferase activity was decreased at the low-
and high-dose at 7 days The absence of significant increases
here is consistent with liver histopathological examination
which revealed no marked signs of hepatotoxicity (below)
Pathology
There were no gross lesions in the livers of control or
treated rats Upon histopathological examination no alter-
ations were evident 6 h after dosing At 24 h minimal
evidence of centrilobular hypertrophy characterized by a loss
of glycogen vacuolization and slight increases in the
eosinophilic matrix were observed in 25 rats given 40 Ag
kg bw TCDD On day 7 centrilobular hypertrophy was
observed in 45 rats given 40 Agkg bw TCDD
Gene expression analyses
Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD
if the change exceeded a 2-fold cut off value and was
statistically significant to P b 001 Applying this criteria a
total of 288 probesets were altered in the liver of male
SpraguendashDawley rats by single oral TCDD exposure at 6 h
24 h andor 7 days (Table 2) Low-dose TCDD exposure
altered the expression of 49 probesets 25 at 6 h (13 up 12
down) 12 (up) at 24 h and 12 (up) at 7 days At 6 h
upregulated genes included CYP1A1 CYP1A2 NAD(P)H
dehydrogenase quinone 1 (Nqo1) UDP glycosyltransferase
1 family (UGT1A6) NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nfe2I2 nrf2)
and growth arrest and DNA damage inducible 45 alpha
(Gadd45a) Nrf2 has been suggested to function as a mediator
of Nqo1 induction following TCDD exposure (Ma et al
2004) and the results here further demonstrate that nrf2 is an
early and sensitive target for TCDD Gadd45a has been
shown to be induced by ionizing radiation as well as in
response to DNA damage as a result of alkylation and
oxidative stress (Hollander and Fornace 2002) In addition
non-genotoxic stresses such as nutrient depletion have also
been shown to induce Gadd45a (Fornace et al 1989 Zhan et
al 1996) While the precise functions of Gadd45a remain to
be determined two studies suggest involvement in the G2Mcell cycle checkpoint (Wang et al 1999b Zhan et al 1999)
Furthermore Gadd45a has been implicated in mechanisms of
DNA damage repair and control of genetic instability
[reviewed in (Hollander and Fornace 2002 Sheikh et al
2000)] Low-dose TCDD exposure also caused down-
regulation of 12 genes at 6 h Interestingly several of these
were transcription factors for instance Onecut1 (codes for
HNF-6) nuclear factor IX (Nfix) and Kruppel-like factor 9
(Klf9) The relevance of these results may be questionable
however since these changes were only seen at the low-dose
and at one time point On the other hand Cyclin D1 (Ccnd1)
which is essential for cell cycle control at G1 was inhibited
Table 1
Clinical chemistry and hematology parameters in the serum of rats treated
with single oral doses of TCDD at 0 04 and 40 Agkg bw and killed at 6 h
24 h and 7 days following treatment
Parameter Dose
Control 04 40
6 hCholesterol (mgdL) 846 F 61 762 F 59 754 F 50
Hemoglobin (gdL) 149 F 05 155 F 03 154 F 03
24 h
Triglycerides (mgdL) 1494 F 279 1186 F 214 260 F 1008
Cholesterol (mgdL) 774 F 81 74 F 109 924 F 73
Hemoglobin (gdL) 144 F 06 146 F 04 156 F 05
Absolute neutrophils
(Th AL)
41 F 05 30 F 08 43 F 06
7 days
Triglycerides (mgdL) 1022 F 255 1256 F 336 544 F 194
Cholesterol (mgdL) 778 F 159 866 F 170 1248 F 34
Hemoglobin (gdL) 146 F 06 151 F 08 159 F 14
Red blood cells(mil AL)
67 F 03 68 F 04 76 F 05
Absolute reticulocytes
(mil AL)
02 F 001 018 F 002 012 F 003
Alanine
aminotransferase
(IUL)
58 F 74 452 F 58 462 F 82
Glucose (mgdL) 141 F 129 1286 F 182 1088 F 41
Total protein (gdL) 66 F 02 65 F 01 716 F 03
Globulin (gdL) 23 F 02 24 F 02 27 F 03
P b 005 compared to controls Statistical analysis was by one-way
analysis ANOVA followed by the Least Squares Difference test In cases
where tests for homogenous variance failed analysis was by the Kruskalndash
Wallis one-way ANOVA on ranks and significant differences were
evaluated using Dunnett Ts test for multiple comparisons
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Table 2
Probesets altered z 2-fold ( P b 001) compared to control in the liver of rats given TCDD by oral gavage at 0 04 and 40 Agkg bw and killed at 6 h 24 h
or 7 days following exposure
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 days
symbol04 40 04 40 04 40
Detoxificationstress
E00778cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a1 CYP1A1 28 3133 9973 3458 6903 1709 7017K03241cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 3883 71 110 87 112 91 185
E01184cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 7448 58 84 80 100 86 141
M26127 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 7673 36 53 55 74 57 95
rc _ AI176856 _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 13 2992 250 13559
U09540 _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 80 657 3856
U09540 _ g _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 76 750 80 4838
X83867cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 94 112
E00717UTR1 _ s _ at cDNA encoding cytochrome P-450
from rat liver
No symbol 269 1807 2945 2153 3048 944 2620
J02679 _ s _ at NAD(P)H dehydrogenase quinone 1 Nqo1 1093 23 147 31 105 20 126
M58495mRNA _ at NAD(P)H dehydrogenase quinone 1 Nqo1 41 205 174 111D38061exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 arylsulfatase B
Arsb
UGT1A6
303 26 105 86 173 52 193
S56936 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 arylsulfatase B
Arsb
UGT1A6
293 23 65 66 174 42 183
S56937 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 UDP
glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A7
UGT1A6
UGT1A7
4926 27 29 55
D83796 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 UDP
glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A7
UGT1A6
UGT1A7
10508 25 27 48
D38062exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 186 78 60 305 20 348
AF039212mRNA _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 348 52 31 106 227
J02612mRNA _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 10410 26 26 37
J05132 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 17473 21 27 37
J03637 _ at Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3
member A1
Aldh3a1 208 103 569 1058
D38065exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A1
UGT1A1 1777 Agrave25
K00136mRNA _ at Glutathione S-transferase alpha
type 2
GSTA2 18140 21 26 37
S72506 _ s _ at Glutathione S-transferase alpha
type 2
GSTA2 113 87 34
S82820mRNA _ s _ at GSTA5 = glutathione S-transferase
Yc2 subunit [rats Morris hepatomacell line mRNA 1274 nt]
Yc2 subunit
GSTA5
890 40 54 32
X62660mRNA _ at RRGTS8 Rrattus mRNA for
glutathione transferase subunit
GSTA4 1952 23 42
X62660mRNA _ g _ at RRGTS8 Rrattus mRNA for
glutathione transferase subunit
GSTA4 2770 29 48
rc _ AI102562 _ at Metallothionein Mt1a 69514 96 92
M11794cds2 _ f _ at Metallothionein Mt1a 48512 91 25 91
rc _ AI234950 _ at Acid phosphatase 2 Acp2 1715 20 29
AF045464 _ s _ at Aflatoxin B1 aldehyde reductase Afar 2602 29
J03786 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 15-beta gene CYP2c12 1528 63
J00728cds _ f _ at Rat cytochrome P-450e
(phenobarbital-inducible)
gene exon 9
No symbol 3892 Agrave20 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Detoxificationstress
L00320cds _ f _ at RATCYPB9 Rat
cytochrome P-450b
(phenobarbital-inducible)gene exon 9
Rat CYP2B9 802 Agrave27
M13234cds _ f _ at RATCYPEZ78 Rat cytochrome
P-450e gene exons 7 and 8
No symbol 3027 Agrave21
U40004 _ s _ at cytochrome P450 pseudogene
(CYP2J3P2)
CYP2J3P2 2438 Agrave20
U46118 _ at cytochrome P450 3A9 CYP3A9 1953 Agrave108
M18363cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily IIC
(mephenytoin 4-hydroxylase)
CYP2C 23384 Agrave29
X79081mRNA _ f _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily IIC
(mephenytoin 4-hydroxylase)
CYP2C 6286 Agrave49
U70825 _ at 5-oxoprolinase Oplah 821 Agrave28
S48325 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 49580 Agrave27
M20131cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 56615 Agrave23
AF056333 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 28723 Agrave27
M58041 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 2c22 CYP2c22 15104 Agrave23
M84719 _ at Flavin-containing
monooxygenase 1
FMO1 2390 Agrave34
U63923 _ at Thioredoxin reductase 1 Txnrd1 1277 25
rc _ AA891286 _ at Thioredoxin reductase 1 Txnrd1 2682 23
rc _ AI172247 _ at Xanthine dehydrogenase Xdh 1956 20
AF037072 _ at Carbonic anhydrase 3 Ca3 5409 Agrave49 Agrave207
L32591mRNA _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 382 20 33 40 65
L32591mRNA _ g _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 798 26 25 35
rc _ AI070295 _ g _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 391 49
AF025670 _ g _ at Caspase 6 Casp6 810 21
Lipid metabolism
J05210 _ at ATP citrate-lyase Acly 3890 Agrave30 Agrave29
J05210 _ g _ at ATP citrate-lyase Acly 10875 Agrave24
L07736 _ at Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 CPT1 8463 36
J02749 _ at Acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 1
3-oxo acyl-CoA thiolase A
Acaa1 1079 34 25 53
M76767 _ s _ at Fatty acid synthase Fasn 1814 Agrave24
S69874 _ s _ at Fatty acid binding protein 5
epidermal
Fabp 1065 42
rc _ AA799779 _ g _ at Acyl-CoAdihydroxyacetonephosphate
acyltransferase
Gnpat 488 21
U10357 _ at Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 Pdk2 3263 Agrave33
U10357 _ g _ at Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 Pdk2 4434 Agrave20
S81497 _ s _ at Lipase A lysosomal acid Lipa 1311 Agrave26
M33648 _ at 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA
synthase 2 mitochondrial precursor
Hmgcs2 29290 Agrave20
rc _ AA817846 _ at 3-hydroxybutyrate
dehydrogenase
(heart mitochondrial)
Bdh 4825 Agrave21
AF003835 _ at Isopentenyl-diphosphate
delta isomerase
Idi1 1727 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Lipid metabolism
M89945mRNA _ at Farensyl diphosphate synthase Fdps 10239 Agrave23
M00002 _ at Apolipoprotein A-IV Apoa4 7038 Agrave35
J05460 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 7a1 CYP7A1 4375Agrave
97Agrave
80U18374 _ at Farnesoid X receptor Nr1h4 (FXR) 1563 Agrave23 Agrave20
D86580 _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1390 Agrave36 Agrave36
D86745cds _ s _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1712 Agrave43 Agrave40
M77479 _ at Solute carrier family 10 (sodium
bile acid cotransporter family)
member 1
Slc10a1
(Ntcp)
11044 Agrave21
U88036 _ at Solute carrier family 21
(organic anion
transporter) member 5
Slc21a5
oatp2
4630 Agrave32 Agrave29
D10262 _ at Choline kinase Chk 726 24 29 23
E04239cds _ s _ at Choline kinase Chk 129 31
L14441 _ at Phosphatidylethanolamine
N-methyltransferase
PEMT 6315 Agrave27
D28560 _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 2917 27 41
D28560 _ g _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase
phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 1615 37 34
D78588 _ at Diacylglycerol kinase zeta Dgkz 534 Agrave23
AB009372 _ at Lysophospholipase LOC246266 943 Agrave48 Agrave156
Carbohydrate metabolism
X53588 _ at Glucokinase Gck 748 Agrave32 Agrave30
AF080468 _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 6645 Agrave26 Agrave26
AF080468 _ g _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 8134 Agrave23 Agrave24
X07467 _ at Glucose-6-phosphate
dehydrogenase
G6pd 728 33 35
rc _ AI008020 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 275 26 43 20
rc _ AI171506 _ g _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 752 43 45
M26594 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 430 41 36
rc _ AI171506 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 388 51 44
rc _ AI059508 _ s _ at Transketolase Tkt 1164 Agrave25
K03243mRNA _ s _ at Phosphoenolpyruvate
carboxykinase
PEPCK 24179 Agrave32 Agrave42
U32314 _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3515 Agrave22 Agrave22
U32314 _ g _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3111 Agrave20
Nitrogen metabolism
AB003400 _ at d-Amino acid oxidase Dao1 1239 Agrave76
X12459 _ at Arginosuccinate synthetase Ass 26118 Agrave21 Agrave31
rc _ AI179613 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 17405 Agrave24
rc _ AI233216 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 6905Agrave
24Agrave
21rc _ AA852004 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 902 Agrave31 Agrave31
M91652complete _ seq _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 2570 Agrave24 Agrave21
rc _ AI232783 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 6552 Agrave23
J05499 _ at Liver mitochondrial glutaminase Ga 2030 Agrave39
M58308 _ at Histidine ammonia lyase Hal 3436 Agrave44
D10354 _ s _ at Alanine aminotransferase Alat 2570 Agrave32
D13667cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 967 Agrave27
X06357cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 4465 Agrave22
X13119cds _ s _ at Serine dehydratase Sds 271 105
X06150cds _ at Glycine methyltransferase Gnmt 2359 Agrave20
E03229cds _ s _ at Cytolosic cysteine dioxygenase Cdo1 24819 Agrave33 Agrave29
AF056031 _ at Kynurenine 3-hydroxylase Kmo 2683 Agrave22
Z50144 _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 1164 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Nitrogen metabolism
Z50144 _ g _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 2458 Agrave22
J04171 _ at Aspartate aminotransferase Asat 1687 25 22
AF038870 _ at Betaine-homocysteinemethyltransferase
Bhmt 22602 20
J03959 _ g _ at Urate oxidase Uox 622 22
rc _ AA900413 _ at Dihydrofolate reductase 1
(active)
Dhfr1 2389 22
AJ000347 _ g _ at 3(2)5-bisphosphate
nucleotidase
Bpnt1 577 31
D90404 _ at cathepsin C Ctsc 11757 Agrave24
Mitochondrial electron transport chain
X15030 _ at Cytochrome c oxidase
subunit Va
Cox5a 9753 31
Retinoid metabolism
X65296cds _ s _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 4719 Agrave21 Agrave81
L46791 _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 2496 Agrave64
D00362 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 17296 Agrave52
M20629 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 20350 Agrave28
AF016387 _ at Retinoid X receptor gamma Rxrg 410 21
Steroid metabolism
S81448 _ s _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 3288 Agrave332
J05035 _ g _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 8835 Agrave177
J05035 _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 4560 Agrave131
M31363mRNA _ f _ at (Ad) M31363mRNA
RATHSST Rat hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase mRNA
No symbol 29966 Agrave45
rc _ AA818122 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 18559 Agrave37
D14988 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 29775 Agrave36
D14987 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 11993 Agrave31
D14989 _ f _ at Rat mRNA for hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase subunit
complete cds
No symbol 4793 Agrave28
M67465 _ at Hydroxy-delta-5-steroid
dehydrogenase
3 beta- and steroid
delta-isomerase
Hsd3b 7019 Agrave24
X57999cds _ at Deiodinase iodothyronine
type 1
Dio 1 826 Agrave43
X91234 _ at 17-beta hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase type 2
Hsd17b2 15271 20
M33312cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 IIA1
(hepatic steroid
hydroxylase IIA1) gene
CYP2A1 13452 36
L24207 _ i _ at (Ad) L24207 Rattus
norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
CYP3A1 1659 24
L24207 _ r _ at Rattus norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
Cyp3A1 1068 27
D13912 _ s _ at Cytochrome P-450PCN
(PNCN inducible)
cytochrome P450 subfamily
3A poypeptide 3
Cyp3A1
Cyp3a3
6993 25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Kinases
rc _ AI145931 _ at UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-
2-epimerase
N-acetylmannosamine kinase
Uae1 2653 Agrave23
Circadian rhythm
AB016532 _ at Period homolog 2 Per2 65 44
Membrane bound proteins
AF004017 _ at Solute carrier family 4
member 4
Slc4a4 493 70
U28504 _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 915 24 30
U28504 _ g _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 428 36 56
AB015433 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1577 21 40
X89225cds _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1046 30D84450 _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting beta
polypeptide 3
Atp1b3 968 29
M74494 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 2444 Agrave31
M28647 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 4911 Agrave27
rc _ AA799645 _ g _ at FXYD domain-containing
ion transport regulator 1
Fxyd1 1307 Agrave20 Agrave29
L27651 _ at Solute carrier family 22
(organic anion transporter)
member 7
Slc22a7 3174 Agrave21
U76714 _ at Solute carrier family 39
(iron-regulated transporter)
member 1
Slc39a1 696 Agrave20
rc _ AI145680 _ s _ at Solute carrier 16
(monocarboxylic acid
transporter) member 1
Slc16a1 1736 Agrave23
L28135 _ at Solute carrier family 2
A2 (glucose transporter
type 2)
Slc2a2 4653 Agrave23
U76379 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 22
member 1
Slc22a1 4182 Agrave21
AJ011656cds _ s _ at Claudin 3 Cldn3 3533 Agrave25
S61865 _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 2061 Agrave20
X60651mRNA _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 937 Agrave29
M31322 _ g _ at Sperm membrane protein
(YWK-II)
LOC64312 3213 21
AF097593 _ at Cadherin 2 Cdh2 950 Agrave24
U23056 _ at C-CAM4 protein LOC287009 240 25 544U23055cds _ s _ at Partial cds C-CAM4 protein
carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 322 676
J04963 _ at Carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 787 23
U32575 _ at Sec6 Sec6 181 44 62
U32575 _ g _ at Sec6 Sec6 342 20 45 94
rc _ AA926292 _ s _ at Trans-Golgi network protein 1 Ttgn1 919 20 26
rc _ AA859954 _ at Vacuole membrane protein 1 Vmp1 1472 26
rc _ AA892759 _ at Synaptosomal-associated protein
23 kDa
Snap23 205 34
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Cell cycle
X75207 _ s _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 696 Agrave20 Agrave24
D14014 _ g _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1307 Agrave36
D14014 _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1238Agrave
33Agrave
24
RNA processing
AF041066 _ at Ribonuclease RNase A family 4 Rnase4 15183 Agrave23
Cell signaling
X52140 _ at Integrin alpha 1 Itga1 1069 Agrave21
M83680 _ at GTPase Rab14 Rab14 735 Agrave23
L19180 _ g _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 935 Agrave59 Agrave81
L19933 _ s _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 835 Agrave21
K03249 _ at G protein-coupled receptor
37-like 1 enoyl-Coenzyme A
hydratase3-hydroxyacyl
Coenzyme A dehydrogenase
Ehhadh 2219 Agrave36
M63122 _ at Tumor necrosis factor receptor
super family member 1a
Tnfrsf1a 1906 20
rc _ AA892251 _ at Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A Avpr1a 2064 25 27
D85435 _ g _ at PKC-delta binding protein Prkcdbp 4280 28 24
rc _ AA900505 _ at RhoB gene Arhb 310 40
rc _ AA874794 _ g _ at Nerve growth factor receptor
(TNFRSF16) associated protein 1
Ngfrap1 308
L19699 _ g _ at V-ral simian leukemia viral
oncogene homolog B (ras related)
Ralb 282 20
AJ010828 _ at Chemokine orphan receptor 1 Rdc1 49 133
AF017437 _ g _ at Integrin-associated protein Cd47 187 25
Transcription factors
Y14933mRNA _ s _ at One cut domain family member 1
alternative name hepatocytenuclear factor 6 beta
Onecut1 1084 Agrave73
AB012234 _ g _ at Nuclear factor IX Nfix 732 Agrave45
D12769 _ at Kruppel-like factor 9 Klf 9 1886 Agrave20
AB017044exon _ at AB017044exon Rattus
norvegicus gene for hepatocyte
nuclear factor 3 gamma
partial cds
HNF3-G 631 Agrave27
X84210complete _ seq _ s _ at Nuclear factor IA Nfia 752 Agrave24
rc _ AI234146 _ at Cysteine rich protein 1 Csrp1 1397 Agrave27 Agrave63
rc _ AI014091 _ at Cbpp300-interacting
transactivator with GluAsp-rich
carboxy-terminal domain 2
Cited2 or
MRG1
864 Agrave36
L25785 _ at Transforming growth factor beta
1 induced transcript 4
(stimulated clone 22 homologue)
Tgfb1i4 Agrave 4734 Agrave28 Agrave36 Agrave37
rc _ AI177161 _ g _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 406 26 41 47 53
rc _ AI177161 _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 648 25 33 37 59
Heme synthesis
J03190 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 3005 Agrave43
J03190 _ g _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 1924 Agrave23
D86297 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 Alas2 1122 Agrave27
rc _ AI178971 _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 610 Agrave52
X56325mRNA _ s _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 40041 Agrave28
M94918mRNA _ f _ at Hemoglobin beta Hbb 28954 Agrave29
M94919mRNA _ f _ at mRNA RATBETGLOY Rat
beta-globin gene exons 1ndash3
No symbol 16547 Agrave26
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Immune
D10729 _ s _ at Proteasome (prosome
macropain) subunit beta type
8 (low molecular mass polypeptide 7)
Psmb8 3232 Agrave21
M64795 _ f _ at M64795 Rat MHC class I
antigen gene
No symbol 1839 Agrave23
M33025 _ s _ at Parathymosin Ptms 4727 Agrave30
rc _ AI136977 _ g _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 907 Agrave23
rc _ AI136977 _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 473 Agrave131
M86564 _ at Prothymosin alpha Ptma 1858 Agrave21
D88250 _ at Complement component 1
s subcomponent
C1s 6862 29
M31038 _ at RT1 class Ib gene RT1Aw2 438 Agrave27
rc _ AA945608 _ at Serum amyloid P-component Sap 14151 Agrave25
Cell differentiation
rc _ AI231292 _ at Cystatin C Cst3 2235 Agrave20
rc _ AA858673 _ at Pancreatic secretory trypsininhibitor type II (PSTI-II)
LOC266602 14588Agrave
31
M15481 _ g _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 30347 Agrave26
M15481 _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 4548 Agrave26
X06107 _ i _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 1871 Agrave23
M81183Exon _ UTR _ g _ at M81183Exon _ UTR
RATINSLGFA Rat insulin-like
growth factor I gene
3 end of exon 6
No symbol 3328 Agrave29
rc _ AA924289 _ s _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 2535 Agrave24
S46785 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 7526 Agrave24
M31837 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein 3
Igfbp3 1325 Agrave26
M58634 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1
Igfbp1 516 25 47 29 49
Cytoskeleton
U31463 _ at Myosin heavy polypeptide 9
non-muscle
Myh9 1052 Agrave38
X52815cds _ f _ at X52815cds RRGAMACT Rat
mRNA for cytoplasmic-gamma
isoform of actin
No symbol 5098 Agrave26
rc _ AI179012 _ s _ at Actin beta Actb 25868 Agrave32
X70706cds _ at Plastin 3 (T-isoform) Pls3 1033 Agrave20
U05784 _ s _ at Microtubule-associated proteins
1A1B light chain 3
MPL3 3218 33 26
rc _ AA944422 _ at Calponin 3 acidic Cnn3 794 22
rc _ AA892814 _ s _ at Calpain small subunit Capns1 3395 Agrave22
L24776 _ at tropomyosin 3 gamma Tpm3 446 20
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X12355 _ s _ at Glucose regulated protein 58 kDa Grp58 4725 Agrave29
rc _ AI234604_s _ at Heat shock cognate protein 70 Hsc70 10189 Agrave22
D30649mRNA _ s _ at Alkaline phosphodiesterase LOC54410 789 Agrave21 Agrave35
U62897 _ at Carboxypeptidase D Cpd 880 Agrave24
rc _ AA859837 _ g _ at Guanine deaminase Gda 2956 Agrave21
J00738 _ s _ at Alpha-2u globulin PGCL4 LOC259247 9926 Agrave1176
AB000199 _ at CCA2 protein Cca2 3793 Agrave23
U55765 _ at Serine (or cysteine) proteinase
inhibitor clade A (alpha-1
antiproteinase antitrypsin)
member 10
Serpina 10
Rasp-1
5175 22
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X96437mRNA _ g _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1
Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 661 29
X96437mRNA _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 888 22
S61960 _ s _ at Cysteine conjugate beta-lyase No symbol 869 25 24 42
rc _ AA893239 _ at 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Hpcl2 3090 Agrave23
S85184 _ at S85184 Cyclic Protein-2 =
cathepsin L proenzyme [rats
Sertoli cells mRNA 1790 nt]
CP-2 804 23 30
S77494 _ s _ at Lysyl oxidase Lox 558 Agrave43
X61381cds _ s _ at RRIIMRNA R rattus interferon
induced mRNA
No symbol 6533 Agrave27
rc _ AI172293 _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 6850 Agrave21
E12625cds _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 3679 Agrave25
rc _ AA891916 _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 1508 21
rc _ AA891916 _ g _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 2135 20
rc _ AA859981 _ at Inositol (myo)-1(or 4)-
monophosphatase 2
Impa2 385 32
D17809 _ at Beta-4N-
acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Galgt1 1455 Agrave23 Agrave25
X14848cds12 _ at MIRNXX Rattus norvegicus
mitochondrial genome
No symbol 362 2
rc _ AI639029 _ s _ at Rat mixed-tissue library Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
clone rx05067 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 323 4
rc _ AI638989 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
rx01268 3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 678 Agrave29
rc _ AI639162 _ at Rat mixed-tissue libraryRattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx01122 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 113 5
rc _ AA955983 _ at rc _ AA955983 UI-R-E1-fb-e-
12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E1-
fb-e-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA955983 Ag =
Rn7854len = 542
No symbol 5035 2
U47312 _ s _ at U47312 RNU47312 Rat R2
cerebellum DDRT-T-PCR
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
LIARCD-3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 669 Agrave24
rc _ AA875171 _ at rc _ AA875171 UI-R-E0-ce-f-12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E0-
ce-f-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA875171gi =
2980119 Ag = Rn2814
len = 458
No symbol 863 2
rc _ AA817987 _ f _ at rc _ AA817987 UI-R-A0-ah-a-
06-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-A0-
ah-a-06-0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA817987gi = 2887867 Ag =
Rn23920len = 373
No symbol 7364 Agrave30
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
rc _ AA859899 _ at rc _ AA859899 UI-R-E0-
cg-a-03-0-UIs1 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA 3 end clone = UI-R-E0-cg-a-03-
0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA859899gi = 2949419 Ag =
Rn810len = 353
No symbol 1018 Agrave21
rc _ AI639435 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx04153 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 99 54
ESTs
rc _ AI236601 _ at EST233163 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
643 28
rc _ AA892246 _ at EST196049 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
722 22 20 20
rc _ AA799700 _ at EST189197 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
1300 24
rc _ AA892888 _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
10889 22 26
rc _ AA893529 _ at EST197332 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
268 28
rc _ AI176456 _ at EST220041 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
42918 116 110
rc _ AA892888 _ g _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
21687 22
rc _ AA893667 _ g _ at EST197470 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
421 22
rc _ AI014135 _ g _ at EST207690 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2863 34
rc _ AA892520 _ g _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1472 20
rc _ AA892179 _ at EST195982 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
553 20
rc _ AA893088 _ at EST196891 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
808 22
rc _ AA799511 _ g _ at EST189008 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2143 20
rc _ AA893658 _ at EST197461 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2686 20 41
rc _ AA892918 _ at EST196721 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
550 21
rc _ AA946108 _ at EST201607 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
291 20
rc _ AA892520 _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1054 25
rc _ AA891814 _ at EST195617 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
479 23
rc _ H33001 _ at EST108598 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1380 Agrave22
rc _ H31813 _ at EST106240 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1628 Agrave24
rc _ AA799879 _ at EST189376 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
788 21
rc _ AA800787 _ at EST190284 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
875 Agrave23
rc _ AA893870 _ at EST197673 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
593 Agrave35
rc _ AA892234 _ at EST196037 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6720 Agrave22 Agrave30
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
U88036 ID Rn00756233 _ m1) and Eukaryotic 18S rRNA endogenous control (accession no X03205 ID Hs99999901 _ s1)
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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Clinical chemistry
Clinical chemistry and pathological examination wascarried out at Gene Logic Inc laboratories Serum samples
(5dosetime point) were analyzed on a Roche Hitachi 717
Chemistry Analyzer using commercially available reagents
from Roche Diagnostics Determined endpoints consisted of
calcium phosphorous glucose urea nitrogen creatinine
total protein albumin total bilirubin alanine aminotransfer-
ase alkaline phosphatase aspartate aminotransferase
sodium potassium chloride carbon dioxide triglycerides
cholesterol magnesium sorbitol dehydrogenase and glob-
ulin was calculated as the difference between total protein
and albumin Hematological parameters were measured or
calculated using the ABX 9010TM Haematology AnalyzerInvestigated parameters were white blood cells red blood
cells hemoglobin hematocrit mean corpuscular volume
mean corpuscular hemoglobin and platelets
Pathological examination
Liver samples were preserved in 10 neutral-buffered
formalin Samples were subsequently embedded in paraf-
fin sectioned at approximately 5 Am and stained by
hematoxylin and eosin Samples were then examined
microscopically
Verification of gene changes
Confirmation of gene changes was carried out in rats
treated with single doses of TCDD as previously described
( Nilsson et al 2000) Dose selection was designed to
encompass the dose at which gene changes were observed
using microarray analyses Briefly male SpraguendashDawley
rats (BampK Universal Ab Solentuna Sweden) were housed
3 per cage and received R34 diet (6000 IU vitamin Akg
diet Lactamin Stockholm Sweden) during a four week
acclimatization period Rats (6group 273 F 18 g)
received TCDD in corn oil (1 mLkg bw) at doses of 0
10 and 100 Agkg bw and were killed 3 days following
treatment Anesthesia was carried out using 90 mgkg bw sodium pentobarbital (Mebumal) and death was in-
duced by blood withdrawal from the portal vein Livers
were excised snap frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at
Agrave70 8C
Real-time PCR (Taqman) experiments
RNA was isolated using the QIAGEN RNeasy Midi Prep
Kit according to the manufacturerrsquos instructions The frozen
tissue samples were homogenized in lysis buffer using a
Fastprep FP120 instrument (Qbiogene Cedex France) The
total RNA was quantified using the NanoDropND-1000
Spectrophotometer (NanoDrop Montchanin USA) The
RNA quality was analyzed on Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer
using the bRNA 6000 Nano Q Kit (Agilent Technologies
Palo N Alto USA) The procedure was performed according
to the manufacturerrsquos manual Reagent Kit Guide RNA
6000 Nano Assay and Edition 0701 After quantification
the total RNA was stored at Agrave
70 8CTotal RNA was transcribed to cDNA using the High
Capacity cDNA Archive Kit (Applied Biosystems Stock-
holm Sweden)
Real time PCR was performed using an ABI Prism
7700 sequence Detection System (Applied Biosystems
Stockholm Sweden) according to the manufacturerrsquos
protocol and using 5 ngl of template RNA Primers and
probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems Samples
were amplified in triplicate and each run included a
standard curve with known amounts of template RNA 18S
rRNA was used as internal control to which the samples
were normalized
Data analysis
Microarray data analysis Data were analyzed using the
Affymetrix software version MAS 50 (Affymetrix Santa
Clara CA) The RG-U34A Genechip array consists of 8799
probe sets (including 59 control probesets) A total of 37
observations divided into 9 treatment groups were
recorded from individual animals (n = 3ndash5 per treatment
group) Data are contained within GeneLogicrsquos Toxexpress
database
To look for outliers and trends in the data principal
components analysis (PCA Simca-P 81) pairwise correla-
tion analysis and hierarchical clustering (Spotfire version
62) were conducted PCA revealed one outlying sample in
the 6 h 40 Agkg bw dose group This sample was removed
from further analysis Data were also normalized using the
Contrast Normalization routine (Astrand 2003)
To investigate differentially expressed genes ANOVA
models were fitted to each probe set individually with time
and dose as main effects and an interaction term Data were
subjected to a log transform prior to the calculations
Additionally pairwise tests were also carried out within the
model between each dose group against its time-matched
vehicle control The estimated differences in mean levels for the respective group comparisons were then expressed as
fold changes by taking the exponent of the difference
Statistical analysis Statistical analyses of clinical chem-
istry hematological data and RT-PCR experiments was
conducted by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) using
Sigmastat Statistical software (Jandel Scientific Erkath
Germany) Where significant differences were indicated
between groups and the data were homogenous (Levene
median test) Least Squares Difference test was used for
pairwise comparisons When tests for homogenous variance
failed the KruskalndashWallis one-way ANOVA on ranks was
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used and significant differences were evaluated using
Dunnettrsquos test for multiple comparisons
Results and discussion
Clinical observations
There were no unscheduled deaths during the study
period and no reported clinical signs Body weight was
significantly decreased compared to control at 40 Agkg bw
at 7 days only (18 P b 005 data not shown)
Clinical chemistry
Significant changes in clinical chemistry and hematolog-
ical parameters are shown in Table 1 At 40 Agkg bw TCDD
increased serum cholesterol concentrations at the 24 h and 7-
day time points At 6 h there was a significant decrease inserum cholesterol concentration but the difference between
control values was only minor Serum triglycerides on the
other hand were markedly increased at the high-dose at 24 h
but decreased after 7 days Serum glucose was decreased
significantly only at the high-dose at 7 days Total protein and
globulin concentrations were likewise increased at 7 days
Hemoglobin was increased at the high-dose at all time points
Alanine aminotransferase activity was decreased at the low-
and high-dose at 7 days The absence of significant increases
here is consistent with liver histopathological examination
which revealed no marked signs of hepatotoxicity (below)
Pathology
There were no gross lesions in the livers of control or
treated rats Upon histopathological examination no alter-
ations were evident 6 h after dosing At 24 h minimal
evidence of centrilobular hypertrophy characterized by a loss
of glycogen vacuolization and slight increases in the
eosinophilic matrix were observed in 25 rats given 40 Ag
kg bw TCDD On day 7 centrilobular hypertrophy was
observed in 45 rats given 40 Agkg bw TCDD
Gene expression analyses
Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD
if the change exceeded a 2-fold cut off value and was
statistically significant to P b 001 Applying this criteria a
total of 288 probesets were altered in the liver of male
SpraguendashDawley rats by single oral TCDD exposure at 6 h
24 h andor 7 days (Table 2) Low-dose TCDD exposure
altered the expression of 49 probesets 25 at 6 h (13 up 12
down) 12 (up) at 24 h and 12 (up) at 7 days At 6 h
upregulated genes included CYP1A1 CYP1A2 NAD(P)H
dehydrogenase quinone 1 (Nqo1) UDP glycosyltransferase
1 family (UGT1A6) NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nfe2I2 nrf2)
and growth arrest and DNA damage inducible 45 alpha
(Gadd45a) Nrf2 has been suggested to function as a mediator
of Nqo1 induction following TCDD exposure (Ma et al
2004) and the results here further demonstrate that nrf2 is an
early and sensitive target for TCDD Gadd45a has been
shown to be induced by ionizing radiation as well as in
response to DNA damage as a result of alkylation and
oxidative stress (Hollander and Fornace 2002) In addition
non-genotoxic stresses such as nutrient depletion have also
been shown to induce Gadd45a (Fornace et al 1989 Zhan et
al 1996) While the precise functions of Gadd45a remain to
be determined two studies suggest involvement in the G2Mcell cycle checkpoint (Wang et al 1999b Zhan et al 1999)
Furthermore Gadd45a has been implicated in mechanisms of
DNA damage repair and control of genetic instability
[reviewed in (Hollander and Fornace 2002 Sheikh et al
2000)] Low-dose TCDD exposure also caused down-
regulation of 12 genes at 6 h Interestingly several of these
were transcription factors for instance Onecut1 (codes for
HNF-6) nuclear factor IX (Nfix) and Kruppel-like factor 9
(Klf9) The relevance of these results may be questionable
however since these changes were only seen at the low-dose
and at one time point On the other hand Cyclin D1 (Ccnd1)
which is essential for cell cycle control at G1 was inhibited
Table 1
Clinical chemistry and hematology parameters in the serum of rats treated
with single oral doses of TCDD at 0 04 and 40 Agkg bw and killed at 6 h
24 h and 7 days following treatment
Parameter Dose
Control 04 40
6 hCholesterol (mgdL) 846 F 61 762 F 59 754 F 50
Hemoglobin (gdL) 149 F 05 155 F 03 154 F 03
24 h
Triglycerides (mgdL) 1494 F 279 1186 F 214 260 F 1008
Cholesterol (mgdL) 774 F 81 74 F 109 924 F 73
Hemoglobin (gdL) 144 F 06 146 F 04 156 F 05
Absolute neutrophils
(Th AL)
41 F 05 30 F 08 43 F 06
7 days
Triglycerides (mgdL) 1022 F 255 1256 F 336 544 F 194
Cholesterol (mgdL) 778 F 159 866 F 170 1248 F 34
Hemoglobin (gdL) 146 F 06 151 F 08 159 F 14
Red blood cells(mil AL)
67 F 03 68 F 04 76 F 05
Absolute reticulocytes
(mil AL)
02 F 001 018 F 002 012 F 003
Alanine
aminotransferase
(IUL)
58 F 74 452 F 58 462 F 82
Glucose (mgdL) 141 F 129 1286 F 182 1088 F 41
Total protein (gdL) 66 F 02 65 F 01 716 F 03
Globulin (gdL) 23 F 02 24 F 02 27 F 03
P b 005 compared to controls Statistical analysis was by one-way
analysis ANOVA followed by the Least Squares Difference test In cases
where tests for homogenous variance failed analysis was by the Kruskalndash
Wallis one-way ANOVA on ranks and significant differences were
evaluated using Dunnett Ts test for multiple comparisons
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Table 2
Probesets altered z 2-fold ( P b 001) compared to control in the liver of rats given TCDD by oral gavage at 0 04 and 40 Agkg bw and killed at 6 h 24 h
or 7 days following exposure
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 days
symbol04 40 04 40 04 40
Detoxificationstress
E00778cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a1 CYP1A1 28 3133 9973 3458 6903 1709 7017K03241cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 3883 71 110 87 112 91 185
E01184cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 7448 58 84 80 100 86 141
M26127 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 7673 36 53 55 74 57 95
rc _ AI176856 _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 13 2992 250 13559
U09540 _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 80 657 3856
U09540 _ g _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 76 750 80 4838
X83867cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 94 112
E00717UTR1 _ s _ at cDNA encoding cytochrome P-450
from rat liver
No symbol 269 1807 2945 2153 3048 944 2620
J02679 _ s _ at NAD(P)H dehydrogenase quinone 1 Nqo1 1093 23 147 31 105 20 126
M58495mRNA _ at NAD(P)H dehydrogenase quinone 1 Nqo1 41 205 174 111D38061exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 arylsulfatase B
Arsb
UGT1A6
303 26 105 86 173 52 193
S56936 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 arylsulfatase B
Arsb
UGT1A6
293 23 65 66 174 42 183
S56937 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 UDP
glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A7
UGT1A6
UGT1A7
4926 27 29 55
D83796 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 UDP
glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A7
UGT1A6
UGT1A7
10508 25 27 48
D38062exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 186 78 60 305 20 348
AF039212mRNA _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 348 52 31 106 227
J02612mRNA _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 10410 26 26 37
J05132 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 17473 21 27 37
J03637 _ at Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3
member A1
Aldh3a1 208 103 569 1058
D38065exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A1
UGT1A1 1777 Agrave25
K00136mRNA _ at Glutathione S-transferase alpha
type 2
GSTA2 18140 21 26 37
S72506 _ s _ at Glutathione S-transferase alpha
type 2
GSTA2 113 87 34
S82820mRNA _ s _ at GSTA5 = glutathione S-transferase
Yc2 subunit [rats Morris hepatomacell line mRNA 1274 nt]
Yc2 subunit
GSTA5
890 40 54 32
X62660mRNA _ at RRGTS8 Rrattus mRNA for
glutathione transferase subunit
GSTA4 1952 23 42
X62660mRNA _ g _ at RRGTS8 Rrattus mRNA for
glutathione transferase subunit
GSTA4 2770 29 48
rc _ AI102562 _ at Metallothionein Mt1a 69514 96 92
M11794cds2 _ f _ at Metallothionein Mt1a 48512 91 25 91
rc _ AI234950 _ at Acid phosphatase 2 Acp2 1715 20 29
AF045464 _ s _ at Aflatoxin B1 aldehyde reductase Afar 2602 29
J03786 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 15-beta gene CYP2c12 1528 63
J00728cds _ f _ at Rat cytochrome P-450e
(phenobarbital-inducible)
gene exon 9
No symbol 3892 Agrave20 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Detoxificationstress
L00320cds _ f _ at RATCYPB9 Rat
cytochrome P-450b
(phenobarbital-inducible)gene exon 9
Rat CYP2B9 802 Agrave27
M13234cds _ f _ at RATCYPEZ78 Rat cytochrome
P-450e gene exons 7 and 8
No symbol 3027 Agrave21
U40004 _ s _ at cytochrome P450 pseudogene
(CYP2J3P2)
CYP2J3P2 2438 Agrave20
U46118 _ at cytochrome P450 3A9 CYP3A9 1953 Agrave108
M18363cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily IIC
(mephenytoin 4-hydroxylase)
CYP2C 23384 Agrave29
X79081mRNA _ f _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily IIC
(mephenytoin 4-hydroxylase)
CYP2C 6286 Agrave49
U70825 _ at 5-oxoprolinase Oplah 821 Agrave28
S48325 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 49580 Agrave27
M20131cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 56615 Agrave23
AF056333 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 28723 Agrave27
M58041 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 2c22 CYP2c22 15104 Agrave23
M84719 _ at Flavin-containing
monooxygenase 1
FMO1 2390 Agrave34
U63923 _ at Thioredoxin reductase 1 Txnrd1 1277 25
rc _ AA891286 _ at Thioredoxin reductase 1 Txnrd1 2682 23
rc _ AI172247 _ at Xanthine dehydrogenase Xdh 1956 20
AF037072 _ at Carbonic anhydrase 3 Ca3 5409 Agrave49 Agrave207
L32591mRNA _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 382 20 33 40 65
L32591mRNA _ g _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 798 26 25 35
rc _ AI070295 _ g _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 391 49
AF025670 _ g _ at Caspase 6 Casp6 810 21
Lipid metabolism
J05210 _ at ATP citrate-lyase Acly 3890 Agrave30 Agrave29
J05210 _ g _ at ATP citrate-lyase Acly 10875 Agrave24
L07736 _ at Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 CPT1 8463 36
J02749 _ at Acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 1
3-oxo acyl-CoA thiolase A
Acaa1 1079 34 25 53
M76767 _ s _ at Fatty acid synthase Fasn 1814 Agrave24
S69874 _ s _ at Fatty acid binding protein 5
epidermal
Fabp 1065 42
rc _ AA799779 _ g _ at Acyl-CoAdihydroxyacetonephosphate
acyltransferase
Gnpat 488 21
U10357 _ at Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 Pdk2 3263 Agrave33
U10357 _ g _ at Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 Pdk2 4434 Agrave20
S81497 _ s _ at Lipase A lysosomal acid Lipa 1311 Agrave26
M33648 _ at 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA
synthase 2 mitochondrial precursor
Hmgcs2 29290 Agrave20
rc _ AA817846 _ at 3-hydroxybutyrate
dehydrogenase
(heart mitochondrial)
Bdh 4825 Agrave21
AF003835 _ at Isopentenyl-diphosphate
delta isomerase
Idi1 1727 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Lipid metabolism
M89945mRNA _ at Farensyl diphosphate synthase Fdps 10239 Agrave23
M00002 _ at Apolipoprotein A-IV Apoa4 7038 Agrave35
J05460 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 7a1 CYP7A1 4375Agrave
97Agrave
80U18374 _ at Farnesoid X receptor Nr1h4 (FXR) 1563 Agrave23 Agrave20
D86580 _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1390 Agrave36 Agrave36
D86745cds _ s _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1712 Agrave43 Agrave40
M77479 _ at Solute carrier family 10 (sodium
bile acid cotransporter family)
member 1
Slc10a1
(Ntcp)
11044 Agrave21
U88036 _ at Solute carrier family 21
(organic anion
transporter) member 5
Slc21a5
oatp2
4630 Agrave32 Agrave29
D10262 _ at Choline kinase Chk 726 24 29 23
E04239cds _ s _ at Choline kinase Chk 129 31
L14441 _ at Phosphatidylethanolamine
N-methyltransferase
PEMT 6315 Agrave27
D28560 _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 2917 27 41
D28560 _ g _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase
phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 1615 37 34
D78588 _ at Diacylglycerol kinase zeta Dgkz 534 Agrave23
AB009372 _ at Lysophospholipase LOC246266 943 Agrave48 Agrave156
Carbohydrate metabolism
X53588 _ at Glucokinase Gck 748 Agrave32 Agrave30
AF080468 _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 6645 Agrave26 Agrave26
AF080468 _ g _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 8134 Agrave23 Agrave24
X07467 _ at Glucose-6-phosphate
dehydrogenase
G6pd 728 33 35
rc _ AI008020 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 275 26 43 20
rc _ AI171506 _ g _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 752 43 45
M26594 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 430 41 36
rc _ AI171506 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 388 51 44
rc _ AI059508 _ s _ at Transketolase Tkt 1164 Agrave25
K03243mRNA _ s _ at Phosphoenolpyruvate
carboxykinase
PEPCK 24179 Agrave32 Agrave42
U32314 _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3515 Agrave22 Agrave22
U32314 _ g _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3111 Agrave20
Nitrogen metabolism
AB003400 _ at d-Amino acid oxidase Dao1 1239 Agrave76
X12459 _ at Arginosuccinate synthetase Ass 26118 Agrave21 Agrave31
rc _ AI179613 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 17405 Agrave24
rc _ AI233216 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 6905Agrave
24Agrave
21rc _ AA852004 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 902 Agrave31 Agrave31
M91652complete _ seq _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 2570 Agrave24 Agrave21
rc _ AI232783 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 6552 Agrave23
J05499 _ at Liver mitochondrial glutaminase Ga 2030 Agrave39
M58308 _ at Histidine ammonia lyase Hal 3436 Agrave44
D10354 _ s _ at Alanine aminotransferase Alat 2570 Agrave32
D13667cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 967 Agrave27
X06357cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 4465 Agrave22
X13119cds _ s _ at Serine dehydratase Sds 271 105
X06150cds _ at Glycine methyltransferase Gnmt 2359 Agrave20
E03229cds _ s _ at Cytolosic cysteine dioxygenase Cdo1 24819 Agrave33 Agrave29
AF056031 _ at Kynurenine 3-hydroxylase Kmo 2683 Agrave22
Z50144 _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 1164 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Nitrogen metabolism
Z50144 _ g _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 2458 Agrave22
J04171 _ at Aspartate aminotransferase Asat 1687 25 22
AF038870 _ at Betaine-homocysteinemethyltransferase
Bhmt 22602 20
J03959 _ g _ at Urate oxidase Uox 622 22
rc _ AA900413 _ at Dihydrofolate reductase 1
(active)
Dhfr1 2389 22
AJ000347 _ g _ at 3(2)5-bisphosphate
nucleotidase
Bpnt1 577 31
D90404 _ at cathepsin C Ctsc 11757 Agrave24
Mitochondrial electron transport chain
X15030 _ at Cytochrome c oxidase
subunit Va
Cox5a 9753 31
Retinoid metabolism
X65296cds _ s _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 4719 Agrave21 Agrave81
L46791 _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 2496 Agrave64
D00362 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 17296 Agrave52
M20629 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 20350 Agrave28
AF016387 _ at Retinoid X receptor gamma Rxrg 410 21
Steroid metabolism
S81448 _ s _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 3288 Agrave332
J05035 _ g _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 8835 Agrave177
J05035 _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 4560 Agrave131
M31363mRNA _ f _ at (Ad) M31363mRNA
RATHSST Rat hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase mRNA
No symbol 29966 Agrave45
rc _ AA818122 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 18559 Agrave37
D14988 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 29775 Agrave36
D14987 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 11993 Agrave31
D14989 _ f _ at Rat mRNA for hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase subunit
complete cds
No symbol 4793 Agrave28
M67465 _ at Hydroxy-delta-5-steroid
dehydrogenase
3 beta- and steroid
delta-isomerase
Hsd3b 7019 Agrave24
X57999cds _ at Deiodinase iodothyronine
type 1
Dio 1 826 Agrave43
X91234 _ at 17-beta hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase type 2
Hsd17b2 15271 20
M33312cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 IIA1
(hepatic steroid
hydroxylase IIA1) gene
CYP2A1 13452 36
L24207 _ i _ at (Ad) L24207 Rattus
norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
CYP3A1 1659 24
L24207 _ r _ at Rattus norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
Cyp3A1 1068 27
D13912 _ s _ at Cytochrome P-450PCN
(PNCN inducible)
cytochrome P450 subfamily
3A poypeptide 3
Cyp3A1
Cyp3a3
6993 25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Kinases
rc _ AI145931 _ at UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-
2-epimerase
N-acetylmannosamine kinase
Uae1 2653 Agrave23
Circadian rhythm
AB016532 _ at Period homolog 2 Per2 65 44
Membrane bound proteins
AF004017 _ at Solute carrier family 4
member 4
Slc4a4 493 70
U28504 _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 915 24 30
U28504 _ g _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 428 36 56
AB015433 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1577 21 40
X89225cds _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1046 30D84450 _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting beta
polypeptide 3
Atp1b3 968 29
M74494 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 2444 Agrave31
M28647 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 4911 Agrave27
rc _ AA799645 _ g _ at FXYD domain-containing
ion transport regulator 1
Fxyd1 1307 Agrave20 Agrave29
L27651 _ at Solute carrier family 22
(organic anion transporter)
member 7
Slc22a7 3174 Agrave21
U76714 _ at Solute carrier family 39
(iron-regulated transporter)
member 1
Slc39a1 696 Agrave20
rc _ AI145680 _ s _ at Solute carrier 16
(monocarboxylic acid
transporter) member 1
Slc16a1 1736 Agrave23
L28135 _ at Solute carrier family 2
A2 (glucose transporter
type 2)
Slc2a2 4653 Agrave23
U76379 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 22
member 1
Slc22a1 4182 Agrave21
AJ011656cds _ s _ at Claudin 3 Cldn3 3533 Agrave25
S61865 _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 2061 Agrave20
X60651mRNA _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 937 Agrave29
M31322 _ g _ at Sperm membrane protein
(YWK-II)
LOC64312 3213 21
AF097593 _ at Cadherin 2 Cdh2 950 Agrave24
U23056 _ at C-CAM4 protein LOC287009 240 25 544U23055cds _ s _ at Partial cds C-CAM4 protein
carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 322 676
J04963 _ at Carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 787 23
U32575 _ at Sec6 Sec6 181 44 62
U32575 _ g _ at Sec6 Sec6 342 20 45 94
rc _ AA926292 _ s _ at Trans-Golgi network protein 1 Ttgn1 919 20 26
rc _ AA859954 _ at Vacuole membrane protein 1 Vmp1 1472 26
rc _ AA892759 _ at Synaptosomal-associated protein
23 kDa
Snap23 205 34
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Cell cycle
X75207 _ s _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 696 Agrave20 Agrave24
D14014 _ g _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1307 Agrave36
D14014 _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1238Agrave
33Agrave
24
RNA processing
AF041066 _ at Ribonuclease RNase A family 4 Rnase4 15183 Agrave23
Cell signaling
X52140 _ at Integrin alpha 1 Itga1 1069 Agrave21
M83680 _ at GTPase Rab14 Rab14 735 Agrave23
L19180 _ g _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 935 Agrave59 Agrave81
L19933 _ s _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 835 Agrave21
K03249 _ at G protein-coupled receptor
37-like 1 enoyl-Coenzyme A
hydratase3-hydroxyacyl
Coenzyme A dehydrogenase
Ehhadh 2219 Agrave36
M63122 _ at Tumor necrosis factor receptor
super family member 1a
Tnfrsf1a 1906 20
rc _ AA892251 _ at Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A Avpr1a 2064 25 27
D85435 _ g _ at PKC-delta binding protein Prkcdbp 4280 28 24
rc _ AA900505 _ at RhoB gene Arhb 310 40
rc _ AA874794 _ g _ at Nerve growth factor receptor
(TNFRSF16) associated protein 1
Ngfrap1 308
L19699 _ g _ at V-ral simian leukemia viral
oncogene homolog B (ras related)
Ralb 282 20
AJ010828 _ at Chemokine orphan receptor 1 Rdc1 49 133
AF017437 _ g _ at Integrin-associated protein Cd47 187 25
Transcription factors
Y14933mRNA _ s _ at One cut domain family member 1
alternative name hepatocytenuclear factor 6 beta
Onecut1 1084 Agrave73
AB012234 _ g _ at Nuclear factor IX Nfix 732 Agrave45
D12769 _ at Kruppel-like factor 9 Klf 9 1886 Agrave20
AB017044exon _ at AB017044exon Rattus
norvegicus gene for hepatocyte
nuclear factor 3 gamma
partial cds
HNF3-G 631 Agrave27
X84210complete _ seq _ s _ at Nuclear factor IA Nfia 752 Agrave24
rc _ AI234146 _ at Cysteine rich protein 1 Csrp1 1397 Agrave27 Agrave63
rc _ AI014091 _ at Cbpp300-interacting
transactivator with GluAsp-rich
carboxy-terminal domain 2
Cited2 or
MRG1
864 Agrave36
L25785 _ at Transforming growth factor beta
1 induced transcript 4
(stimulated clone 22 homologue)
Tgfb1i4 Agrave 4734 Agrave28 Agrave36 Agrave37
rc _ AI177161 _ g _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 406 26 41 47 53
rc _ AI177161 _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 648 25 33 37 59
Heme synthesis
J03190 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 3005 Agrave43
J03190 _ g _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 1924 Agrave23
D86297 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 Alas2 1122 Agrave27
rc _ AI178971 _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 610 Agrave52
X56325mRNA _ s _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 40041 Agrave28
M94918mRNA _ f _ at Hemoglobin beta Hbb 28954 Agrave29
M94919mRNA _ f _ at mRNA RATBETGLOY Rat
beta-globin gene exons 1ndash3
No symbol 16547 Agrave26
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Immune
D10729 _ s _ at Proteasome (prosome
macropain) subunit beta type
8 (low molecular mass polypeptide 7)
Psmb8 3232 Agrave21
M64795 _ f _ at M64795 Rat MHC class I
antigen gene
No symbol 1839 Agrave23
M33025 _ s _ at Parathymosin Ptms 4727 Agrave30
rc _ AI136977 _ g _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 907 Agrave23
rc _ AI136977 _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 473 Agrave131
M86564 _ at Prothymosin alpha Ptma 1858 Agrave21
D88250 _ at Complement component 1
s subcomponent
C1s 6862 29
M31038 _ at RT1 class Ib gene RT1Aw2 438 Agrave27
rc _ AA945608 _ at Serum amyloid P-component Sap 14151 Agrave25
Cell differentiation
rc _ AI231292 _ at Cystatin C Cst3 2235 Agrave20
rc _ AA858673 _ at Pancreatic secretory trypsininhibitor type II (PSTI-II)
LOC266602 14588Agrave
31
M15481 _ g _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 30347 Agrave26
M15481 _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 4548 Agrave26
X06107 _ i _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 1871 Agrave23
M81183Exon _ UTR _ g _ at M81183Exon _ UTR
RATINSLGFA Rat insulin-like
growth factor I gene
3 end of exon 6
No symbol 3328 Agrave29
rc _ AA924289 _ s _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 2535 Agrave24
S46785 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 7526 Agrave24
M31837 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein 3
Igfbp3 1325 Agrave26
M58634 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1
Igfbp1 516 25 47 29 49
Cytoskeleton
U31463 _ at Myosin heavy polypeptide 9
non-muscle
Myh9 1052 Agrave38
X52815cds _ f _ at X52815cds RRGAMACT Rat
mRNA for cytoplasmic-gamma
isoform of actin
No symbol 5098 Agrave26
rc _ AI179012 _ s _ at Actin beta Actb 25868 Agrave32
X70706cds _ at Plastin 3 (T-isoform) Pls3 1033 Agrave20
U05784 _ s _ at Microtubule-associated proteins
1A1B light chain 3
MPL3 3218 33 26
rc _ AA944422 _ at Calponin 3 acidic Cnn3 794 22
rc _ AA892814 _ s _ at Calpain small subunit Capns1 3395 Agrave22
L24776 _ at tropomyosin 3 gamma Tpm3 446 20
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X12355 _ s _ at Glucose regulated protein 58 kDa Grp58 4725 Agrave29
rc _ AI234604_s _ at Heat shock cognate protein 70 Hsc70 10189 Agrave22
D30649mRNA _ s _ at Alkaline phosphodiesterase LOC54410 789 Agrave21 Agrave35
U62897 _ at Carboxypeptidase D Cpd 880 Agrave24
rc _ AA859837 _ g _ at Guanine deaminase Gda 2956 Agrave21
J00738 _ s _ at Alpha-2u globulin PGCL4 LOC259247 9926 Agrave1176
AB000199 _ at CCA2 protein Cca2 3793 Agrave23
U55765 _ at Serine (or cysteine) proteinase
inhibitor clade A (alpha-1
antiproteinase antitrypsin)
member 10
Serpina 10
Rasp-1
5175 22
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X96437mRNA _ g _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1
Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 661 29
X96437mRNA _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 888 22
S61960 _ s _ at Cysteine conjugate beta-lyase No symbol 869 25 24 42
rc _ AA893239 _ at 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Hpcl2 3090 Agrave23
S85184 _ at S85184 Cyclic Protein-2 =
cathepsin L proenzyme [rats
Sertoli cells mRNA 1790 nt]
CP-2 804 23 30
S77494 _ s _ at Lysyl oxidase Lox 558 Agrave43
X61381cds _ s _ at RRIIMRNA R rattus interferon
induced mRNA
No symbol 6533 Agrave27
rc _ AI172293 _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 6850 Agrave21
E12625cds _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 3679 Agrave25
rc _ AA891916 _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 1508 21
rc _ AA891916 _ g _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 2135 20
rc _ AA859981 _ at Inositol (myo)-1(or 4)-
monophosphatase 2
Impa2 385 32
D17809 _ at Beta-4N-
acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Galgt1 1455 Agrave23 Agrave25
X14848cds12 _ at MIRNXX Rattus norvegicus
mitochondrial genome
No symbol 362 2
rc _ AI639029 _ s _ at Rat mixed-tissue library Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
clone rx05067 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 323 4
rc _ AI638989 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
rx01268 3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 678 Agrave29
rc _ AI639162 _ at Rat mixed-tissue libraryRattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx01122 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 113 5
rc _ AA955983 _ at rc _ AA955983 UI-R-E1-fb-e-
12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E1-
fb-e-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA955983 Ag =
Rn7854len = 542
No symbol 5035 2
U47312 _ s _ at U47312 RNU47312 Rat R2
cerebellum DDRT-T-PCR
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
LIARCD-3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 669 Agrave24
rc _ AA875171 _ at rc _ AA875171 UI-R-E0-ce-f-12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E0-
ce-f-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA875171gi =
2980119 Ag = Rn2814
len = 458
No symbol 863 2
rc _ AA817987 _ f _ at rc _ AA817987 UI-R-A0-ah-a-
06-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-A0-
ah-a-06-0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA817987gi = 2887867 Ag =
Rn23920len = 373
No symbol 7364 Agrave30
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
rc _ AA859899 _ at rc _ AA859899 UI-R-E0-
cg-a-03-0-UIs1 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA 3 end clone = UI-R-E0-cg-a-03-
0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA859899gi = 2949419 Ag =
Rn810len = 353
No symbol 1018 Agrave21
rc _ AI639435 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx04153 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 99 54
ESTs
rc _ AI236601 _ at EST233163 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
643 28
rc _ AA892246 _ at EST196049 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
722 22 20 20
rc _ AA799700 _ at EST189197 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
1300 24
rc _ AA892888 _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
10889 22 26
rc _ AA893529 _ at EST197332 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
268 28
rc _ AI176456 _ at EST220041 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
42918 116 110
rc _ AA892888 _ g _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
21687 22
rc _ AA893667 _ g _ at EST197470 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
421 22
rc _ AI014135 _ g _ at EST207690 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2863 34
rc _ AA892520 _ g _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1472 20
rc _ AA892179 _ at EST195982 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
553 20
rc _ AA893088 _ at EST196891 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
808 22
rc _ AA799511 _ g _ at EST189008 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2143 20
rc _ AA893658 _ at EST197461 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2686 20 41
rc _ AA892918 _ at EST196721 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
550 21
rc _ AA946108 _ at EST201607 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
291 20
rc _ AA892520 _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1054 25
rc _ AA891814 _ at EST195617 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
479 23
rc _ H33001 _ at EST108598 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1380 Agrave22
rc _ H31813 _ at EST106240 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1628 Agrave24
rc _ AA799879 _ at EST189376 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
788 21
rc _ AA800787 _ at EST190284 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
875 Agrave23
rc _ AA893870 _ at EST197673 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
593 Agrave35
rc _ AA892234 _ at EST196037 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6720 Agrave22 Agrave30
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
U88036 ID Rn00756233 _ m1) and Eukaryotic 18S rRNA endogenous control (accession no X03205 ID Hs99999901 _ s1)
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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used and significant differences were evaluated using
Dunnettrsquos test for multiple comparisons
Results and discussion
Clinical observations
There were no unscheduled deaths during the study
period and no reported clinical signs Body weight was
significantly decreased compared to control at 40 Agkg bw
at 7 days only (18 P b 005 data not shown)
Clinical chemistry
Significant changes in clinical chemistry and hematolog-
ical parameters are shown in Table 1 At 40 Agkg bw TCDD
increased serum cholesterol concentrations at the 24 h and 7-
day time points At 6 h there was a significant decrease inserum cholesterol concentration but the difference between
control values was only minor Serum triglycerides on the
other hand were markedly increased at the high-dose at 24 h
but decreased after 7 days Serum glucose was decreased
significantly only at the high-dose at 7 days Total protein and
globulin concentrations were likewise increased at 7 days
Hemoglobin was increased at the high-dose at all time points
Alanine aminotransferase activity was decreased at the low-
and high-dose at 7 days The absence of significant increases
here is consistent with liver histopathological examination
which revealed no marked signs of hepatotoxicity (below)
Pathology
There were no gross lesions in the livers of control or
treated rats Upon histopathological examination no alter-
ations were evident 6 h after dosing At 24 h minimal
evidence of centrilobular hypertrophy characterized by a loss
of glycogen vacuolization and slight increases in the
eosinophilic matrix were observed in 25 rats given 40 Ag
kg bw TCDD On day 7 centrilobular hypertrophy was
observed in 45 rats given 40 Agkg bw TCDD
Gene expression analyses
Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD
if the change exceeded a 2-fold cut off value and was
statistically significant to P b 001 Applying this criteria a
total of 288 probesets were altered in the liver of male
SpraguendashDawley rats by single oral TCDD exposure at 6 h
24 h andor 7 days (Table 2) Low-dose TCDD exposure
altered the expression of 49 probesets 25 at 6 h (13 up 12
down) 12 (up) at 24 h and 12 (up) at 7 days At 6 h
upregulated genes included CYP1A1 CYP1A2 NAD(P)H
dehydrogenase quinone 1 (Nqo1) UDP glycosyltransferase
1 family (UGT1A6) NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nfe2I2 nrf2)
and growth arrest and DNA damage inducible 45 alpha
(Gadd45a) Nrf2 has been suggested to function as a mediator
of Nqo1 induction following TCDD exposure (Ma et al
2004) and the results here further demonstrate that nrf2 is an
early and sensitive target for TCDD Gadd45a has been
shown to be induced by ionizing radiation as well as in
response to DNA damage as a result of alkylation and
oxidative stress (Hollander and Fornace 2002) In addition
non-genotoxic stresses such as nutrient depletion have also
been shown to induce Gadd45a (Fornace et al 1989 Zhan et
al 1996) While the precise functions of Gadd45a remain to
be determined two studies suggest involvement in the G2Mcell cycle checkpoint (Wang et al 1999b Zhan et al 1999)
Furthermore Gadd45a has been implicated in mechanisms of
DNA damage repair and control of genetic instability
[reviewed in (Hollander and Fornace 2002 Sheikh et al
2000)] Low-dose TCDD exposure also caused down-
regulation of 12 genes at 6 h Interestingly several of these
were transcription factors for instance Onecut1 (codes for
HNF-6) nuclear factor IX (Nfix) and Kruppel-like factor 9
(Klf9) The relevance of these results may be questionable
however since these changes were only seen at the low-dose
and at one time point On the other hand Cyclin D1 (Ccnd1)
which is essential for cell cycle control at G1 was inhibited
Table 1
Clinical chemistry and hematology parameters in the serum of rats treated
with single oral doses of TCDD at 0 04 and 40 Agkg bw and killed at 6 h
24 h and 7 days following treatment
Parameter Dose
Control 04 40
6 hCholesterol (mgdL) 846 F 61 762 F 59 754 F 50
Hemoglobin (gdL) 149 F 05 155 F 03 154 F 03
24 h
Triglycerides (mgdL) 1494 F 279 1186 F 214 260 F 1008
Cholesterol (mgdL) 774 F 81 74 F 109 924 F 73
Hemoglobin (gdL) 144 F 06 146 F 04 156 F 05
Absolute neutrophils
(Th AL)
41 F 05 30 F 08 43 F 06
7 days
Triglycerides (mgdL) 1022 F 255 1256 F 336 544 F 194
Cholesterol (mgdL) 778 F 159 866 F 170 1248 F 34
Hemoglobin (gdL) 146 F 06 151 F 08 159 F 14
Red blood cells(mil AL)
67 F 03 68 F 04 76 F 05
Absolute reticulocytes
(mil AL)
02 F 001 018 F 002 012 F 003
Alanine
aminotransferase
(IUL)
58 F 74 452 F 58 462 F 82
Glucose (mgdL) 141 F 129 1286 F 182 1088 F 41
Total protein (gdL) 66 F 02 65 F 01 716 F 03
Globulin (gdL) 23 F 02 24 F 02 27 F 03
P b 005 compared to controls Statistical analysis was by one-way
analysis ANOVA followed by the Least Squares Difference test In cases
where tests for homogenous variance failed analysis was by the Kruskalndash
Wallis one-way ANOVA on ranks and significant differences were
evaluated using Dunnett Ts test for multiple comparisons
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Table 2
Probesets altered z 2-fold ( P b 001) compared to control in the liver of rats given TCDD by oral gavage at 0 04 and 40 Agkg bw and killed at 6 h 24 h
or 7 days following exposure
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 days
symbol04 40 04 40 04 40
Detoxificationstress
E00778cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a1 CYP1A1 28 3133 9973 3458 6903 1709 7017K03241cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 3883 71 110 87 112 91 185
E01184cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 7448 58 84 80 100 86 141
M26127 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 7673 36 53 55 74 57 95
rc _ AI176856 _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 13 2992 250 13559
U09540 _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 80 657 3856
U09540 _ g _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 76 750 80 4838
X83867cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 94 112
E00717UTR1 _ s _ at cDNA encoding cytochrome P-450
from rat liver
No symbol 269 1807 2945 2153 3048 944 2620
J02679 _ s _ at NAD(P)H dehydrogenase quinone 1 Nqo1 1093 23 147 31 105 20 126
M58495mRNA _ at NAD(P)H dehydrogenase quinone 1 Nqo1 41 205 174 111D38061exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 arylsulfatase B
Arsb
UGT1A6
303 26 105 86 173 52 193
S56936 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 arylsulfatase B
Arsb
UGT1A6
293 23 65 66 174 42 183
S56937 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 UDP
glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A7
UGT1A6
UGT1A7
4926 27 29 55
D83796 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 UDP
glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A7
UGT1A6
UGT1A7
10508 25 27 48
D38062exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 186 78 60 305 20 348
AF039212mRNA _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 348 52 31 106 227
J02612mRNA _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 10410 26 26 37
J05132 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 17473 21 27 37
J03637 _ at Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3
member A1
Aldh3a1 208 103 569 1058
D38065exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A1
UGT1A1 1777 Agrave25
K00136mRNA _ at Glutathione S-transferase alpha
type 2
GSTA2 18140 21 26 37
S72506 _ s _ at Glutathione S-transferase alpha
type 2
GSTA2 113 87 34
S82820mRNA _ s _ at GSTA5 = glutathione S-transferase
Yc2 subunit [rats Morris hepatomacell line mRNA 1274 nt]
Yc2 subunit
GSTA5
890 40 54 32
X62660mRNA _ at RRGTS8 Rrattus mRNA for
glutathione transferase subunit
GSTA4 1952 23 42
X62660mRNA _ g _ at RRGTS8 Rrattus mRNA for
glutathione transferase subunit
GSTA4 2770 29 48
rc _ AI102562 _ at Metallothionein Mt1a 69514 96 92
M11794cds2 _ f _ at Metallothionein Mt1a 48512 91 25 91
rc _ AI234950 _ at Acid phosphatase 2 Acp2 1715 20 29
AF045464 _ s _ at Aflatoxin B1 aldehyde reductase Afar 2602 29
J03786 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 15-beta gene CYP2c12 1528 63
J00728cds _ f _ at Rat cytochrome P-450e
(phenobarbital-inducible)
gene exon 9
No symbol 3892 Agrave20 Agrave25
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Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Detoxificationstress
L00320cds _ f _ at RATCYPB9 Rat
cytochrome P-450b
(phenobarbital-inducible)gene exon 9
Rat CYP2B9 802 Agrave27
M13234cds _ f _ at RATCYPEZ78 Rat cytochrome
P-450e gene exons 7 and 8
No symbol 3027 Agrave21
U40004 _ s _ at cytochrome P450 pseudogene
(CYP2J3P2)
CYP2J3P2 2438 Agrave20
U46118 _ at cytochrome P450 3A9 CYP3A9 1953 Agrave108
M18363cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily IIC
(mephenytoin 4-hydroxylase)
CYP2C 23384 Agrave29
X79081mRNA _ f _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily IIC
(mephenytoin 4-hydroxylase)
CYP2C 6286 Agrave49
U70825 _ at 5-oxoprolinase Oplah 821 Agrave28
S48325 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 49580 Agrave27
M20131cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 56615 Agrave23
AF056333 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 28723 Agrave27
M58041 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 2c22 CYP2c22 15104 Agrave23
M84719 _ at Flavin-containing
monooxygenase 1
FMO1 2390 Agrave34
U63923 _ at Thioredoxin reductase 1 Txnrd1 1277 25
rc _ AA891286 _ at Thioredoxin reductase 1 Txnrd1 2682 23
rc _ AI172247 _ at Xanthine dehydrogenase Xdh 1956 20
AF037072 _ at Carbonic anhydrase 3 Ca3 5409 Agrave49 Agrave207
L32591mRNA _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 382 20 33 40 65
L32591mRNA _ g _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 798 26 25 35
rc _ AI070295 _ g _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 391 49
AF025670 _ g _ at Caspase 6 Casp6 810 21
Lipid metabolism
J05210 _ at ATP citrate-lyase Acly 3890 Agrave30 Agrave29
J05210 _ g _ at ATP citrate-lyase Acly 10875 Agrave24
L07736 _ at Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 CPT1 8463 36
J02749 _ at Acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 1
3-oxo acyl-CoA thiolase A
Acaa1 1079 34 25 53
M76767 _ s _ at Fatty acid synthase Fasn 1814 Agrave24
S69874 _ s _ at Fatty acid binding protein 5
epidermal
Fabp 1065 42
rc _ AA799779 _ g _ at Acyl-CoAdihydroxyacetonephosphate
acyltransferase
Gnpat 488 21
U10357 _ at Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 Pdk2 3263 Agrave33
U10357 _ g _ at Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 Pdk2 4434 Agrave20
S81497 _ s _ at Lipase A lysosomal acid Lipa 1311 Agrave26
M33648 _ at 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA
synthase 2 mitochondrial precursor
Hmgcs2 29290 Agrave20
rc _ AA817846 _ at 3-hydroxybutyrate
dehydrogenase
(heart mitochondrial)
Bdh 4825 Agrave21
AF003835 _ at Isopentenyl-diphosphate
delta isomerase
Idi1 1727 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Lipid metabolism
M89945mRNA _ at Farensyl diphosphate synthase Fdps 10239 Agrave23
M00002 _ at Apolipoprotein A-IV Apoa4 7038 Agrave35
J05460 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 7a1 CYP7A1 4375Agrave
97Agrave
80U18374 _ at Farnesoid X receptor Nr1h4 (FXR) 1563 Agrave23 Agrave20
D86580 _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1390 Agrave36 Agrave36
D86745cds _ s _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1712 Agrave43 Agrave40
M77479 _ at Solute carrier family 10 (sodium
bile acid cotransporter family)
member 1
Slc10a1
(Ntcp)
11044 Agrave21
U88036 _ at Solute carrier family 21
(organic anion
transporter) member 5
Slc21a5
oatp2
4630 Agrave32 Agrave29
D10262 _ at Choline kinase Chk 726 24 29 23
E04239cds _ s _ at Choline kinase Chk 129 31
L14441 _ at Phosphatidylethanolamine
N-methyltransferase
PEMT 6315 Agrave27
D28560 _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 2917 27 41
D28560 _ g _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase
phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 1615 37 34
D78588 _ at Diacylglycerol kinase zeta Dgkz 534 Agrave23
AB009372 _ at Lysophospholipase LOC246266 943 Agrave48 Agrave156
Carbohydrate metabolism
X53588 _ at Glucokinase Gck 748 Agrave32 Agrave30
AF080468 _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 6645 Agrave26 Agrave26
AF080468 _ g _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 8134 Agrave23 Agrave24
X07467 _ at Glucose-6-phosphate
dehydrogenase
G6pd 728 33 35
rc _ AI008020 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 275 26 43 20
rc _ AI171506 _ g _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 752 43 45
M26594 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 430 41 36
rc _ AI171506 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 388 51 44
rc _ AI059508 _ s _ at Transketolase Tkt 1164 Agrave25
K03243mRNA _ s _ at Phosphoenolpyruvate
carboxykinase
PEPCK 24179 Agrave32 Agrave42
U32314 _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3515 Agrave22 Agrave22
U32314 _ g _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3111 Agrave20
Nitrogen metabolism
AB003400 _ at d-Amino acid oxidase Dao1 1239 Agrave76
X12459 _ at Arginosuccinate synthetase Ass 26118 Agrave21 Agrave31
rc _ AI179613 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 17405 Agrave24
rc _ AI233216 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 6905Agrave
24Agrave
21rc _ AA852004 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 902 Agrave31 Agrave31
M91652complete _ seq _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 2570 Agrave24 Agrave21
rc _ AI232783 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 6552 Agrave23
J05499 _ at Liver mitochondrial glutaminase Ga 2030 Agrave39
M58308 _ at Histidine ammonia lyase Hal 3436 Agrave44
D10354 _ s _ at Alanine aminotransferase Alat 2570 Agrave32
D13667cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 967 Agrave27
X06357cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 4465 Agrave22
X13119cds _ s _ at Serine dehydratase Sds 271 105
X06150cds _ at Glycine methyltransferase Gnmt 2359 Agrave20
E03229cds _ s _ at Cytolosic cysteine dioxygenase Cdo1 24819 Agrave33 Agrave29
AF056031 _ at Kynurenine 3-hydroxylase Kmo 2683 Agrave22
Z50144 _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 1164 Agrave25
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Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Nitrogen metabolism
Z50144 _ g _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 2458 Agrave22
J04171 _ at Aspartate aminotransferase Asat 1687 25 22
AF038870 _ at Betaine-homocysteinemethyltransferase
Bhmt 22602 20
J03959 _ g _ at Urate oxidase Uox 622 22
rc _ AA900413 _ at Dihydrofolate reductase 1
(active)
Dhfr1 2389 22
AJ000347 _ g _ at 3(2)5-bisphosphate
nucleotidase
Bpnt1 577 31
D90404 _ at cathepsin C Ctsc 11757 Agrave24
Mitochondrial electron transport chain
X15030 _ at Cytochrome c oxidase
subunit Va
Cox5a 9753 31
Retinoid metabolism
X65296cds _ s _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 4719 Agrave21 Agrave81
L46791 _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 2496 Agrave64
D00362 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 17296 Agrave52
M20629 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 20350 Agrave28
AF016387 _ at Retinoid X receptor gamma Rxrg 410 21
Steroid metabolism
S81448 _ s _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 3288 Agrave332
J05035 _ g _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 8835 Agrave177
J05035 _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 4560 Agrave131
M31363mRNA _ f _ at (Ad) M31363mRNA
RATHSST Rat hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase mRNA
No symbol 29966 Agrave45
rc _ AA818122 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 18559 Agrave37
D14988 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 29775 Agrave36
D14987 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 11993 Agrave31
D14989 _ f _ at Rat mRNA for hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase subunit
complete cds
No symbol 4793 Agrave28
M67465 _ at Hydroxy-delta-5-steroid
dehydrogenase
3 beta- and steroid
delta-isomerase
Hsd3b 7019 Agrave24
X57999cds _ at Deiodinase iodothyronine
type 1
Dio 1 826 Agrave43
X91234 _ at 17-beta hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase type 2
Hsd17b2 15271 20
M33312cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 IIA1
(hepatic steroid
hydroxylase IIA1) gene
CYP2A1 13452 36
L24207 _ i _ at (Ad) L24207 Rattus
norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
CYP3A1 1659 24
L24207 _ r _ at Rattus norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
Cyp3A1 1068 27
D13912 _ s _ at Cytochrome P-450PCN
(PNCN inducible)
cytochrome P450 subfamily
3A poypeptide 3
Cyp3A1
Cyp3a3
6993 25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Kinases
rc _ AI145931 _ at UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-
2-epimerase
N-acetylmannosamine kinase
Uae1 2653 Agrave23
Circadian rhythm
AB016532 _ at Period homolog 2 Per2 65 44
Membrane bound proteins
AF004017 _ at Solute carrier family 4
member 4
Slc4a4 493 70
U28504 _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 915 24 30
U28504 _ g _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 428 36 56
AB015433 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1577 21 40
X89225cds _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1046 30D84450 _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting beta
polypeptide 3
Atp1b3 968 29
M74494 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 2444 Agrave31
M28647 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 4911 Agrave27
rc _ AA799645 _ g _ at FXYD domain-containing
ion transport regulator 1
Fxyd1 1307 Agrave20 Agrave29
L27651 _ at Solute carrier family 22
(organic anion transporter)
member 7
Slc22a7 3174 Agrave21
U76714 _ at Solute carrier family 39
(iron-regulated transporter)
member 1
Slc39a1 696 Agrave20
rc _ AI145680 _ s _ at Solute carrier 16
(monocarboxylic acid
transporter) member 1
Slc16a1 1736 Agrave23
L28135 _ at Solute carrier family 2
A2 (glucose transporter
type 2)
Slc2a2 4653 Agrave23
U76379 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 22
member 1
Slc22a1 4182 Agrave21
AJ011656cds _ s _ at Claudin 3 Cldn3 3533 Agrave25
S61865 _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 2061 Agrave20
X60651mRNA _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 937 Agrave29
M31322 _ g _ at Sperm membrane protein
(YWK-II)
LOC64312 3213 21
AF097593 _ at Cadherin 2 Cdh2 950 Agrave24
U23056 _ at C-CAM4 protein LOC287009 240 25 544U23055cds _ s _ at Partial cds C-CAM4 protein
carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 322 676
J04963 _ at Carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 787 23
U32575 _ at Sec6 Sec6 181 44 62
U32575 _ g _ at Sec6 Sec6 342 20 45 94
rc _ AA926292 _ s _ at Trans-Golgi network protein 1 Ttgn1 919 20 26
rc _ AA859954 _ at Vacuole membrane protein 1 Vmp1 1472 26
rc _ AA892759 _ at Synaptosomal-associated protein
23 kDa
Snap23 205 34
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Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Cell cycle
X75207 _ s _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 696 Agrave20 Agrave24
D14014 _ g _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1307 Agrave36
D14014 _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1238Agrave
33Agrave
24
RNA processing
AF041066 _ at Ribonuclease RNase A family 4 Rnase4 15183 Agrave23
Cell signaling
X52140 _ at Integrin alpha 1 Itga1 1069 Agrave21
M83680 _ at GTPase Rab14 Rab14 735 Agrave23
L19180 _ g _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 935 Agrave59 Agrave81
L19933 _ s _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 835 Agrave21
K03249 _ at G protein-coupled receptor
37-like 1 enoyl-Coenzyme A
hydratase3-hydroxyacyl
Coenzyme A dehydrogenase
Ehhadh 2219 Agrave36
M63122 _ at Tumor necrosis factor receptor
super family member 1a
Tnfrsf1a 1906 20
rc _ AA892251 _ at Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A Avpr1a 2064 25 27
D85435 _ g _ at PKC-delta binding protein Prkcdbp 4280 28 24
rc _ AA900505 _ at RhoB gene Arhb 310 40
rc _ AA874794 _ g _ at Nerve growth factor receptor
(TNFRSF16) associated protein 1
Ngfrap1 308
L19699 _ g _ at V-ral simian leukemia viral
oncogene homolog B (ras related)
Ralb 282 20
AJ010828 _ at Chemokine orphan receptor 1 Rdc1 49 133
AF017437 _ g _ at Integrin-associated protein Cd47 187 25
Transcription factors
Y14933mRNA _ s _ at One cut domain family member 1
alternative name hepatocytenuclear factor 6 beta
Onecut1 1084 Agrave73
AB012234 _ g _ at Nuclear factor IX Nfix 732 Agrave45
D12769 _ at Kruppel-like factor 9 Klf 9 1886 Agrave20
AB017044exon _ at AB017044exon Rattus
norvegicus gene for hepatocyte
nuclear factor 3 gamma
partial cds
HNF3-G 631 Agrave27
X84210complete _ seq _ s _ at Nuclear factor IA Nfia 752 Agrave24
rc _ AI234146 _ at Cysteine rich protein 1 Csrp1 1397 Agrave27 Agrave63
rc _ AI014091 _ at Cbpp300-interacting
transactivator with GluAsp-rich
carboxy-terminal domain 2
Cited2 or
MRG1
864 Agrave36
L25785 _ at Transforming growth factor beta
1 induced transcript 4
(stimulated clone 22 homologue)
Tgfb1i4 Agrave 4734 Agrave28 Agrave36 Agrave37
rc _ AI177161 _ g _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 406 26 41 47 53
rc _ AI177161 _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 648 25 33 37 59
Heme synthesis
J03190 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 3005 Agrave43
J03190 _ g _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 1924 Agrave23
D86297 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 Alas2 1122 Agrave27
rc _ AI178971 _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 610 Agrave52
X56325mRNA _ s _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 40041 Agrave28
M94918mRNA _ f _ at Hemoglobin beta Hbb 28954 Agrave29
M94919mRNA _ f _ at mRNA RATBETGLOY Rat
beta-globin gene exons 1ndash3
No symbol 16547 Agrave26
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Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Immune
D10729 _ s _ at Proteasome (prosome
macropain) subunit beta type
8 (low molecular mass polypeptide 7)
Psmb8 3232 Agrave21
M64795 _ f _ at M64795 Rat MHC class I
antigen gene
No symbol 1839 Agrave23
M33025 _ s _ at Parathymosin Ptms 4727 Agrave30
rc _ AI136977 _ g _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 907 Agrave23
rc _ AI136977 _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 473 Agrave131
M86564 _ at Prothymosin alpha Ptma 1858 Agrave21
D88250 _ at Complement component 1
s subcomponent
C1s 6862 29
M31038 _ at RT1 class Ib gene RT1Aw2 438 Agrave27
rc _ AA945608 _ at Serum amyloid P-component Sap 14151 Agrave25
Cell differentiation
rc _ AI231292 _ at Cystatin C Cst3 2235 Agrave20
rc _ AA858673 _ at Pancreatic secretory trypsininhibitor type II (PSTI-II)
LOC266602 14588Agrave
31
M15481 _ g _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 30347 Agrave26
M15481 _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 4548 Agrave26
X06107 _ i _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 1871 Agrave23
M81183Exon _ UTR _ g _ at M81183Exon _ UTR
RATINSLGFA Rat insulin-like
growth factor I gene
3 end of exon 6
No symbol 3328 Agrave29
rc _ AA924289 _ s _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 2535 Agrave24
S46785 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 7526 Agrave24
M31837 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein 3
Igfbp3 1325 Agrave26
M58634 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1
Igfbp1 516 25 47 29 49
Cytoskeleton
U31463 _ at Myosin heavy polypeptide 9
non-muscle
Myh9 1052 Agrave38
X52815cds _ f _ at X52815cds RRGAMACT Rat
mRNA for cytoplasmic-gamma
isoform of actin
No symbol 5098 Agrave26
rc _ AI179012 _ s _ at Actin beta Actb 25868 Agrave32
X70706cds _ at Plastin 3 (T-isoform) Pls3 1033 Agrave20
U05784 _ s _ at Microtubule-associated proteins
1A1B light chain 3
MPL3 3218 33 26
rc _ AA944422 _ at Calponin 3 acidic Cnn3 794 22
rc _ AA892814 _ s _ at Calpain small subunit Capns1 3395 Agrave22
L24776 _ at tropomyosin 3 gamma Tpm3 446 20
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X12355 _ s _ at Glucose regulated protein 58 kDa Grp58 4725 Agrave29
rc _ AI234604_s _ at Heat shock cognate protein 70 Hsc70 10189 Agrave22
D30649mRNA _ s _ at Alkaline phosphodiesterase LOC54410 789 Agrave21 Agrave35
U62897 _ at Carboxypeptidase D Cpd 880 Agrave24
rc _ AA859837 _ g _ at Guanine deaminase Gda 2956 Agrave21
J00738 _ s _ at Alpha-2u globulin PGCL4 LOC259247 9926 Agrave1176
AB000199 _ at CCA2 protein Cca2 3793 Agrave23
U55765 _ at Serine (or cysteine) proteinase
inhibitor clade A (alpha-1
antiproteinase antitrypsin)
member 10
Serpina 10
Rasp-1
5175 22
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Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X96437mRNA _ g _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1
Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 661 29
X96437mRNA _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 888 22
S61960 _ s _ at Cysteine conjugate beta-lyase No symbol 869 25 24 42
rc _ AA893239 _ at 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Hpcl2 3090 Agrave23
S85184 _ at S85184 Cyclic Protein-2 =
cathepsin L proenzyme [rats
Sertoli cells mRNA 1790 nt]
CP-2 804 23 30
S77494 _ s _ at Lysyl oxidase Lox 558 Agrave43
X61381cds _ s _ at RRIIMRNA R rattus interferon
induced mRNA
No symbol 6533 Agrave27
rc _ AI172293 _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 6850 Agrave21
E12625cds _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 3679 Agrave25
rc _ AA891916 _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 1508 21
rc _ AA891916 _ g _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 2135 20
rc _ AA859981 _ at Inositol (myo)-1(or 4)-
monophosphatase 2
Impa2 385 32
D17809 _ at Beta-4N-
acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Galgt1 1455 Agrave23 Agrave25
X14848cds12 _ at MIRNXX Rattus norvegicus
mitochondrial genome
No symbol 362 2
rc _ AI639029 _ s _ at Rat mixed-tissue library Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
clone rx05067 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 323 4
rc _ AI638989 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
rx01268 3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 678 Agrave29
rc _ AI639162 _ at Rat mixed-tissue libraryRattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx01122 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 113 5
rc _ AA955983 _ at rc _ AA955983 UI-R-E1-fb-e-
12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E1-
fb-e-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA955983 Ag =
Rn7854len = 542
No symbol 5035 2
U47312 _ s _ at U47312 RNU47312 Rat R2
cerebellum DDRT-T-PCR
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
LIARCD-3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 669 Agrave24
rc _ AA875171 _ at rc _ AA875171 UI-R-E0-ce-f-12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E0-
ce-f-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA875171gi =
2980119 Ag = Rn2814
len = 458
No symbol 863 2
rc _ AA817987 _ f _ at rc _ AA817987 UI-R-A0-ah-a-
06-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-A0-
ah-a-06-0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA817987gi = 2887867 Ag =
Rn23920len = 373
No symbol 7364 Agrave30
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
rc _ AA859899 _ at rc _ AA859899 UI-R-E0-
cg-a-03-0-UIs1 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA 3 end clone = UI-R-E0-cg-a-03-
0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA859899gi = 2949419 Ag =
Rn810len = 353
No symbol 1018 Agrave21
rc _ AI639435 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx04153 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 99 54
ESTs
rc _ AI236601 _ at EST233163 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
643 28
rc _ AA892246 _ at EST196049 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
722 22 20 20
rc _ AA799700 _ at EST189197 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
1300 24
rc _ AA892888 _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
10889 22 26
rc _ AA893529 _ at EST197332 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
268 28
rc _ AI176456 _ at EST220041 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
42918 116 110
rc _ AA892888 _ g _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
21687 22
rc _ AA893667 _ g _ at EST197470 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
421 22
rc _ AI014135 _ g _ at EST207690 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2863 34
rc _ AA892520 _ g _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1472 20
rc _ AA892179 _ at EST195982 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
553 20
rc _ AA893088 _ at EST196891 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
808 22
rc _ AA799511 _ g _ at EST189008 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2143 20
rc _ AA893658 _ at EST197461 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2686 20 41
rc _ AA892918 _ at EST196721 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
550 21
rc _ AA946108 _ at EST201607 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
291 20
rc _ AA892520 _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1054 25
rc _ AA891814 _ at EST195617 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
479 23
rc _ H33001 _ at EST108598 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1380 Agrave22
rc _ H31813 _ at EST106240 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1628 Agrave24
rc _ AA799879 _ at EST189376 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
788 21
rc _ AA800787 _ at EST190284 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
875 Agrave23
rc _ AA893870 _ at EST197673 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
593 Agrave35
rc _ AA892234 _ at EST196037 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6720 Agrave22 Agrave30
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
U88036 ID Rn00756233 _ m1) and Eukaryotic 18S rRNA endogenous control (accession no X03205 ID Hs99999901 _ s1)
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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Table 2
Probesets altered z 2-fold ( P b 001) compared to control in the liver of rats given TCDD by oral gavage at 0 04 and 40 Agkg bw and killed at 6 h 24 h
or 7 days following exposure
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 days
symbol04 40 04 40 04 40
Detoxificationstress
E00778cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a1 CYP1A1 28 3133 9973 3458 6903 1709 7017K03241cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 3883 71 110 87 112 91 185
E01184cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 7448 58 84 80 100 86 141
M26127 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 1a2 CYP1A2 7673 36 53 55 74 57 95
rc _ AI176856 _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 13 2992 250 13559
U09540 _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 80 657 3856
U09540 _ g _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 76 750 80 4838
X83867cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1
CYP1B1 94 112
E00717UTR1 _ s _ at cDNA encoding cytochrome P-450
from rat liver
No symbol 269 1807 2945 2153 3048 944 2620
J02679 _ s _ at NAD(P)H dehydrogenase quinone 1 Nqo1 1093 23 147 31 105 20 126
M58495mRNA _ at NAD(P)H dehydrogenase quinone 1 Nqo1 41 205 174 111D38061exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 arylsulfatase B
Arsb
UGT1A6
303 26 105 86 173 52 193
S56936 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 arylsulfatase B
Arsb
UGT1A6
293 23 65 66 174 42 183
S56937 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 UDP
glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A7
UGT1A6
UGT1A7
4926 27 29 55
D83796 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A6 UDP
glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A7
UGT1A6
UGT1A7
10508 25 27 48
D38062exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 186 78 60 305 20 348
AF039212mRNA _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 348 52 31 106 227
J02612mRNA _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 10410 26 26 37
J05132 _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1
family polypeptide A7
UGT1A7 17473 21 27 37
J03637 _ at Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3
member A1
Aldh3a1 208 103 569 1058
D38065exon _ s _ at UDP glycosyltransferase 1 family
polypeptide A1
UGT1A1 1777 Agrave25
K00136mRNA _ at Glutathione S-transferase alpha
type 2
GSTA2 18140 21 26 37
S72506 _ s _ at Glutathione S-transferase alpha
type 2
GSTA2 113 87 34
S82820mRNA _ s _ at GSTA5 = glutathione S-transferase
Yc2 subunit [rats Morris hepatomacell line mRNA 1274 nt]
Yc2 subunit
GSTA5
890 40 54 32
X62660mRNA _ at RRGTS8 Rrattus mRNA for
glutathione transferase subunit
GSTA4 1952 23 42
X62660mRNA _ g _ at RRGTS8 Rrattus mRNA for
glutathione transferase subunit
GSTA4 2770 29 48
rc _ AI102562 _ at Metallothionein Mt1a 69514 96 92
M11794cds2 _ f _ at Metallothionein Mt1a 48512 91 25 91
rc _ AI234950 _ at Acid phosphatase 2 Acp2 1715 20 29
AF045464 _ s _ at Aflatoxin B1 aldehyde reductase Afar 2602 29
J03786 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 15-beta gene CYP2c12 1528 63
J00728cds _ f _ at Rat cytochrome P-450e
(phenobarbital-inducible)
gene exon 9
No symbol 3892 Agrave20 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Detoxificationstress
L00320cds _ f _ at RATCYPB9 Rat
cytochrome P-450b
(phenobarbital-inducible)gene exon 9
Rat CYP2B9 802 Agrave27
M13234cds _ f _ at RATCYPEZ78 Rat cytochrome
P-450e gene exons 7 and 8
No symbol 3027 Agrave21
U40004 _ s _ at cytochrome P450 pseudogene
(CYP2J3P2)
CYP2J3P2 2438 Agrave20
U46118 _ at cytochrome P450 3A9 CYP3A9 1953 Agrave108
M18363cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily IIC
(mephenytoin 4-hydroxylase)
CYP2C 23384 Agrave29
X79081mRNA _ f _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily IIC
(mephenytoin 4-hydroxylase)
CYP2C 6286 Agrave49
U70825 _ at 5-oxoprolinase Oplah 821 Agrave28
S48325 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 49580 Agrave27
M20131cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 56615 Agrave23
AF056333 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 28723 Agrave27
M58041 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 2c22 CYP2c22 15104 Agrave23
M84719 _ at Flavin-containing
monooxygenase 1
FMO1 2390 Agrave34
U63923 _ at Thioredoxin reductase 1 Txnrd1 1277 25
rc _ AA891286 _ at Thioredoxin reductase 1 Txnrd1 2682 23
rc _ AI172247 _ at Xanthine dehydrogenase Xdh 1956 20
AF037072 _ at Carbonic anhydrase 3 Ca3 5409 Agrave49 Agrave207
L32591mRNA _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 382 20 33 40 65
L32591mRNA _ g _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 798 26 25 35
rc _ AI070295 _ g _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 391 49
AF025670 _ g _ at Caspase 6 Casp6 810 21
Lipid metabolism
J05210 _ at ATP citrate-lyase Acly 3890 Agrave30 Agrave29
J05210 _ g _ at ATP citrate-lyase Acly 10875 Agrave24
L07736 _ at Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 CPT1 8463 36
J02749 _ at Acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 1
3-oxo acyl-CoA thiolase A
Acaa1 1079 34 25 53
M76767 _ s _ at Fatty acid synthase Fasn 1814 Agrave24
S69874 _ s _ at Fatty acid binding protein 5
epidermal
Fabp 1065 42
rc _ AA799779 _ g _ at Acyl-CoAdihydroxyacetonephosphate
acyltransferase
Gnpat 488 21
U10357 _ at Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 Pdk2 3263 Agrave33
U10357 _ g _ at Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 Pdk2 4434 Agrave20
S81497 _ s _ at Lipase A lysosomal acid Lipa 1311 Agrave26
M33648 _ at 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA
synthase 2 mitochondrial precursor
Hmgcs2 29290 Agrave20
rc _ AA817846 _ at 3-hydroxybutyrate
dehydrogenase
(heart mitochondrial)
Bdh 4825 Agrave21
AF003835 _ at Isopentenyl-diphosphate
delta isomerase
Idi1 1727 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Lipid metabolism
M89945mRNA _ at Farensyl diphosphate synthase Fdps 10239 Agrave23
M00002 _ at Apolipoprotein A-IV Apoa4 7038 Agrave35
J05460 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 7a1 CYP7A1 4375Agrave
97Agrave
80U18374 _ at Farnesoid X receptor Nr1h4 (FXR) 1563 Agrave23 Agrave20
D86580 _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1390 Agrave36 Agrave36
D86745cds _ s _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1712 Agrave43 Agrave40
M77479 _ at Solute carrier family 10 (sodium
bile acid cotransporter family)
member 1
Slc10a1
(Ntcp)
11044 Agrave21
U88036 _ at Solute carrier family 21
(organic anion
transporter) member 5
Slc21a5
oatp2
4630 Agrave32 Agrave29
D10262 _ at Choline kinase Chk 726 24 29 23
E04239cds _ s _ at Choline kinase Chk 129 31
L14441 _ at Phosphatidylethanolamine
N-methyltransferase
PEMT 6315 Agrave27
D28560 _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 2917 27 41
D28560 _ g _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase
phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 1615 37 34
D78588 _ at Diacylglycerol kinase zeta Dgkz 534 Agrave23
AB009372 _ at Lysophospholipase LOC246266 943 Agrave48 Agrave156
Carbohydrate metabolism
X53588 _ at Glucokinase Gck 748 Agrave32 Agrave30
AF080468 _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 6645 Agrave26 Agrave26
AF080468 _ g _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 8134 Agrave23 Agrave24
X07467 _ at Glucose-6-phosphate
dehydrogenase
G6pd 728 33 35
rc _ AI008020 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 275 26 43 20
rc _ AI171506 _ g _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 752 43 45
M26594 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 430 41 36
rc _ AI171506 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 388 51 44
rc _ AI059508 _ s _ at Transketolase Tkt 1164 Agrave25
K03243mRNA _ s _ at Phosphoenolpyruvate
carboxykinase
PEPCK 24179 Agrave32 Agrave42
U32314 _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3515 Agrave22 Agrave22
U32314 _ g _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3111 Agrave20
Nitrogen metabolism
AB003400 _ at d-Amino acid oxidase Dao1 1239 Agrave76
X12459 _ at Arginosuccinate synthetase Ass 26118 Agrave21 Agrave31
rc _ AI179613 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 17405 Agrave24
rc _ AI233216 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 6905Agrave
24Agrave
21rc _ AA852004 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 902 Agrave31 Agrave31
M91652complete _ seq _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 2570 Agrave24 Agrave21
rc _ AI232783 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 6552 Agrave23
J05499 _ at Liver mitochondrial glutaminase Ga 2030 Agrave39
M58308 _ at Histidine ammonia lyase Hal 3436 Agrave44
D10354 _ s _ at Alanine aminotransferase Alat 2570 Agrave32
D13667cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 967 Agrave27
X06357cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 4465 Agrave22
X13119cds _ s _ at Serine dehydratase Sds 271 105
X06150cds _ at Glycine methyltransferase Gnmt 2359 Agrave20
E03229cds _ s _ at Cytolosic cysteine dioxygenase Cdo1 24819 Agrave33 Agrave29
AF056031 _ at Kynurenine 3-hydroxylase Kmo 2683 Agrave22
Z50144 _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 1164 Agrave25
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Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Nitrogen metabolism
Z50144 _ g _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 2458 Agrave22
J04171 _ at Aspartate aminotransferase Asat 1687 25 22
AF038870 _ at Betaine-homocysteinemethyltransferase
Bhmt 22602 20
J03959 _ g _ at Urate oxidase Uox 622 22
rc _ AA900413 _ at Dihydrofolate reductase 1
(active)
Dhfr1 2389 22
AJ000347 _ g _ at 3(2)5-bisphosphate
nucleotidase
Bpnt1 577 31
D90404 _ at cathepsin C Ctsc 11757 Agrave24
Mitochondrial electron transport chain
X15030 _ at Cytochrome c oxidase
subunit Va
Cox5a 9753 31
Retinoid metabolism
X65296cds _ s _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 4719 Agrave21 Agrave81
L46791 _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 2496 Agrave64
D00362 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 17296 Agrave52
M20629 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 20350 Agrave28
AF016387 _ at Retinoid X receptor gamma Rxrg 410 21
Steroid metabolism
S81448 _ s _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 3288 Agrave332
J05035 _ g _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 8835 Agrave177
J05035 _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 4560 Agrave131
M31363mRNA _ f _ at (Ad) M31363mRNA
RATHSST Rat hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase mRNA
No symbol 29966 Agrave45
rc _ AA818122 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 18559 Agrave37
D14988 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 29775 Agrave36
D14987 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 11993 Agrave31
D14989 _ f _ at Rat mRNA for hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase subunit
complete cds
No symbol 4793 Agrave28
M67465 _ at Hydroxy-delta-5-steroid
dehydrogenase
3 beta- and steroid
delta-isomerase
Hsd3b 7019 Agrave24
X57999cds _ at Deiodinase iodothyronine
type 1
Dio 1 826 Agrave43
X91234 _ at 17-beta hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase type 2
Hsd17b2 15271 20
M33312cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 IIA1
(hepatic steroid
hydroxylase IIA1) gene
CYP2A1 13452 36
L24207 _ i _ at (Ad) L24207 Rattus
norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
CYP3A1 1659 24
L24207 _ r _ at Rattus norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
Cyp3A1 1068 27
D13912 _ s _ at Cytochrome P-450PCN
(PNCN inducible)
cytochrome P450 subfamily
3A poypeptide 3
Cyp3A1
Cyp3a3
6993 25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Kinases
rc _ AI145931 _ at UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-
2-epimerase
N-acetylmannosamine kinase
Uae1 2653 Agrave23
Circadian rhythm
AB016532 _ at Period homolog 2 Per2 65 44
Membrane bound proteins
AF004017 _ at Solute carrier family 4
member 4
Slc4a4 493 70
U28504 _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 915 24 30
U28504 _ g _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 428 36 56
AB015433 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1577 21 40
X89225cds _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1046 30D84450 _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting beta
polypeptide 3
Atp1b3 968 29
M74494 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 2444 Agrave31
M28647 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 4911 Agrave27
rc _ AA799645 _ g _ at FXYD domain-containing
ion transport regulator 1
Fxyd1 1307 Agrave20 Agrave29
L27651 _ at Solute carrier family 22
(organic anion transporter)
member 7
Slc22a7 3174 Agrave21
U76714 _ at Solute carrier family 39
(iron-regulated transporter)
member 1
Slc39a1 696 Agrave20
rc _ AI145680 _ s _ at Solute carrier 16
(monocarboxylic acid
transporter) member 1
Slc16a1 1736 Agrave23
L28135 _ at Solute carrier family 2
A2 (glucose transporter
type 2)
Slc2a2 4653 Agrave23
U76379 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 22
member 1
Slc22a1 4182 Agrave21
AJ011656cds _ s _ at Claudin 3 Cldn3 3533 Agrave25
S61865 _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 2061 Agrave20
X60651mRNA _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 937 Agrave29
M31322 _ g _ at Sperm membrane protein
(YWK-II)
LOC64312 3213 21
AF097593 _ at Cadherin 2 Cdh2 950 Agrave24
U23056 _ at C-CAM4 protein LOC287009 240 25 544U23055cds _ s _ at Partial cds C-CAM4 protein
carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 322 676
J04963 _ at Carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 787 23
U32575 _ at Sec6 Sec6 181 44 62
U32575 _ g _ at Sec6 Sec6 342 20 45 94
rc _ AA926292 _ s _ at Trans-Golgi network protein 1 Ttgn1 919 20 26
rc _ AA859954 _ at Vacuole membrane protein 1 Vmp1 1472 26
rc _ AA892759 _ at Synaptosomal-associated protein
23 kDa
Snap23 205 34
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Cell cycle
X75207 _ s _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 696 Agrave20 Agrave24
D14014 _ g _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1307 Agrave36
D14014 _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1238Agrave
33Agrave
24
RNA processing
AF041066 _ at Ribonuclease RNase A family 4 Rnase4 15183 Agrave23
Cell signaling
X52140 _ at Integrin alpha 1 Itga1 1069 Agrave21
M83680 _ at GTPase Rab14 Rab14 735 Agrave23
L19180 _ g _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 935 Agrave59 Agrave81
L19933 _ s _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 835 Agrave21
K03249 _ at G protein-coupled receptor
37-like 1 enoyl-Coenzyme A
hydratase3-hydroxyacyl
Coenzyme A dehydrogenase
Ehhadh 2219 Agrave36
M63122 _ at Tumor necrosis factor receptor
super family member 1a
Tnfrsf1a 1906 20
rc _ AA892251 _ at Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A Avpr1a 2064 25 27
D85435 _ g _ at PKC-delta binding protein Prkcdbp 4280 28 24
rc _ AA900505 _ at RhoB gene Arhb 310 40
rc _ AA874794 _ g _ at Nerve growth factor receptor
(TNFRSF16) associated protein 1
Ngfrap1 308
L19699 _ g _ at V-ral simian leukemia viral
oncogene homolog B (ras related)
Ralb 282 20
AJ010828 _ at Chemokine orphan receptor 1 Rdc1 49 133
AF017437 _ g _ at Integrin-associated protein Cd47 187 25
Transcription factors
Y14933mRNA _ s _ at One cut domain family member 1
alternative name hepatocytenuclear factor 6 beta
Onecut1 1084 Agrave73
AB012234 _ g _ at Nuclear factor IX Nfix 732 Agrave45
D12769 _ at Kruppel-like factor 9 Klf 9 1886 Agrave20
AB017044exon _ at AB017044exon Rattus
norvegicus gene for hepatocyte
nuclear factor 3 gamma
partial cds
HNF3-G 631 Agrave27
X84210complete _ seq _ s _ at Nuclear factor IA Nfia 752 Agrave24
rc _ AI234146 _ at Cysteine rich protein 1 Csrp1 1397 Agrave27 Agrave63
rc _ AI014091 _ at Cbpp300-interacting
transactivator with GluAsp-rich
carboxy-terminal domain 2
Cited2 or
MRG1
864 Agrave36
L25785 _ at Transforming growth factor beta
1 induced transcript 4
(stimulated clone 22 homologue)
Tgfb1i4 Agrave 4734 Agrave28 Agrave36 Agrave37
rc _ AI177161 _ g _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 406 26 41 47 53
rc _ AI177161 _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 648 25 33 37 59
Heme synthesis
J03190 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 3005 Agrave43
J03190 _ g _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 1924 Agrave23
D86297 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 Alas2 1122 Agrave27
rc _ AI178971 _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 610 Agrave52
X56325mRNA _ s _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 40041 Agrave28
M94918mRNA _ f _ at Hemoglobin beta Hbb 28954 Agrave29
M94919mRNA _ f _ at mRNA RATBETGLOY Rat
beta-globin gene exons 1ndash3
No symbol 16547 Agrave26
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Immune
D10729 _ s _ at Proteasome (prosome
macropain) subunit beta type
8 (low molecular mass polypeptide 7)
Psmb8 3232 Agrave21
M64795 _ f _ at M64795 Rat MHC class I
antigen gene
No symbol 1839 Agrave23
M33025 _ s _ at Parathymosin Ptms 4727 Agrave30
rc _ AI136977 _ g _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 907 Agrave23
rc _ AI136977 _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 473 Agrave131
M86564 _ at Prothymosin alpha Ptma 1858 Agrave21
D88250 _ at Complement component 1
s subcomponent
C1s 6862 29
M31038 _ at RT1 class Ib gene RT1Aw2 438 Agrave27
rc _ AA945608 _ at Serum amyloid P-component Sap 14151 Agrave25
Cell differentiation
rc _ AI231292 _ at Cystatin C Cst3 2235 Agrave20
rc _ AA858673 _ at Pancreatic secretory trypsininhibitor type II (PSTI-II)
LOC266602 14588Agrave
31
M15481 _ g _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 30347 Agrave26
M15481 _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 4548 Agrave26
X06107 _ i _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 1871 Agrave23
M81183Exon _ UTR _ g _ at M81183Exon _ UTR
RATINSLGFA Rat insulin-like
growth factor I gene
3 end of exon 6
No symbol 3328 Agrave29
rc _ AA924289 _ s _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 2535 Agrave24
S46785 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 7526 Agrave24
M31837 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein 3
Igfbp3 1325 Agrave26
M58634 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1
Igfbp1 516 25 47 29 49
Cytoskeleton
U31463 _ at Myosin heavy polypeptide 9
non-muscle
Myh9 1052 Agrave38
X52815cds _ f _ at X52815cds RRGAMACT Rat
mRNA for cytoplasmic-gamma
isoform of actin
No symbol 5098 Agrave26
rc _ AI179012 _ s _ at Actin beta Actb 25868 Agrave32
X70706cds _ at Plastin 3 (T-isoform) Pls3 1033 Agrave20
U05784 _ s _ at Microtubule-associated proteins
1A1B light chain 3
MPL3 3218 33 26
rc _ AA944422 _ at Calponin 3 acidic Cnn3 794 22
rc _ AA892814 _ s _ at Calpain small subunit Capns1 3395 Agrave22
L24776 _ at tropomyosin 3 gamma Tpm3 446 20
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X12355 _ s _ at Glucose regulated protein 58 kDa Grp58 4725 Agrave29
rc _ AI234604_s _ at Heat shock cognate protein 70 Hsc70 10189 Agrave22
D30649mRNA _ s _ at Alkaline phosphodiesterase LOC54410 789 Agrave21 Agrave35
U62897 _ at Carboxypeptidase D Cpd 880 Agrave24
rc _ AA859837 _ g _ at Guanine deaminase Gda 2956 Agrave21
J00738 _ s _ at Alpha-2u globulin PGCL4 LOC259247 9926 Agrave1176
AB000199 _ at CCA2 protein Cca2 3793 Agrave23
U55765 _ at Serine (or cysteine) proteinase
inhibitor clade A (alpha-1
antiproteinase antitrypsin)
member 10
Serpina 10
Rasp-1
5175 22
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X96437mRNA _ g _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1
Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 661 29
X96437mRNA _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 888 22
S61960 _ s _ at Cysteine conjugate beta-lyase No symbol 869 25 24 42
rc _ AA893239 _ at 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Hpcl2 3090 Agrave23
S85184 _ at S85184 Cyclic Protein-2 =
cathepsin L proenzyme [rats
Sertoli cells mRNA 1790 nt]
CP-2 804 23 30
S77494 _ s _ at Lysyl oxidase Lox 558 Agrave43
X61381cds _ s _ at RRIIMRNA R rattus interferon
induced mRNA
No symbol 6533 Agrave27
rc _ AI172293 _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 6850 Agrave21
E12625cds _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 3679 Agrave25
rc _ AA891916 _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 1508 21
rc _ AA891916 _ g _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 2135 20
rc _ AA859981 _ at Inositol (myo)-1(or 4)-
monophosphatase 2
Impa2 385 32
D17809 _ at Beta-4N-
acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Galgt1 1455 Agrave23 Agrave25
X14848cds12 _ at MIRNXX Rattus norvegicus
mitochondrial genome
No symbol 362 2
rc _ AI639029 _ s _ at Rat mixed-tissue library Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
clone rx05067 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 323 4
rc _ AI638989 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
rx01268 3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 678 Agrave29
rc _ AI639162 _ at Rat mixed-tissue libraryRattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx01122 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 113 5
rc _ AA955983 _ at rc _ AA955983 UI-R-E1-fb-e-
12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E1-
fb-e-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA955983 Ag =
Rn7854len = 542
No symbol 5035 2
U47312 _ s _ at U47312 RNU47312 Rat R2
cerebellum DDRT-T-PCR
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
LIARCD-3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 669 Agrave24
rc _ AA875171 _ at rc _ AA875171 UI-R-E0-ce-f-12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E0-
ce-f-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA875171gi =
2980119 Ag = Rn2814
len = 458
No symbol 863 2
rc _ AA817987 _ f _ at rc _ AA817987 UI-R-A0-ah-a-
06-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-A0-
ah-a-06-0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA817987gi = 2887867 Ag =
Rn23920len = 373
No symbol 7364 Agrave30
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
rc _ AA859899 _ at rc _ AA859899 UI-R-E0-
cg-a-03-0-UIs1 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA 3 end clone = UI-R-E0-cg-a-03-
0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA859899gi = 2949419 Ag =
Rn810len = 353
No symbol 1018 Agrave21
rc _ AI639435 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx04153 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 99 54
ESTs
rc _ AI236601 _ at EST233163 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
643 28
rc _ AA892246 _ at EST196049 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
722 22 20 20
rc _ AA799700 _ at EST189197 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
1300 24
rc _ AA892888 _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
10889 22 26
rc _ AA893529 _ at EST197332 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
268 28
rc _ AI176456 _ at EST220041 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
42918 116 110
rc _ AA892888 _ g _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
21687 22
rc _ AA893667 _ g _ at EST197470 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
421 22
rc _ AI014135 _ g _ at EST207690 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2863 34
rc _ AA892520 _ g _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1472 20
rc _ AA892179 _ at EST195982 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
553 20
rc _ AA893088 _ at EST196891 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
808 22
rc _ AA799511 _ g _ at EST189008 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2143 20
rc _ AA893658 _ at EST197461 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2686 20 41
rc _ AA892918 _ at EST196721 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
550 21
rc _ AA946108 _ at EST201607 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
291 20
rc _ AA892520 _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1054 25
rc _ AA891814 _ at EST195617 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
479 23
rc _ H33001 _ at EST108598 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1380 Agrave22
rc _ H31813 _ at EST106240 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1628 Agrave24
rc _ AA799879 _ at EST189376 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
788 21
rc _ AA800787 _ at EST190284 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
875 Agrave23
rc _ AA893870 _ at EST197673 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
593 Agrave35
rc _ AA892234 _ at EST196037 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6720 Agrave22 Agrave30
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Detoxificationstress
L00320cds _ f _ at RATCYPB9 Rat
cytochrome P-450b
(phenobarbital-inducible)gene exon 9
Rat CYP2B9 802 Agrave27
M13234cds _ f _ at RATCYPEZ78 Rat cytochrome
P-450e gene exons 7 and 8
No symbol 3027 Agrave21
U40004 _ s _ at cytochrome P450 pseudogene
(CYP2J3P2)
CYP2J3P2 2438 Agrave20
U46118 _ at cytochrome P450 3A9 CYP3A9 1953 Agrave108
M18363cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily IIC
(mephenytoin 4-hydroxylase)
CYP2C 23384 Agrave29
X79081mRNA _ f _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily IIC
(mephenytoin 4-hydroxylase)
CYP2C 6286 Agrave49
U70825 _ at 5-oxoprolinase Oplah 821 Agrave28
S48325 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 49580 Agrave27
M20131cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 56615 Agrave23
AF056333 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 subfamily 2E
polypeptide 1
CYP2e1 28723 Agrave27
M58041 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 2c22 CYP2c22 15104 Agrave23
M84719 _ at Flavin-containing
monooxygenase 1
FMO1 2390 Agrave34
U63923 _ at Thioredoxin reductase 1 Txnrd1 1277 25
rc _ AA891286 _ at Thioredoxin reductase 1 Txnrd1 2682 23
rc _ AI172247 _ at Xanthine dehydrogenase Xdh 1956 20
AF037072 _ at Carbonic anhydrase 3 Ca3 5409 Agrave49 Agrave207
L32591mRNA _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 382 20 33 40 65
L32591mRNA _ g _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 798 26 25 35
rc _ AI070295 _ g _ at Growth arrest and
DNA-damage-inducible
45 alpha
Gadd45a 391 49
AF025670 _ g _ at Caspase 6 Casp6 810 21
Lipid metabolism
J05210 _ at ATP citrate-lyase Acly 3890 Agrave30 Agrave29
J05210 _ g _ at ATP citrate-lyase Acly 10875 Agrave24
L07736 _ at Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 CPT1 8463 36
J02749 _ at Acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 1
3-oxo acyl-CoA thiolase A
Acaa1 1079 34 25 53
M76767 _ s _ at Fatty acid synthase Fasn 1814 Agrave24
S69874 _ s _ at Fatty acid binding protein 5
epidermal
Fabp 1065 42
rc _ AA799779 _ g _ at Acyl-CoAdihydroxyacetonephosphate
acyltransferase
Gnpat 488 21
U10357 _ at Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 Pdk2 3263 Agrave33
U10357 _ g _ at Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 Pdk2 4434 Agrave20
S81497 _ s _ at Lipase A lysosomal acid Lipa 1311 Agrave26
M33648 _ at 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA
synthase 2 mitochondrial precursor
Hmgcs2 29290 Agrave20
rc _ AA817846 _ at 3-hydroxybutyrate
dehydrogenase
(heart mitochondrial)
Bdh 4825 Agrave21
AF003835 _ at Isopentenyl-diphosphate
delta isomerase
Idi1 1727 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Lipid metabolism
M89945mRNA _ at Farensyl diphosphate synthase Fdps 10239 Agrave23
M00002 _ at Apolipoprotein A-IV Apoa4 7038 Agrave35
J05460 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 7a1 CYP7A1 4375Agrave
97Agrave
80U18374 _ at Farnesoid X receptor Nr1h4 (FXR) 1563 Agrave23 Agrave20
D86580 _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1390 Agrave36 Agrave36
D86745cds _ s _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1712 Agrave43 Agrave40
M77479 _ at Solute carrier family 10 (sodium
bile acid cotransporter family)
member 1
Slc10a1
(Ntcp)
11044 Agrave21
U88036 _ at Solute carrier family 21
(organic anion
transporter) member 5
Slc21a5
oatp2
4630 Agrave32 Agrave29
D10262 _ at Choline kinase Chk 726 24 29 23
E04239cds _ s _ at Choline kinase Chk 129 31
L14441 _ at Phosphatidylethanolamine
N-methyltransferase
PEMT 6315 Agrave27
D28560 _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 2917 27 41
D28560 _ g _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase
phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 1615 37 34
D78588 _ at Diacylglycerol kinase zeta Dgkz 534 Agrave23
AB009372 _ at Lysophospholipase LOC246266 943 Agrave48 Agrave156
Carbohydrate metabolism
X53588 _ at Glucokinase Gck 748 Agrave32 Agrave30
AF080468 _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 6645 Agrave26 Agrave26
AF080468 _ g _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 8134 Agrave23 Agrave24
X07467 _ at Glucose-6-phosphate
dehydrogenase
G6pd 728 33 35
rc _ AI008020 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 275 26 43 20
rc _ AI171506 _ g _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 752 43 45
M26594 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 430 41 36
rc _ AI171506 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 388 51 44
rc _ AI059508 _ s _ at Transketolase Tkt 1164 Agrave25
K03243mRNA _ s _ at Phosphoenolpyruvate
carboxykinase
PEPCK 24179 Agrave32 Agrave42
U32314 _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3515 Agrave22 Agrave22
U32314 _ g _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3111 Agrave20
Nitrogen metabolism
AB003400 _ at d-Amino acid oxidase Dao1 1239 Agrave76
X12459 _ at Arginosuccinate synthetase Ass 26118 Agrave21 Agrave31
rc _ AI179613 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 17405 Agrave24
rc _ AI233216 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 6905Agrave
24Agrave
21rc _ AA852004 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 902 Agrave31 Agrave31
M91652complete _ seq _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 2570 Agrave24 Agrave21
rc _ AI232783 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 6552 Agrave23
J05499 _ at Liver mitochondrial glutaminase Ga 2030 Agrave39
M58308 _ at Histidine ammonia lyase Hal 3436 Agrave44
D10354 _ s _ at Alanine aminotransferase Alat 2570 Agrave32
D13667cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 967 Agrave27
X06357cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 4465 Agrave22
X13119cds _ s _ at Serine dehydratase Sds 271 105
X06150cds _ at Glycine methyltransferase Gnmt 2359 Agrave20
E03229cds _ s _ at Cytolosic cysteine dioxygenase Cdo1 24819 Agrave33 Agrave29
AF056031 _ at Kynurenine 3-hydroxylase Kmo 2683 Agrave22
Z50144 _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 1164 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Nitrogen metabolism
Z50144 _ g _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 2458 Agrave22
J04171 _ at Aspartate aminotransferase Asat 1687 25 22
AF038870 _ at Betaine-homocysteinemethyltransferase
Bhmt 22602 20
J03959 _ g _ at Urate oxidase Uox 622 22
rc _ AA900413 _ at Dihydrofolate reductase 1
(active)
Dhfr1 2389 22
AJ000347 _ g _ at 3(2)5-bisphosphate
nucleotidase
Bpnt1 577 31
D90404 _ at cathepsin C Ctsc 11757 Agrave24
Mitochondrial electron transport chain
X15030 _ at Cytochrome c oxidase
subunit Va
Cox5a 9753 31
Retinoid metabolism
X65296cds _ s _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 4719 Agrave21 Agrave81
L46791 _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 2496 Agrave64
D00362 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 17296 Agrave52
M20629 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 20350 Agrave28
AF016387 _ at Retinoid X receptor gamma Rxrg 410 21
Steroid metabolism
S81448 _ s _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 3288 Agrave332
J05035 _ g _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 8835 Agrave177
J05035 _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 4560 Agrave131
M31363mRNA _ f _ at (Ad) M31363mRNA
RATHSST Rat hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase mRNA
No symbol 29966 Agrave45
rc _ AA818122 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 18559 Agrave37
D14988 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 29775 Agrave36
D14987 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 11993 Agrave31
D14989 _ f _ at Rat mRNA for hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase subunit
complete cds
No symbol 4793 Agrave28
M67465 _ at Hydroxy-delta-5-steroid
dehydrogenase
3 beta- and steroid
delta-isomerase
Hsd3b 7019 Agrave24
X57999cds _ at Deiodinase iodothyronine
type 1
Dio 1 826 Agrave43
X91234 _ at 17-beta hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase type 2
Hsd17b2 15271 20
M33312cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 IIA1
(hepatic steroid
hydroxylase IIA1) gene
CYP2A1 13452 36
L24207 _ i _ at (Ad) L24207 Rattus
norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
CYP3A1 1659 24
L24207 _ r _ at Rattus norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
Cyp3A1 1068 27
D13912 _ s _ at Cytochrome P-450PCN
(PNCN inducible)
cytochrome P450 subfamily
3A poypeptide 3
Cyp3A1
Cyp3a3
6993 25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Kinases
rc _ AI145931 _ at UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-
2-epimerase
N-acetylmannosamine kinase
Uae1 2653 Agrave23
Circadian rhythm
AB016532 _ at Period homolog 2 Per2 65 44
Membrane bound proteins
AF004017 _ at Solute carrier family 4
member 4
Slc4a4 493 70
U28504 _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 915 24 30
U28504 _ g _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 428 36 56
AB015433 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1577 21 40
X89225cds _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1046 30D84450 _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting beta
polypeptide 3
Atp1b3 968 29
M74494 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 2444 Agrave31
M28647 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 4911 Agrave27
rc _ AA799645 _ g _ at FXYD domain-containing
ion transport regulator 1
Fxyd1 1307 Agrave20 Agrave29
L27651 _ at Solute carrier family 22
(organic anion transporter)
member 7
Slc22a7 3174 Agrave21
U76714 _ at Solute carrier family 39
(iron-regulated transporter)
member 1
Slc39a1 696 Agrave20
rc _ AI145680 _ s _ at Solute carrier 16
(monocarboxylic acid
transporter) member 1
Slc16a1 1736 Agrave23
L28135 _ at Solute carrier family 2
A2 (glucose transporter
type 2)
Slc2a2 4653 Agrave23
U76379 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 22
member 1
Slc22a1 4182 Agrave21
AJ011656cds _ s _ at Claudin 3 Cldn3 3533 Agrave25
S61865 _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 2061 Agrave20
X60651mRNA _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 937 Agrave29
M31322 _ g _ at Sperm membrane protein
(YWK-II)
LOC64312 3213 21
AF097593 _ at Cadherin 2 Cdh2 950 Agrave24
U23056 _ at C-CAM4 protein LOC287009 240 25 544U23055cds _ s _ at Partial cds C-CAM4 protein
carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 322 676
J04963 _ at Carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 787 23
U32575 _ at Sec6 Sec6 181 44 62
U32575 _ g _ at Sec6 Sec6 342 20 45 94
rc _ AA926292 _ s _ at Trans-Golgi network protein 1 Ttgn1 919 20 26
rc _ AA859954 _ at Vacuole membrane protein 1 Vmp1 1472 26
rc _ AA892759 _ at Synaptosomal-associated protein
23 kDa
Snap23 205 34
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Cell cycle
X75207 _ s _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 696 Agrave20 Agrave24
D14014 _ g _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1307 Agrave36
D14014 _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1238Agrave
33Agrave
24
RNA processing
AF041066 _ at Ribonuclease RNase A family 4 Rnase4 15183 Agrave23
Cell signaling
X52140 _ at Integrin alpha 1 Itga1 1069 Agrave21
M83680 _ at GTPase Rab14 Rab14 735 Agrave23
L19180 _ g _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 935 Agrave59 Agrave81
L19933 _ s _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 835 Agrave21
K03249 _ at G protein-coupled receptor
37-like 1 enoyl-Coenzyme A
hydratase3-hydroxyacyl
Coenzyme A dehydrogenase
Ehhadh 2219 Agrave36
M63122 _ at Tumor necrosis factor receptor
super family member 1a
Tnfrsf1a 1906 20
rc _ AA892251 _ at Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A Avpr1a 2064 25 27
D85435 _ g _ at PKC-delta binding protein Prkcdbp 4280 28 24
rc _ AA900505 _ at RhoB gene Arhb 310 40
rc _ AA874794 _ g _ at Nerve growth factor receptor
(TNFRSF16) associated protein 1
Ngfrap1 308
L19699 _ g _ at V-ral simian leukemia viral
oncogene homolog B (ras related)
Ralb 282 20
AJ010828 _ at Chemokine orphan receptor 1 Rdc1 49 133
AF017437 _ g _ at Integrin-associated protein Cd47 187 25
Transcription factors
Y14933mRNA _ s _ at One cut domain family member 1
alternative name hepatocytenuclear factor 6 beta
Onecut1 1084 Agrave73
AB012234 _ g _ at Nuclear factor IX Nfix 732 Agrave45
D12769 _ at Kruppel-like factor 9 Klf 9 1886 Agrave20
AB017044exon _ at AB017044exon Rattus
norvegicus gene for hepatocyte
nuclear factor 3 gamma
partial cds
HNF3-G 631 Agrave27
X84210complete _ seq _ s _ at Nuclear factor IA Nfia 752 Agrave24
rc _ AI234146 _ at Cysteine rich protein 1 Csrp1 1397 Agrave27 Agrave63
rc _ AI014091 _ at Cbpp300-interacting
transactivator with GluAsp-rich
carboxy-terminal domain 2
Cited2 or
MRG1
864 Agrave36
L25785 _ at Transforming growth factor beta
1 induced transcript 4
(stimulated clone 22 homologue)
Tgfb1i4 Agrave 4734 Agrave28 Agrave36 Agrave37
rc _ AI177161 _ g _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 406 26 41 47 53
rc _ AI177161 _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 648 25 33 37 59
Heme synthesis
J03190 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 3005 Agrave43
J03190 _ g _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 1924 Agrave23
D86297 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 Alas2 1122 Agrave27
rc _ AI178971 _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 610 Agrave52
X56325mRNA _ s _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 40041 Agrave28
M94918mRNA _ f _ at Hemoglobin beta Hbb 28954 Agrave29
M94919mRNA _ f _ at mRNA RATBETGLOY Rat
beta-globin gene exons 1ndash3
No symbol 16547 Agrave26
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Immune
D10729 _ s _ at Proteasome (prosome
macropain) subunit beta type
8 (low molecular mass polypeptide 7)
Psmb8 3232 Agrave21
M64795 _ f _ at M64795 Rat MHC class I
antigen gene
No symbol 1839 Agrave23
M33025 _ s _ at Parathymosin Ptms 4727 Agrave30
rc _ AI136977 _ g _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 907 Agrave23
rc _ AI136977 _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 473 Agrave131
M86564 _ at Prothymosin alpha Ptma 1858 Agrave21
D88250 _ at Complement component 1
s subcomponent
C1s 6862 29
M31038 _ at RT1 class Ib gene RT1Aw2 438 Agrave27
rc _ AA945608 _ at Serum amyloid P-component Sap 14151 Agrave25
Cell differentiation
rc _ AI231292 _ at Cystatin C Cst3 2235 Agrave20
rc _ AA858673 _ at Pancreatic secretory trypsininhibitor type II (PSTI-II)
LOC266602 14588Agrave
31
M15481 _ g _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 30347 Agrave26
M15481 _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 4548 Agrave26
X06107 _ i _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 1871 Agrave23
M81183Exon _ UTR _ g _ at M81183Exon _ UTR
RATINSLGFA Rat insulin-like
growth factor I gene
3 end of exon 6
No symbol 3328 Agrave29
rc _ AA924289 _ s _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 2535 Agrave24
S46785 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 7526 Agrave24
M31837 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein 3
Igfbp3 1325 Agrave26
M58634 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1
Igfbp1 516 25 47 29 49
Cytoskeleton
U31463 _ at Myosin heavy polypeptide 9
non-muscle
Myh9 1052 Agrave38
X52815cds _ f _ at X52815cds RRGAMACT Rat
mRNA for cytoplasmic-gamma
isoform of actin
No symbol 5098 Agrave26
rc _ AI179012 _ s _ at Actin beta Actb 25868 Agrave32
X70706cds _ at Plastin 3 (T-isoform) Pls3 1033 Agrave20
U05784 _ s _ at Microtubule-associated proteins
1A1B light chain 3
MPL3 3218 33 26
rc _ AA944422 _ at Calponin 3 acidic Cnn3 794 22
rc _ AA892814 _ s _ at Calpain small subunit Capns1 3395 Agrave22
L24776 _ at tropomyosin 3 gamma Tpm3 446 20
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X12355 _ s _ at Glucose regulated protein 58 kDa Grp58 4725 Agrave29
rc _ AI234604_s _ at Heat shock cognate protein 70 Hsc70 10189 Agrave22
D30649mRNA _ s _ at Alkaline phosphodiesterase LOC54410 789 Agrave21 Agrave35
U62897 _ at Carboxypeptidase D Cpd 880 Agrave24
rc _ AA859837 _ g _ at Guanine deaminase Gda 2956 Agrave21
J00738 _ s _ at Alpha-2u globulin PGCL4 LOC259247 9926 Agrave1176
AB000199 _ at CCA2 protein Cca2 3793 Agrave23
U55765 _ at Serine (or cysteine) proteinase
inhibitor clade A (alpha-1
antiproteinase antitrypsin)
member 10
Serpina 10
Rasp-1
5175 22
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X96437mRNA _ g _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1
Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 661 29
X96437mRNA _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 888 22
S61960 _ s _ at Cysteine conjugate beta-lyase No symbol 869 25 24 42
rc _ AA893239 _ at 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Hpcl2 3090 Agrave23
S85184 _ at S85184 Cyclic Protein-2 =
cathepsin L proenzyme [rats
Sertoli cells mRNA 1790 nt]
CP-2 804 23 30
S77494 _ s _ at Lysyl oxidase Lox 558 Agrave43
X61381cds _ s _ at RRIIMRNA R rattus interferon
induced mRNA
No symbol 6533 Agrave27
rc _ AI172293 _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 6850 Agrave21
E12625cds _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 3679 Agrave25
rc _ AA891916 _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 1508 21
rc _ AA891916 _ g _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 2135 20
rc _ AA859981 _ at Inositol (myo)-1(or 4)-
monophosphatase 2
Impa2 385 32
D17809 _ at Beta-4N-
acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Galgt1 1455 Agrave23 Agrave25
X14848cds12 _ at MIRNXX Rattus norvegicus
mitochondrial genome
No symbol 362 2
rc _ AI639029 _ s _ at Rat mixed-tissue library Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
clone rx05067 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 323 4
rc _ AI638989 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
rx01268 3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 678 Agrave29
rc _ AI639162 _ at Rat mixed-tissue libraryRattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx01122 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 113 5
rc _ AA955983 _ at rc _ AA955983 UI-R-E1-fb-e-
12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E1-
fb-e-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA955983 Ag =
Rn7854len = 542
No symbol 5035 2
U47312 _ s _ at U47312 RNU47312 Rat R2
cerebellum DDRT-T-PCR
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
LIARCD-3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 669 Agrave24
rc _ AA875171 _ at rc _ AA875171 UI-R-E0-ce-f-12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E0-
ce-f-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA875171gi =
2980119 Ag = Rn2814
len = 458
No symbol 863 2
rc _ AA817987 _ f _ at rc _ AA817987 UI-R-A0-ah-a-
06-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-A0-
ah-a-06-0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA817987gi = 2887867 Ag =
Rn23920len = 373
No symbol 7364 Agrave30
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
rc _ AA859899 _ at rc _ AA859899 UI-R-E0-
cg-a-03-0-UIs1 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA 3 end clone = UI-R-E0-cg-a-03-
0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA859899gi = 2949419 Ag =
Rn810len = 353
No symbol 1018 Agrave21
rc _ AI639435 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx04153 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 99 54
ESTs
rc _ AI236601 _ at EST233163 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
643 28
rc _ AA892246 _ at EST196049 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
722 22 20 20
rc _ AA799700 _ at EST189197 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
1300 24
rc _ AA892888 _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
10889 22 26
rc _ AA893529 _ at EST197332 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
268 28
rc _ AI176456 _ at EST220041 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
42918 116 110
rc _ AA892888 _ g _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
21687 22
rc _ AA893667 _ g _ at EST197470 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
421 22
rc _ AI014135 _ g _ at EST207690 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2863 34
rc _ AA892520 _ g _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1472 20
rc _ AA892179 _ at EST195982 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
553 20
rc _ AA893088 _ at EST196891 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
808 22
rc _ AA799511 _ g _ at EST189008 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2143 20
rc _ AA893658 _ at EST197461 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2686 20 41
rc _ AA892918 _ at EST196721 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
550 21
rc _ AA946108 _ at EST201607 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
291 20
rc _ AA892520 _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1054 25
rc _ AA891814 _ at EST195617 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
479 23
rc _ H33001 _ at EST108598 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1380 Agrave22
rc _ H31813 _ at EST106240 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1628 Agrave24
rc _ AA799879 _ at EST189376 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
788 21
rc _ AA800787 _ at EST190284 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
875 Agrave23
rc _ AA893870 _ at EST197673 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
593 Agrave35
rc _ AA892234 _ at EST196037 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6720 Agrave22 Agrave30
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
U88036 ID Rn00756233 _ m1) and Eukaryotic 18S rRNA endogenous control (accession no X03205 ID Hs99999901 _ s1)
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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Hollander MC OrsquoConnor PM Fornace Jr AJ Harris CC
1999b GADD45 induction of a G2M cell cycle checkpoint Proc Natl
Acad Sci USA 96 3706ndash3711
Wang X Sperkova Z Napoli JL 2001 Analysis of mouse retinaldehydrogenase type 2 promoter and expression Genomics 74
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Weber LW Lebofsky M Greim H Rozman K 1991a Key enzymes of
gluconeogenesis are dose-dependently reduced in 2378-tetrachlorodi-
benzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-treated rats Arch Toxicol 65 119 ndash 123
Weber LW Lebofsky M Stahl BU Gorski JR Muzi G Rozman
K 1991b Reduced activities of key enzymes of gluconeogenesis as
possible cause of acute toxicity of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
(TCDD) in rats Toxicology 66 133ndash144
Weber LW Lebofsky M Stahl BU Smith S Rozman KK 1995
Correlation between toxicity and effects on intermediary metabolism in
2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-treated male C57BL6J and DBA
2J mice Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 131 155ndash162
Whitlock Jr JP 1999 Induction of cytochrome P4501A1 Annu Rev
Pharmacol Toxicol 39 103ndash125Whitlock Jr JP Okino ST Dong L Ko HP Clarke-Katzenberg R
Ma Q Li H 1996 Cytochromes P450 5 induction of cytochrome
P4501A1 a model for analyzing mammalian gene transcription
FASEB J 10 809ndash818
Woods JS 1973 Studies of the effects of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-
dioxin on mammalian hepatic delta-aminolevulinic acid synthetase
Environ Health Perspect 5 221ndash 225
Yang KH Croft WA Peterson RE 1977 Effects of 2378-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on plasma disappearance and biliary
excretion of foreign compounds in rats Toxicol Appl Pharmacol
40 485ndash496
Yang KH Yoo BS Choe SY 1983 Effects of halogenated dibenzo-p-
dioxins on plasma disappearance and biliary excretion of ouabain in
rats Toxicol Lett 15 259ndash264
Zhan Q Fan S Smith ML Bae I Yu K Alamo Jr I OrsquoConnorPM Fornace Jr AJ 1996 Abrogation of p53 function affects gadd
gene responses to DNA base-damaging agents and starvation DNA
Cell Biol 15 805ndash815
Zhan Q Antinore MJ Wang XW Carrier F Smith ML Harris
CC Fornace Jr AJ 1999 Association with Cdc2 and inhibition of
Cdc2Cyclin B1 kinase activity by the p53-regulated protein Gadd45
Oncogene 18 2892ndash2900
Zhang L Savas U Alexander DL Jefcoate CR 1998 Character-
ization of the mouse Cyp1B1 gene Identification of an enhancer region
that directs aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated constitutive and
induced expression J Biol Chem 273 5174ndash5183
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Lipid metabolism
M89945mRNA _ at Farensyl diphosphate synthase Fdps 10239 Agrave23
M00002 _ at Apolipoprotein A-IV Apoa4 7038 Agrave35
J05460 _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 7a1 CYP7A1 4375Agrave
97Agrave
80U18374 _ at Farnesoid X receptor Nr1h4 (FXR) 1563 Agrave23 Agrave20
D86580 _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1390 Agrave36 Agrave36
D86745cds _ s _ at Short heterodimer partner SHP (nr0b2) 1712 Agrave43 Agrave40
M77479 _ at Solute carrier family 10 (sodium
bile acid cotransporter family)
member 1
Slc10a1
(Ntcp)
11044 Agrave21
U88036 _ at Solute carrier family 21
(organic anion
transporter) member 5
Slc21a5
oatp2
4630 Agrave32 Agrave29
D10262 _ at Choline kinase Chk 726 24 29 23
E04239cds _ s _ at Choline kinase Chk 129 31
L14441 _ at Phosphatidylethanolamine
N-methyltransferase
PEMT 6315 Agrave27
D28560 _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 2917 27 41
D28560 _ g _ at Ectonucleotide
pyrophosphatase
phosphodiesterase 2
Enpp2 1615 37 34
D78588 _ at Diacylglycerol kinase zeta Dgkz 534 Agrave23
AB009372 _ at Lysophospholipase LOC246266 943 Agrave48 Agrave156
Carbohydrate metabolism
X53588 _ at Glucokinase Gck 748 Agrave32 Agrave30
AF080468 _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 6645 Agrave26 Agrave26
AF080468 _ g _ at Glucose-6-phosphatase
transport protein
G6pt1 8134 Agrave23 Agrave24
X07467 _ at Glucose-6-phosphate
dehydrogenase
G6pd 728 33 35
rc _ AI008020 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 275 26 43 20
rc _ AI171506 _ g _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 752 43 45
M26594 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 430 41 36
rc _ AI171506 _ at Malic enzyme 1 Me1 388 51 44
rc _ AI059508 _ s _ at Transketolase Tkt 1164 Agrave25
K03243mRNA _ s _ at Phosphoenolpyruvate
carboxykinase
PEPCK 24179 Agrave32 Agrave42
U32314 _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3515 Agrave22 Agrave22
U32314 _ g _ at Pyruvate carboxylase Pc 3111 Agrave20
Nitrogen metabolism
AB003400 _ at d-Amino acid oxidase Dao1 1239 Agrave76
X12459 _ at Arginosuccinate synthetase Ass 26118 Agrave21 Agrave31
rc _ AI179613 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 17405 Agrave24
rc _ AI233216 _ at Glutamate dehydrogenase 1 Glud1 6905Agrave
24Agrave
21rc _ AA852004 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 902 Agrave31 Agrave31
M91652complete _ seq _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 2570 Agrave24 Agrave21
rc _ AI232783 _ s _ at Glutamine synthetase Glul 6552 Agrave23
J05499 _ at Liver mitochondrial glutaminase Ga 2030 Agrave39
M58308 _ at Histidine ammonia lyase Hal 3436 Agrave44
D10354 _ s _ at Alanine aminotransferase Alat 2570 Agrave32
D13667cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 967 Agrave27
X06357cds _ s _ at Serine pyruvate aminotransferase Spat 4465 Agrave22
X13119cds _ s _ at Serine dehydratase Sds 271 105
X06150cds _ at Glycine methyltransferase Gnmt 2359 Agrave20
E03229cds _ s _ at Cytolosic cysteine dioxygenase Cdo1 24819 Agrave33 Agrave29
AF056031 _ at Kynurenine 3-hydroxylase Kmo 2683 Agrave22
Z50144 _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 1164 Agrave25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Nitrogen metabolism
Z50144 _ g _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 2458 Agrave22
J04171 _ at Aspartate aminotransferase Asat 1687 25 22
AF038870 _ at Betaine-homocysteinemethyltransferase
Bhmt 22602 20
J03959 _ g _ at Urate oxidase Uox 622 22
rc _ AA900413 _ at Dihydrofolate reductase 1
(active)
Dhfr1 2389 22
AJ000347 _ g _ at 3(2)5-bisphosphate
nucleotidase
Bpnt1 577 31
D90404 _ at cathepsin C Ctsc 11757 Agrave24
Mitochondrial electron transport chain
X15030 _ at Cytochrome c oxidase
subunit Va
Cox5a 9753 31
Retinoid metabolism
X65296cds _ s _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 4719 Agrave21 Agrave81
L46791 _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 2496 Agrave64
D00362 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 17296 Agrave52
M20629 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 20350 Agrave28
AF016387 _ at Retinoid X receptor gamma Rxrg 410 21
Steroid metabolism
S81448 _ s _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 3288 Agrave332
J05035 _ g _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 8835 Agrave177
J05035 _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 4560 Agrave131
M31363mRNA _ f _ at (Ad) M31363mRNA
RATHSST Rat hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase mRNA
No symbol 29966 Agrave45
rc _ AA818122 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 18559 Agrave37
D14988 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 29775 Agrave36
D14987 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 11993 Agrave31
D14989 _ f _ at Rat mRNA for hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase subunit
complete cds
No symbol 4793 Agrave28
M67465 _ at Hydroxy-delta-5-steroid
dehydrogenase
3 beta- and steroid
delta-isomerase
Hsd3b 7019 Agrave24
X57999cds _ at Deiodinase iodothyronine
type 1
Dio 1 826 Agrave43
X91234 _ at 17-beta hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase type 2
Hsd17b2 15271 20
M33312cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 IIA1
(hepatic steroid
hydroxylase IIA1) gene
CYP2A1 13452 36
L24207 _ i _ at (Ad) L24207 Rattus
norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
CYP3A1 1659 24
L24207 _ r _ at Rattus norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
Cyp3A1 1068 27
D13912 _ s _ at Cytochrome P-450PCN
(PNCN inducible)
cytochrome P450 subfamily
3A poypeptide 3
Cyp3A1
Cyp3a3
6993 25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Kinases
rc _ AI145931 _ at UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-
2-epimerase
N-acetylmannosamine kinase
Uae1 2653 Agrave23
Circadian rhythm
AB016532 _ at Period homolog 2 Per2 65 44
Membrane bound proteins
AF004017 _ at Solute carrier family 4
member 4
Slc4a4 493 70
U28504 _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 915 24 30
U28504 _ g _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 428 36 56
AB015433 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1577 21 40
X89225cds _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1046 30D84450 _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting beta
polypeptide 3
Atp1b3 968 29
M74494 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 2444 Agrave31
M28647 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 4911 Agrave27
rc _ AA799645 _ g _ at FXYD domain-containing
ion transport regulator 1
Fxyd1 1307 Agrave20 Agrave29
L27651 _ at Solute carrier family 22
(organic anion transporter)
member 7
Slc22a7 3174 Agrave21
U76714 _ at Solute carrier family 39
(iron-regulated transporter)
member 1
Slc39a1 696 Agrave20
rc _ AI145680 _ s _ at Solute carrier 16
(monocarboxylic acid
transporter) member 1
Slc16a1 1736 Agrave23
L28135 _ at Solute carrier family 2
A2 (glucose transporter
type 2)
Slc2a2 4653 Agrave23
U76379 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 22
member 1
Slc22a1 4182 Agrave21
AJ011656cds _ s _ at Claudin 3 Cldn3 3533 Agrave25
S61865 _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 2061 Agrave20
X60651mRNA _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 937 Agrave29
M31322 _ g _ at Sperm membrane protein
(YWK-II)
LOC64312 3213 21
AF097593 _ at Cadherin 2 Cdh2 950 Agrave24
U23056 _ at C-CAM4 protein LOC287009 240 25 544U23055cds _ s _ at Partial cds C-CAM4 protein
carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 322 676
J04963 _ at Carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 787 23
U32575 _ at Sec6 Sec6 181 44 62
U32575 _ g _ at Sec6 Sec6 342 20 45 94
rc _ AA926292 _ s _ at Trans-Golgi network protein 1 Ttgn1 919 20 26
rc _ AA859954 _ at Vacuole membrane protein 1 Vmp1 1472 26
rc _ AA892759 _ at Synaptosomal-associated protein
23 kDa
Snap23 205 34
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Cell cycle
X75207 _ s _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 696 Agrave20 Agrave24
D14014 _ g _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1307 Agrave36
D14014 _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1238Agrave
33Agrave
24
RNA processing
AF041066 _ at Ribonuclease RNase A family 4 Rnase4 15183 Agrave23
Cell signaling
X52140 _ at Integrin alpha 1 Itga1 1069 Agrave21
M83680 _ at GTPase Rab14 Rab14 735 Agrave23
L19180 _ g _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 935 Agrave59 Agrave81
L19933 _ s _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 835 Agrave21
K03249 _ at G protein-coupled receptor
37-like 1 enoyl-Coenzyme A
hydratase3-hydroxyacyl
Coenzyme A dehydrogenase
Ehhadh 2219 Agrave36
M63122 _ at Tumor necrosis factor receptor
super family member 1a
Tnfrsf1a 1906 20
rc _ AA892251 _ at Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A Avpr1a 2064 25 27
D85435 _ g _ at PKC-delta binding protein Prkcdbp 4280 28 24
rc _ AA900505 _ at RhoB gene Arhb 310 40
rc _ AA874794 _ g _ at Nerve growth factor receptor
(TNFRSF16) associated protein 1
Ngfrap1 308
L19699 _ g _ at V-ral simian leukemia viral
oncogene homolog B (ras related)
Ralb 282 20
AJ010828 _ at Chemokine orphan receptor 1 Rdc1 49 133
AF017437 _ g _ at Integrin-associated protein Cd47 187 25
Transcription factors
Y14933mRNA _ s _ at One cut domain family member 1
alternative name hepatocytenuclear factor 6 beta
Onecut1 1084 Agrave73
AB012234 _ g _ at Nuclear factor IX Nfix 732 Agrave45
D12769 _ at Kruppel-like factor 9 Klf 9 1886 Agrave20
AB017044exon _ at AB017044exon Rattus
norvegicus gene for hepatocyte
nuclear factor 3 gamma
partial cds
HNF3-G 631 Agrave27
X84210complete _ seq _ s _ at Nuclear factor IA Nfia 752 Agrave24
rc _ AI234146 _ at Cysteine rich protein 1 Csrp1 1397 Agrave27 Agrave63
rc _ AI014091 _ at Cbpp300-interacting
transactivator with GluAsp-rich
carboxy-terminal domain 2
Cited2 or
MRG1
864 Agrave36
L25785 _ at Transforming growth factor beta
1 induced transcript 4
(stimulated clone 22 homologue)
Tgfb1i4 Agrave 4734 Agrave28 Agrave36 Agrave37
rc _ AI177161 _ g _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 406 26 41 47 53
rc _ AI177161 _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 648 25 33 37 59
Heme synthesis
J03190 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 3005 Agrave43
J03190 _ g _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 1924 Agrave23
D86297 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 Alas2 1122 Agrave27
rc _ AI178971 _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 610 Agrave52
X56325mRNA _ s _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 40041 Agrave28
M94918mRNA _ f _ at Hemoglobin beta Hbb 28954 Agrave29
M94919mRNA _ f _ at mRNA RATBETGLOY Rat
beta-globin gene exons 1ndash3
No symbol 16547 Agrave26
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Immune
D10729 _ s _ at Proteasome (prosome
macropain) subunit beta type
8 (low molecular mass polypeptide 7)
Psmb8 3232 Agrave21
M64795 _ f _ at M64795 Rat MHC class I
antigen gene
No symbol 1839 Agrave23
M33025 _ s _ at Parathymosin Ptms 4727 Agrave30
rc _ AI136977 _ g _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 907 Agrave23
rc _ AI136977 _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 473 Agrave131
M86564 _ at Prothymosin alpha Ptma 1858 Agrave21
D88250 _ at Complement component 1
s subcomponent
C1s 6862 29
M31038 _ at RT1 class Ib gene RT1Aw2 438 Agrave27
rc _ AA945608 _ at Serum amyloid P-component Sap 14151 Agrave25
Cell differentiation
rc _ AI231292 _ at Cystatin C Cst3 2235 Agrave20
rc _ AA858673 _ at Pancreatic secretory trypsininhibitor type II (PSTI-II)
LOC266602 14588Agrave
31
M15481 _ g _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 30347 Agrave26
M15481 _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 4548 Agrave26
X06107 _ i _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 1871 Agrave23
M81183Exon _ UTR _ g _ at M81183Exon _ UTR
RATINSLGFA Rat insulin-like
growth factor I gene
3 end of exon 6
No symbol 3328 Agrave29
rc _ AA924289 _ s _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 2535 Agrave24
S46785 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 7526 Agrave24
M31837 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein 3
Igfbp3 1325 Agrave26
M58634 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1
Igfbp1 516 25 47 29 49
Cytoskeleton
U31463 _ at Myosin heavy polypeptide 9
non-muscle
Myh9 1052 Agrave38
X52815cds _ f _ at X52815cds RRGAMACT Rat
mRNA for cytoplasmic-gamma
isoform of actin
No symbol 5098 Agrave26
rc _ AI179012 _ s _ at Actin beta Actb 25868 Agrave32
X70706cds _ at Plastin 3 (T-isoform) Pls3 1033 Agrave20
U05784 _ s _ at Microtubule-associated proteins
1A1B light chain 3
MPL3 3218 33 26
rc _ AA944422 _ at Calponin 3 acidic Cnn3 794 22
rc _ AA892814 _ s _ at Calpain small subunit Capns1 3395 Agrave22
L24776 _ at tropomyosin 3 gamma Tpm3 446 20
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X12355 _ s _ at Glucose regulated protein 58 kDa Grp58 4725 Agrave29
rc _ AI234604_s _ at Heat shock cognate protein 70 Hsc70 10189 Agrave22
D30649mRNA _ s _ at Alkaline phosphodiesterase LOC54410 789 Agrave21 Agrave35
U62897 _ at Carboxypeptidase D Cpd 880 Agrave24
rc _ AA859837 _ g _ at Guanine deaminase Gda 2956 Agrave21
J00738 _ s _ at Alpha-2u globulin PGCL4 LOC259247 9926 Agrave1176
AB000199 _ at CCA2 protein Cca2 3793 Agrave23
U55765 _ at Serine (or cysteine) proteinase
inhibitor clade A (alpha-1
antiproteinase antitrypsin)
member 10
Serpina 10
Rasp-1
5175 22
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X96437mRNA _ g _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1
Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 661 29
X96437mRNA _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 888 22
S61960 _ s _ at Cysteine conjugate beta-lyase No symbol 869 25 24 42
rc _ AA893239 _ at 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Hpcl2 3090 Agrave23
S85184 _ at S85184 Cyclic Protein-2 =
cathepsin L proenzyme [rats
Sertoli cells mRNA 1790 nt]
CP-2 804 23 30
S77494 _ s _ at Lysyl oxidase Lox 558 Agrave43
X61381cds _ s _ at RRIIMRNA R rattus interferon
induced mRNA
No symbol 6533 Agrave27
rc _ AI172293 _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 6850 Agrave21
E12625cds _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 3679 Agrave25
rc _ AA891916 _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 1508 21
rc _ AA891916 _ g _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 2135 20
rc _ AA859981 _ at Inositol (myo)-1(or 4)-
monophosphatase 2
Impa2 385 32
D17809 _ at Beta-4N-
acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Galgt1 1455 Agrave23 Agrave25
X14848cds12 _ at MIRNXX Rattus norvegicus
mitochondrial genome
No symbol 362 2
rc _ AI639029 _ s _ at Rat mixed-tissue library Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
clone rx05067 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 323 4
rc _ AI638989 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
rx01268 3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 678 Agrave29
rc _ AI639162 _ at Rat mixed-tissue libraryRattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx01122 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 113 5
rc _ AA955983 _ at rc _ AA955983 UI-R-E1-fb-e-
12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E1-
fb-e-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA955983 Ag =
Rn7854len = 542
No symbol 5035 2
U47312 _ s _ at U47312 RNU47312 Rat R2
cerebellum DDRT-T-PCR
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
LIARCD-3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 669 Agrave24
rc _ AA875171 _ at rc _ AA875171 UI-R-E0-ce-f-12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E0-
ce-f-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA875171gi =
2980119 Ag = Rn2814
len = 458
No symbol 863 2
rc _ AA817987 _ f _ at rc _ AA817987 UI-R-A0-ah-a-
06-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-A0-
ah-a-06-0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA817987gi = 2887867 Ag =
Rn23920len = 373
No symbol 7364 Agrave30
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Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
rc _ AA859899 _ at rc _ AA859899 UI-R-E0-
cg-a-03-0-UIs1 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA 3 end clone = UI-R-E0-cg-a-03-
0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA859899gi = 2949419 Ag =
Rn810len = 353
No symbol 1018 Agrave21
rc _ AI639435 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx04153 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 99 54
ESTs
rc _ AI236601 _ at EST233163 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
643 28
rc _ AA892246 _ at EST196049 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
722 22 20 20
rc _ AA799700 _ at EST189197 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
1300 24
rc _ AA892888 _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
10889 22 26
rc _ AA893529 _ at EST197332 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
268 28
rc _ AI176456 _ at EST220041 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
42918 116 110
rc _ AA892888 _ g _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
21687 22
rc _ AA893667 _ g _ at EST197470 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
421 22
rc _ AI014135 _ g _ at EST207690 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2863 34
rc _ AA892520 _ g _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1472 20
rc _ AA892179 _ at EST195982 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
553 20
rc _ AA893088 _ at EST196891 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
808 22
rc _ AA799511 _ g _ at EST189008 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2143 20
rc _ AA893658 _ at EST197461 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2686 20 41
rc _ AA892918 _ at EST196721 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
550 21
rc _ AA946108 _ at EST201607 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
291 20
rc _ AA892520 _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1054 25
rc _ AA891814 _ at EST195617 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
479 23
rc _ H33001 _ at EST108598 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1380 Agrave22
rc _ H31813 _ at EST106240 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1628 Agrave24
rc _ AA799879 _ at EST189376 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
788 21
rc _ AA800787 _ at EST190284 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
875 Agrave23
rc _ AA893870 _ at EST197673 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
593 Agrave35
rc _ AA892234 _ at EST196037 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6720 Agrave22 Agrave30
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
U88036 ID Rn00756233 _ m1) and Eukaryotic 18S rRNA endogenous control (accession no X03205 ID Hs99999901 _ s1)
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Nitrogen metabolism
Z50144 _ g _ at Kynurenine aminotransferase 2 Kat2 2458 Agrave22
J04171 _ at Aspartate aminotransferase Asat 1687 25 22
AF038870 _ at Betaine-homocysteinemethyltransferase
Bhmt 22602 20
J03959 _ g _ at Urate oxidase Uox 622 22
rc _ AA900413 _ at Dihydrofolate reductase 1
(active)
Dhfr1 2389 22
AJ000347 _ g _ at 3(2)5-bisphosphate
nucleotidase
Bpnt1 577 31
D90404 _ at cathepsin C Ctsc 11757 Agrave24
Mitochondrial electron transport chain
X15030 _ at Cytochrome c oxidase
subunit Va
Cox5a 9753 31
Retinoid metabolism
X65296cds _ s _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 4719 Agrave21 Agrave81
L46791 _ at Carboxylesterase 3
(carboxylesterase ES10)
CES3 2496 Agrave64
D00362 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 17296 Agrave52
M20629 _ s _ at Esterase 2 ES2 20350 Agrave28
AF016387 _ at Retinoid X receptor gamma Rxrg 410 21
Steroid metabolism
S81448 _ s _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 3288 Agrave332
J05035 _ g _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 8835 Agrave177
J05035 _ at Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1 Srd5a1 4560 Agrave131
M31363mRNA _ f _ at (Ad) M31363mRNA
RATHSST Rat hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase mRNA
No symbol 29966 Agrave45
rc _ AA818122 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 18559 Agrave37
D14988 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 29775 Agrave36
D14987 _ f _ at Sulfotransferase hydroxysteroid
gene 2
Sth2 11993 Agrave31
D14989 _ f _ at Rat mRNA for hydroxysteroid
sulfotransferase subunit
complete cds
No symbol 4793 Agrave28
M67465 _ at Hydroxy-delta-5-steroid
dehydrogenase
3 beta- and steroid
delta-isomerase
Hsd3b 7019 Agrave24
X57999cds _ at Deiodinase iodothyronine
type 1
Dio 1 826 Agrave43
X91234 _ at 17-beta hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase type 2
Hsd17b2 15271 20
M33312cds _ s _ at Cytochrome P450 IIA1
(hepatic steroid
hydroxylase IIA1) gene
CYP2A1 13452 36
L24207 _ i _ at (Ad) L24207 Rattus
norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
CYP3A1 1659 24
L24207 _ r _ at Rattus norvegicus testosterone
6-beta-hydroxylase
(CYP3A1) mRNA
Cyp3A1 1068 27
D13912 _ s _ at Cytochrome P-450PCN
(PNCN inducible)
cytochrome P450 subfamily
3A poypeptide 3
Cyp3A1
Cyp3a3
6993 25
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Kinases
rc _ AI145931 _ at UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-
2-epimerase
N-acetylmannosamine kinase
Uae1 2653 Agrave23
Circadian rhythm
AB016532 _ at Period homolog 2 Per2 65 44
Membrane bound proteins
AF004017 _ at Solute carrier family 4
member 4
Slc4a4 493 70
U28504 _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 915 24 30
U28504 _ g _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 428 36 56
AB015433 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1577 21 40
X89225cds _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1046 30D84450 _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting beta
polypeptide 3
Atp1b3 968 29
M74494 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 2444 Agrave31
M28647 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 4911 Agrave27
rc _ AA799645 _ g _ at FXYD domain-containing
ion transport regulator 1
Fxyd1 1307 Agrave20 Agrave29
L27651 _ at Solute carrier family 22
(organic anion transporter)
member 7
Slc22a7 3174 Agrave21
U76714 _ at Solute carrier family 39
(iron-regulated transporter)
member 1
Slc39a1 696 Agrave20
rc _ AI145680 _ s _ at Solute carrier 16
(monocarboxylic acid
transporter) member 1
Slc16a1 1736 Agrave23
L28135 _ at Solute carrier family 2
A2 (glucose transporter
type 2)
Slc2a2 4653 Agrave23
U76379 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 22
member 1
Slc22a1 4182 Agrave21
AJ011656cds _ s _ at Claudin 3 Cldn3 3533 Agrave25
S61865 _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 2061 Agrave20
X60651mRNA _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 937 Agrave29
M31322 _ g _ at Sperm membrane protein
(YWK-II)
LOC64312 3213 21
AF097593 _ at Cadherin 2 Cdh2 950 Agrave24
U23056 _ at C-CAM4 protein LOC287009 240 25 544U23055cds _ s _ at Partial cds C-CAM4 protein
carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 322 676
J04963 _ at Carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 787 23
U32575 _ at Sec6 Sec6 181 44 62
U32575 _ g _ at Sec6 Sec6 342 20 45 94
rc _ AA926292 _ s _ at Trans-Golgi network protein 1 Ttgn1 919 20 26
rc _ AA859954 _ at Vacuole membrane protein 1 Vmp1 1472 26
rc _ AA892759 _ at Synaptosomal-associated protein
23 kDa
Snap23 205 34
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Cell cycle
X75207 _ s _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 696 Agrave20 Agrave24
D14014 _ g _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1307 Agrave36
D14014 _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1238Agrave
33Agrave
24
RNA processing
AF041066 _ at Ribonuclease RNase A family 4 Rnase4 15183 Agrave23
Cell signaling
X52140 _ at Integrin alpha 1 Itga1 1069 Agrave21
M83680 _ at GTPase Rab14 Rab14 735 Agrave23
L19180 _ g _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 935 Agrave59 Agrave81
L19933 _ s _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 835 Agrave21
K03249 _ at G protein-coupled receptor
37-like 1 enoyl-Coenzyme A
hydratase3-hydroxyacyl
Coenzyme A dehydrogenase
Ehhadh 2219 Agrave36
M63122 _ at Tumor necrosis factor receptor
super family member 1a
Tnfrsf1a 1906 20
rc _ AA892251 _ at Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A Avpr1a 2064 25 27
D85435 _ g _ at PKC-delta binding protein Prkcdbp 4280 28 24
rc _ AA900505 _ at RhoB gene Arhb 310 40
rc _ AA874794 _ g _ at Nerve growth factor receptor
(TNFRSF16) associated protein 1
Ngfrap1 308
L19699 _ g _ at V-ral simian leukemia viral
oncogene homolog B (ras related)
Ralb 282 20
AJ010828 _ at Chemokine orphan receptor 1 Rdc1 49 133
AF017437 _ g _ at Integrin-associated protein Cd47 187 25
Transcription factors
Y14933mRNA _ s _ at One cut domain family member 1
alternative name hepatocytenuclear factor 6 beta
Onecut1 1084 Agrave73
AB012234 _ g _ at Nuclear factor IX Nfix 732 Agrave45
D12769 _ at Kruppel-like factor 9 Klf 9 1886 Agrave20
AB017044exon _ at AB017044exon Rattus
norvegicus gene for hepatocyte
nuclear factor 3 gamma
partial cds
HNF3-G 631 Agrave27
X84210complete _ seq _ s _ at Nuclear factor IA Nfia 752 Agrave24
rc _ AI234146 _ at Cysteine rich protein 1 Csrp1 1397 Agrave27 Agrave63
rc _ AI014091 _ at Cbpp300-interacting
transactivator with GluAsp-rich
carboxy-terminal domain 2
Cited2 or
MRG1
864 Agrave36
L25785 _ at Transforming growth factor beta
1 induced transcript 4
(stimulated clone 22 homologue)
Tgfb1i4 Agrave 4734 Agrave28 Agrave36 Agrave37
rc _ AI177161 _ g _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 406 26 41 47 53
rc _ AI177161 _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 648 25 33 37 59
Heme synthesis
J03190 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 3005 Agrave43
J03190 _ g _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 1924 Agrave23
D86297 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 Alas2 1122 Agrave27
rc _ AI178971 _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 610 Agrave52
X56325mRNA _ s _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 40041 Agrave28
M94918mRNA _ f _ at Hemoglobin beta Hbb 28954 Agrave29
M94919mRNA _ f _ at mRNA RATBETGLOY Rat
beta-globin gene exons 1ndash3
No symbol 16547 Agrave26
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Immune
D10729 _ s _ at Proteasome (prosome
macropain) subunit beta type
8 (low molecular mass polypeptide 7)
Psmb8 3232 Agrave21
M64795 _ f _ at M64795 Rat MHC class I
antigen gene
No symbol 1839 Agrave23
M33025 _ s _ at Parathymosin Ptms 4727 Agrave30
rc _ AI136977 _ g _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 907 Agrave23
rc _ AI136977 _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 473 Agrave131
M86564 _ at Prothymosin alpha Ptma 1858 Agrave21
D88250 _ at Complement component 1
s subcomponent
C1s 6862 29
M31038 _ at RT1 class Ib gene RT1Aw2 438 Agrave27
rc _ AA945608 _ at Serum amyloid P-component Sap 14151 Agrave25
Cell differentiation
rc _ AI231292 _ at Cystatin C Cst3 2235 Agrave20
rc _ AA858673 _ at Pancreatic secretory trypsininhibitor type II (PSTI-II)
LOC266602 14588Agrave
31
M15481 _ g _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 30347 Agrave26
M15481 _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 4548 Agrave26
X06107 _ i _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 1871 Agrave23
M81183Exon _ UTR _ g _ at M81183Exon _ UTR
RATINSLGFA Rat insulin-like
growth factor I gene
3 end of exon 6
No symbol 3328 Agrave29
rc _ AA924289 _ s _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 2535 Agrave24
S46785 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 7526 Agrave24
M31837 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein 3
Igfbp3 1325 Agrave26
M58634 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1
Igfbp1 516 25 47 29 49
Cytoskeleton
U31463 _ at Myosin heavy polypeptide 9
non-muscle
Myh9 1052 Agrave38
X52815cds _ f _ at X52815cds RRGAMACT Rat
mRNA for cytoplasmic-gamma
isoform of actin
No symbol 5098 Agrave26
rc _ AI179012 _ s _ at Actin beta Actb 25868 Agrave32
X70706cds _ at Plastin 3 (T-isoform) Pls3 1033 Agrave20
U05784 _ s _ at Microtubule-associated proteins
1A1B light chain 3
MPL3 3218 33 26
rc _ AA944422 _ at Calponin 3 acidic Cnn3 794 22
rc _ AA892814 _ s _ at Calpain small subunit Capns1 3395 Agrave22
L24776 _ at tropomyosin 3 gamma Tpm3 446 20
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X12355 _ s _ at Glucose regulated protein 58 kDa Grp58 4725 Agrave29
rc _ AI234604_s _ at Heat shock cognate protein 70 Hsc70 10189 Agrave22
D30649mRNA _ s _ at Alkaline phosphodiesterase LOC54410 789 Agrave21 Agrave35
U62897 _ at Carboxypeptidase D Cpd 880 Agrave24
rc _ AA859837 _ g _ at Guanine deaminase Gda 2956 Agrave21
J00738 _ s _ at Alpha-2u globulin PGCL4 LOC259247 9926 Agrave1176
AB000199 _ at CCA2 protein Cca2 3793 Agrave23
U55765 _ at Serine (or cysteine) proteinase
inhibitor clade A (alpha-1
antiproteinase antitrypsin)
member 10
Serpina 10
Rasp-1
5175 22
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X96437mRNA _ g _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1
Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 661 29
X96437mRNA _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 888 22
S61960 _ s _ at Cysteine conjugate beta-lyase No symbol 869 25 24 42
rc _ AA893239 _ at 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Hpcl2 3090 Agrave23
S85184 _ at S85184 Cyclic Protein-2 =
cathepsin L proenzyme [rats
Sertoli cells mRNA 1790 nt]
CP-2 804 23 30
S77494 _ s _ at Lysyl oxidase Lox 558 Agrave43
X61381cds _ s _ at RRIIMRNA R rattus interferon
induced mRNA
No symbol 6533 Agrave27
rc _ AI172293 _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 6850 Agrave21
E12625cds _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 3679 Agrave25
rc _ AA891916 _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 1508 21
rc _ AA891916 _ g _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 2135 20
rc _ AA859981 _ at Inositol (myo)-1(or 4)-
monophosphatase 2
Impa2 385 32
D17809 _ at Beta-4N-
acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Galgt1 1455 Agrave23 Agrave25
X14848cds12 _ at MIRNXX Rattus norvegicus
mitochondrial genome
No symbol 362 2
rc _ AI639029 _ s _ at Rat mixed-tissue library Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
clone rx05067 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 323 4
rc _ AI638989 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
rx01268 3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 678 Agrave29
rc _ AI639162 _ at Rat mixed-tissue libraryRattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx01122 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 113 5
rc _ AA955983 _ at rc _ AA955983 UI-R-E1-fb-e-
12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E1-
fb-e-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA955983 Ag =
Rn7854len = 542
No symbol 5035 2
U47312 _ s _ at U47312 RNU47312 Rat R2
cerebellum DDRT-T-PCR
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
LIARCD-3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 669 Agrave24
rc _ AA875171 _ at rc _ AA875171 UI-R-E0-ce-f-12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E0-
ce-f-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA875171gi =
2980119 Ag = Rn2814
len = 458
No symbol 863 2
rc _ AA817987 _ f _ at rc _ AA817987 UI-R-A0-ah-a-
06-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-A0-
ah-a-06-0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA817987gi = 2887867 Ag =
Rn23920len = 373
No symbol 7364 Agrave30
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
rc _ AA859899 _ at rc _ AA859899 UI-R-E0-
cg-a-03-0-UIs1 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA 3 end clone = UI-R-E0-cg-a-03-
0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA859899gi = 2949419 Ag =
Rn810len = 353
No symbol 1018 Agrave21
rc _ AI639435 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx04153 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 99 54
ESTs
rc _ AI236601 _ at EST233163 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
643 28
rc _ AA892246 _ at EST196049 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
722 22 20 20
rc _ AA799700 _ at EST189197 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
1300 24
rc _ AA892888 _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
10889 22 26
rc _ AA893529 _ at EST197332 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
268 28
rc _ AI176456 _ at EST220041 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
42918 116 110
rc _ AA892888 _ g _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
21687 22
rc _ AA893667 _ g _ at EST197470 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
421 22
rc _ AI014135 _ g _ at EST207690 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2863 34
rc _ AA892520 _ g _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1472 20
rc _ AA892179 _ at EST195982 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
553 20
rc _ AA893088 _ at EST196891 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
808 22
rc _ AA799511 _ g _ at EST189008 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2143 20
rc _ AA893658 _ at EST197461 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2686 20 41
rc _ AA892918 _ at EST196721 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
550 21
rc _ AA946108 _ at EST201607 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
291 20
rc _ AA892520 _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1054 25
rc _ AA891814 _ at EST195617 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
479 23
rc _ H33001 _ at EST108598 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1380 Agrave22
rc _ H31813 _ at EST106240 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1628 Agrave24
rc _ AA799879 _ at EST189376 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
788 21
rc _ AA800787 _ at EST190284 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
875 Agrave23
rc _ AA893870 _ at EST197673 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
593 Agrave35
rc _ AA892234 _ at EST196037 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6720 Agrave22 Agrave30
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
U88036 ID Rn00756233 _ m1) and Eukaryotic 18S rRNA endogenous control (accession no X03205 ID Hs99999901 _ s1)
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Kinases
rc _ AI145931 _ at UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-
2-epimerase
N-acetylmannosamine kinase
Uae1 2653 Agrave23
Circadian rhythm
AB016532 _ at Period homolog 2 Per2 65 44
Membrane bound proteins
AF004017 _ at Solute carrier family 4
member 4
Slc4a4 493 70
U28504 _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 915 24 30
U28504 _ g _ at Solute carrier family 17
(vesicular glutamate transporter)
member 1
Slc17a1 428 36 56
AB015433 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1577 21 40
X89225cds _ s _ at Solute carrier family 3 member 2 Slc3a2 1046 30D84450 _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting beta
polypeptide 3
Atp1b3 968 29
M74494 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 2444 Agrave31
M28647 _ g _ at ATPase Na+K+
transporting alpha 1
Atp1a1 4911 Agrave27
rc _ AA799645 _ g _ at FXYD domain-containing
ion transport regulator 1
Fxyd1 1307 Agrave20 Agrave29
L27651 _ at Solute carrier family 22
(organic anion transporter)
member 7
Slc22a7 3174 Agrave21
U76714 _ at Solute carrier family 39
(iron-regulated transporter)
member 1
Slc39a1 696 Agrave20
rc _ AI145680 _ s _ at Solute carrier 16
(monocarboxylic acid
transporter) member 1
Slc16a1 1736 Agrave23
L28135 _ at Solute carrier family 2
A2 (glucose transporter
type 2)
Slc2a2 4653 Agrave23
U76379 _ s _ at Solute carrier family 22
member 1
Slc22a1 4182 Agrave21
AJ011656cds _ s _ at Claudin 3 Cldn3 3533 Agrave25
S61865 _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 2061 Agrave20
X60651mRNA _ s _ at Syndecan Synd1 937 Agrave29
M31322 _ g _ at Sperm membrane protein
(YWK-II)
LOC64312 3213 21
AF097593 _ at Cadherin 2 Cdh2 950 Agrave24
U23056 _ at C-CAM4 protein LOC287009 240 25 544U23055cds _ s _ at Partial cds C-CAM4 protein
carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 322 676
J04963 _ at Carcinoembryonic
antigen-related cell
adhesion molecule 1
Ceacam1 787 23
U32575 _ at Sec6 Sec6 181 44 62
U32575 _ g _ at Sec6 Sec6 342 20 45 94
rc _ AA926292 _ s _ at Trans-Golgi network protein 1 Ttgn1 919 20 26
rc _ AA859954 _ at Vacuole membrane protein 1 Vmp1 1472 26
rc _ AA892759 _ at Synaptosomal-associated protein
23 kDa
Snap23 205 34
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Cell cycle
X75207 _ s _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 696 Agrave20 Agrave24
D14014 _ g _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1307 Agrave36
D14014 _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1238Agrave
33Agrave
24
RNA processing
AF041066 _ at Ribonuclease RNase A family 4 Rnase4 15183 Agrave23
Cell signaling
X52140 _ at Integrin alpha 1 Itga1 1069 Agrave21
M83680 _ at GTPase Rab14 Rab14 735 Agrave23
L19180 _ g _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 935 Agrave59 Agrave81
L19933 _ s _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 835 Agrave21
K03249 _ at G protein-coupled receptor
37-like 1 enoyl-Coenzyme A
hydratase3-hydroxyacyl
Coenzyme A dehydrogenase
Ehhadh 2219 Agrave36
M63122 _ at Tumor necrosis factor receptor
super family member 1a
Tnfrsf1a 1906 20
rc _ AA892251 _ at Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A Avpr1a 2064 25 27
D85435 _ g _ at PKC-delta binding protein Prkcdbp 4280 28 24
rc _ AA900505 _ at RhoB gene Arhb 310 40
rc _ AA874794 _ g _ at Nerve growth factor receptor
(TNFRSF16) associated protein 1
Ngfrap1 308
L19699 _ g _ at V-ral simian leukemia viral
oncogene homolog B (ras related)
Ralb 282 20
AJ010828 _ at Chemokine orphan receptor 1 Rdc1 49 133
AF017437 _ g _ at Integrin-associated protein Cd47 187 25
Transcription factors
Y14933mRNA _ s _ at One cut domain family member 1
alternative name hepatocytenuclear factor 6 beta
Onecut1 1084 Agrave73
AB012234 _ g _ at Nuclear factor IX Nfix 732 Agrave45
D12769 _ at Kruppel-like factor 9 Klf 9 1886 Agrave20
AB017044exon _ at AB017044exon Rattus
norvegicus gene for hepatocyte
nuclear factor 3 gamma
partial cds
HNF3-G 631 Agrave27
X84210complete _ seq _ s _ at Nuclear factor IA Nfia 752 Agrave24
rc _ AI234146 _ at Cysteine rich protein 1 Csrp1 1397 Agrave27 Agrave63
rc _ AI014091 _ at Cbpp300-interacting
transactivator with GluAsp-rich
carboxy-terminal domain 2
Cited2 or
MRG1
864 Agrave36
L25785 _ at Transforming growth factor beta
1 induced transcript 4
(stimulated clone 22 homologue)
Tgfb1i4 Agrave 4734 Agrave28 Agrave36 Agrave37
rc _ AI177161 _ g _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 406 26 41 47 53
rc _ AI177161 _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 648 25 33 37 59
Heme synthesis
J03190 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 3005 Agrave43
J03190 _ g _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 1924 Agrave23
D86297 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 Alas2 1122 Agrave27
rc _ AI178971 _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 610 Agrave52
X56325mRNA _ s _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 40041 Agrave28
M94918mRNA _ f _ at Hemoglobin beta Hbb 28954 Agrave29
M94919mRNA _ f _ at mRNA RATBETGLOY Rat
beta-globin gene exons 1ndash3
No symbol 16547 Agrave26
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Immune
D10729 _ s _ at Proteasome (prosome
macropain) subunit beta type
8 (low molecular mass polypeptide 7)
Psmb8 3232 Agrave21
M64795 _ f _ at M64795 Rat MHC class I
antigen gene
No symbol 1839 Agrave23
M33025 _ s _ at Parathymosin Ptms 4727 Agrave30
rc _ AI136977 _ g _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 907 Agrave23
rc _ AI136977 _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 473 Agrave131
M86564 _ at Prothymosin alpha Ptma 1858 Agrave21
D88250 _ at Complement component 1
s subcomponent
C1s 6862 29
M31038 _ at RT1 class Ib gene RT1Aw2 438 Agrave27
rc _ AA945608 _ at Serum amyloid P-component Sap 14151 Agrave25
Cell differentiation
rc _ AI231292 _ at Cystatin C Cst3 2235 Agrave20
rc _ AA858673 _ at Pancreatic secretory trypsininhibitor type II (PSTI-II)
LOC266602 14588Agrave
31
M15481 _ g _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 30347 Agrave26
M15481 _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 4548 Agrave26
X06107 _ i _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 1871 Agrave23
M81183Exon _ UTR _ g _ at M81183Exon _ UTR
RATINSLGFA Rat insulin-like
growth factor I gene
3 end of exon 6
No symbol 3328 Agrave29
rc _ AA924289 _ s _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 2535 Agrave24
S46785 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 7526 Agrave24
M31837 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein 3
Igfbp3 1325 Agrave26
M58634 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1
Igfbp1 516 25 47 29 49
Cytoskeleton
U31463 _ at Myosin heavy polypeptide 9
non-muscle
Myh9 1052 Agrave38
X52815cds _ f _ at X52815cds RRGAMACT Rat
mRNA for cytoplasmic-gamma
isoform of actin
No symbol 5098 Agrave26
rc _ AI179012 _ s _ at Actin beta Actb 25868 Agrave32
X70706cds _ at Plastin 3 (T-isoform) Pls3 1033 Agrave20
U05784 _ s _ at Microtubule-associated proteins
1A1B light chain 3
MPL3 3218 33 26
rc _ AA944422 _ at Calponin 3 acidic Cnn3 794 22
rc _ AA892814 _ s _ at Calpain small subunit Capns1 3395 Agrave22
L24776 _ at tropomyosin 3 gamma Tpm3 446 20
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X12355 _ s _ at Glucose regulated protein 58 kDa Grp58 4725 Agrave29
rc _ AI234604_s _ at Heat shock cognate protein 70 Hsc70 10189 Agrave22
D30649mRNA _ s _ at Alkaline phosphodiesterase LOC54410 789 Agrave21 Agrave35
U62897 _ at Carboxypeptidase D Cpd 880 Agrave24
rc _ AA859837 _ g _ at Guanine deaminase Gda 2956 Agrave21
J00738 _ s _ at Alpha-2u globulin PGCL4 LOC259247 9926 Agrave1176
AB000199 _ at CCA2 protein Cca2 3793 Agrave23
U55765 _ at Serine (or cysteine) proteinase
inhibitor clade A (alpha-1
antiproteinase antitrypsin)
member 10
Serpina 10
Rasp-1
5175 22
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X96437mRNA _ g _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1
Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 661 29
X96437mRNA _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 888 22
S61960 _ s _ at Cysteine conjugate beta-lyase No symbol 869 25 24 42
rc _ AA893239 _ at 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Hpcl2 3090 Agrave23
S85184 _ at S85184 Cyclic Protein-2 =
cathepsin L proenzyme [rats
Sertoli cells mRNA 1790 nt]
CP-2 804 23 30
S77494 _ s _ at Lysyl oxidase Lox 558 Agrave43
X61381cds _ s _ at RRIIMRNA R rattus interferon
induced mRNA
No symbol 6533 Agrave27
rc _ AI172293 _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 6850 Agrave21
E12625cds _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 3679 Agrave25
rc _ AA891916 _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 1508 21
rc _ AA891916 _ g _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 2135 20
rc _ AA859981 _ at Inositol (myo)-1(or 4)-
monophosphatase 2
Impa2 385 32
D17809 _ at Beta-4N-
acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Galgt1 1455 Agrave23 Agrave25
X14848cds12 _ at MIRNXX Rattus norvegicus
mitochondrial genome
No symbol 362 2
rc _ AI639029 _ s _ at Rat mixed-tissue library Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
clone rx05067 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 323 4
rc _ AI638989 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
rx01268 3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 678 Agrave29
rc _ AI639162 _ at Rat mixed-tissue libraryRattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx01122 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 113 5
rc _ AA955983 _ at rc _ AA955983 UI-R-E1-fb-e-
12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E1-
fb-e-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA955983 Ag =
Rn7854len = 542
No symbol 5035 2
U47312 _ s _ at U47312 RNU47312 Rat R2
cerebellum DDRT-T-PCR
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
LIARCD-3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 669 Agrave24
rc _ AA875171 _ at rc _ AA875171 UI-R-E0-ce-f-12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E0-
ce-f-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA875171gi =
2980119 Ag = Rn2814
len = 458
No symbol 863 2
rc _ AA817987 _ f _ at rc _ AA817987 UI-R-A0-ah-a-
06-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-A0-
ah-a-06-0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA817987gi = 2887867 Ag =
Rn23920len = 373
No symbol 7364 Agrave30
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
rc _ AA859899 _ at rc _ AA859899 UI-R-E0-
cg-a-03-0-UIs1 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA 3 end clone = UI-R-E0-cg-a-03-
0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA859899gi = 2949419 Ag =
Rn810len = 353
No symbol 1018 Agrave21
rc _ AI639435 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx04153 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 99 54
ESTs
rc _ AI236601 _ at EST233163 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
643 28
rc _ AA892246 _ at EST196049 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
722 22 20 20
rc _ AA799700 _ at EST189197 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
1300 24
rc _ AA892888 _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
10889 22 26
rc _ AA893529 _ at EST197332 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
268 28
rc _ AI176456 _ at EST220041 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
42918 116 110
rc _ AA892888 _ g _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
21687 22
rc _ AA893667 _ g _ at EST197470 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
421 22
rc _ AI014135 _ g _ at EST207690 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2863 34
rc _ AA892520 _ g _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1472 20
rc _ AA892179 _ at EST195982 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
553 20
rc _ AA893088 _ at EST196891 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
808 22
rc _ AA799511 _ g _ at EST189008 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2143 20
rc _ AA893658 _ at EST197461 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2686 20 41
rc _ AA892918 _ at EST196721 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
550 21
rc _ AA946108 _ at EST201607 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
291 20
rc _ AA892520 _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1054 25
rc _ AA891814 _ at EST195617 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
479 23
rc _ H33001 _ at EST108598 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1380 Agrave22
rc _ H31813 _ at EST106240 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1628 Agrave24
rc _ AA799879 _ at EST189376 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
788 21
rc _ AA800787 _ at EST190284 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
875 Agrave23
rc _ AA893870 _ at EST197673 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
593 Agrave35
rc _ AA892234 _ at EST196037 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6720 Agrave22 Agrave30
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
U88036 ID Rn00756233 _ m1) and Eukaryotic 18S rRNA endogenous control (accession no X03205 ID Hs99999901 _ s1)
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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Wang X Sperkova Z Napoli JL 2001 Analysis of mouse retinaldehydrogenase type 2 promoter and expression Genomics 74
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Weber LW Lebofsky M Greim H Rozman K 1991a Key enzymes of
gluconeogenesis are dose-dependently reduced in 2378-tetrachlorodi-
benzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-treated rats Arch Toxicol 65 119 ndash 123
Weber LW Lebofsky M Stahl BU Gorski JR Muzi G Rozman
K 1991b Reduced activities of key enzymes of gluconeogenesis as
possible cause of acute toxicity of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
(TCDD) in rats Toxicology 66 133ndash144
Weber LW Lebofsky M Stahl BU Smith S Rozman KK 1995
Correlation between toxicity and effects on intermediary metabolism in
2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-treated male C57BL6J and DBA
2J mice Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 131 155ndash162
Whitlock Jr JP 1999 Induction of cytochrome P4501A1 Annu Rev
Pharmacol Toxicol 39 103ndash125Whitlock Jr JP Okino ST Dong L Ko HP Clarke-Katzenberg R
Ma Q Li H 1996 Cytochromes P450 5 induction of cytochrome
P4501A1 a model for analyzing mammalian gene transcription
FASEB J 10 809ndash818
Woods JS 1973 Studies of the effects of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-
dioxin on mammalian hepatic delta-aminolevulinic acid synthetase
Environ Health Perspect 5 221ndash 225
Yang KH Croft WA Peterson RE 1977 Effects of 2378-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on plasma disappearance and biliary
excretion of foreign compounds in rats Toxicol Appl Pharmacol
40 485ndash496
Yang KH Yoo BS Choe SY 1983 Effects of halogenated dibenzo-p-
dioxins on plasma disappearance and biliary excretion of ouabain in
rats Toxicol Lett 15 259ndash264
Zhan Q Fan S Smith ML Bae I Yu K Alamo Jr I OrsquoConnorPM Fornace Jr AJ 1996 Abrogation of p53 function affects gadd
gene responses to DNA base-damaging agents and starvation DNA
Cell Biol 15 805ndash815
Zhan Q Antinore MJ Wang XW Carrier F Smith ML Harris
CC Fornace Jr AJ 1999 Association with Cdc2 and inhibition of
Cdc2Cyclin B1 kinase activity by the p53-regulated protein Gadd45
Oncogene 18 2892ndash2900
Zhang L Savas U Alexander DL Jefcoate CR 1998 Character-
ization of the mouse Cyp1B1 gene Identification of an enhancer region
that directs aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated constitutive and
induced expression J Biol Chem 273 5174ndash5183
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Cell cycle
X75207 _ s _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 696 Agrave20 Agrave24
D14014 _ g _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1307 Agrave36
D14014 _ at Cyclin D1 Ccnd1 1238Agrave
33Agrave
24
RNA processing
AF041066 _ at Ribonuclease RNase A family 4 Rnase4 15183 Agrave23
Cell signaling
X52140 _ at Integrin alpha 1 Itga1 1069 Agrave21
M83680 _ at GTPase Rab14 Rab14 735 Agrave23
L19180 _ g _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 935 Agrave59 Agrave81
L19933 _ s _ at Protein tyrosine phosphatase
receptor type D
Ptprd 835 Agrave21
K03249 _ at G protein-coupled receptor
37-like 1 enoyl-Coenzyme A
hydratase3-hydroxyacyl
Coenzyme A dehydrogenase
Ehhadh 2219 Agrave36
M63122 _ at Tumor necrosis factor receptor
super family member 1a
Tnfrsf1a 1906 20
rc _ AA892251 _ at Arginine vasopressin receptor 1A Avpr1a 2064 25 27
D85435 _ g _ at PKC-delta binding protein Prkcdbp 4280 28 24
rc _ AA900505 _ at RhoB gene Arhb 310 40
rc _ AA874794 _ g _ at Nerve growth factor receptor
(TNFRSF16) associated protein 1
Ngfrap1 308
L19699 _ g _ at V-ral simian leukemia viral
oncogene homolog B (ras related)
Ralb 282 20
AJ010828 _ at Chemokine orphan receptor 1 Rdc1 49 133
AF017437 _ g _ at Integrin-associated protein Cd47 187 25
Transcription factors
Y14933mRNA _ s _ at One cut domain family member 1
alternative name hepatocytenuclear factor 6 beta
Onecut1 1084 Agrave73
AB012234 _ g _ at Nuclear factor IX Nfix 732 Agrave45
D12769 _ at Kruppel-like factor 9 Klf 9 1886 Agrave20
AB017044exon _ at AB017044exon Rattus
norvegicus gene for hepatocyte
nuclear factor 3 gamma
partial cds
HNF3-G 631 Agrave27
X84210complete _ seq _ s _ at Nuclear factor IA Nfia 752 Agrave24
rc _ AI234146 _ at Cysteine rich protein 1 Csrp1 1397 Agrave27 Agrave63
rc _ AI014091 _ at Cbpp300-interacting
transactivator with GluAsp-rich
carboxy-terminal domain 2
Cited2 or
MRG1
864 Agrave36
L25785 _ at Transforming growth factor beta
1 induced transcript 4
(stimulated clone 22 homologue)
Tgfb1i4 Agrave 4734 Agrave28 Agrave36 Agrave37
rc _ AI177161 _ g _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 406 26 41 47 53
rc _ AI177161 _ at NF-E2-related factor 2 Nfe2l2nrf2 648 25 33 37 59
Heme synthesis
J03190 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 3005 Agrave43
J03190 _ g _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 Alas1 1924 Agrave23
D86297 _ at Aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 Alas2 1122 Agrave27
rc _ AI178971 _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 610 Agrave52
X56325mRNA _ s _ at Hemoglobin alpha 1 Hba1 40041 Agrave28
M94918mRNA _ f _ at Hemoglobin beta Hbb 28954 Agrave29
M94919mRNA _ f _ at mRNA RATBETGLOY Rat
beta-globin gene exons 1ndash3
No symbol 16547 Agrave26
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Immune
D10729 _ s _ at Proteasome (prosome
macropain) subunit beta type
8 (low molecular mass polypeptide 7)
Psmb8 3232 Agrave21
M64795 _ f _ at M64795 Rat MHC class I
antigen gene
No symbol 1839 Agrave23
M33025 _ s _ at Parathymosin Ptms 4727 Agrave30
rc _ AI136977 _ g _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 907 Agrave23
rc _ AI136977 _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 473 Agrave131
M86564 _ at Prothymosin alpha Ptma 1858 Agrave21
D88250 _ at Complement component 1
s subcomponent
C1s 6862 29
M31038 _ at RT1 class Ib gene RT1Aw2 438 Agrave27
rc _ AA945608 _ at Serum amyloid P-component Sap 14151 Agrave25
Cell differentiation
rc _ AI231292 _ at Cystatin C Cst3 2235 Agrave20
rc _ AA858673 _ at Pancreatic secretory trypsininhibitor type II (PSTI-II)
LOC266602 14588Agrave
31
M15481 _ g _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 30347 Agrave26
M15481 _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 4548 Agrave26
X06107 _ i _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 1871 Agrave23
M81183Exon _ UTR _ g _ at M81183Exon _ UTR
RATINSLGFA Rat insulin-like
growth factor I gene
3 end of exon 6
No symbol 3328 Agrave29
rc _ AA924289 _ s _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 2535 Agrave24
S46785 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 7526 Agrave24
M31837 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein 3
Igfbp3 1325 Agrave26
M58634 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1
Igfbp1 516 25 47 29 49
Cytoskeleton
U31463 _ at Myosin heavy polypeptide 9
non-muscle
Myh9 1052 Agrave38
X52815cds _ f _ at X52815cds RRGAMACT Rat
mRNA for cytoplasmic-gamma
isoform of actin
No symbol 5098 Agrave26
rc _ AI179012 _ s _ at Actin beta Actb 25868 Agrave32
X70706cds _ at Plastin 3 (T-isoform) Pls3 1033 Agrave20
U05784 _ s _ at Microtubule-associated proteins
1A1B light chain 3
MPL3 3218 33 26
rc _ AA944422 _ at Calponin 3 acidic Cnn3 794 22
rc _ AA892814 _ s _ at Calpain small subunit Capns1 3395 Agrave22
L24776 _ at tropomyosin 3 gamma Tpm3 446 20
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X12355 _ s _ at Glucose regulated protein 58 kDa Grp58 4725 Agrave29
rc _ AI234604_s _ at Heat shock cognate protein 70 Hsc70 10189 Agrave22
D30649mRNA _ s _ at Alkaline phosphodiesterase LOC54410 789 Agrave21 Agrave35
U62897 _ at Carboxypeptidase D Cpd 880 Agrave24
rc _ AA859837 _ g _ at Guanine deaminase Gda 2956 Agrave21
J00738 _ s _ at Alpha-2u globulin PGCL4 LOC259247 9926 Agrave1176
AB000199 _ at CCA2 protein Cca2 3793 Agrave23
U55765 _ at Serine (or cysteine) proteinase
inhibitor clade A (alpha-1
antiproteinase antitrypsin)
member 10
Serpina 10
Rasp-1
5175 22
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X96437mRNA _ g _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1
Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 661 29
X96437mRNA _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 888 22
S61960 _ s _ at Cysteine conjugate beta-lyase No symbol 869 25 24 42
rc _ AA893239 _ at 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Hpcl2 3090 Agrave23
S85184 _ at S85184 Cyclic Protein-2 =
cathepsin L proenzyme [rats
Sertoli cells mRNA 1790 nt]
CP-2 804 23 30
S77494 _ s _ at Lysyl oxidase Lox 558 Agrave43
X61381cds _ s _ at RRIIMRNA R rattus interferon
induced mRNA
No symbol 6533 Agrave27
rc _ AI172293 _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 6850 Agrave21
E12625cds _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 3679 Agrave25
rc _ AA891916 _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 1508 21
rc _ AA891916 _ g _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 2135 20
rc _ AA859981 _ at Inositol (myo)-1(or 4)-
monophosphatase 2
Impa2 385 32
D17809 _ at Beta-4N-
acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Galgt1 1455 Agrave23 Agrave25
X14848cds12 _ at MIRNXX Rattus norvegicus
mitochondrial genome
No symbol 362 2
rc _ AI639029 _ s _ at Rat mixed-tissue library Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
clone rx05067 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 323 4
rc _ AI638989 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
rx01268 3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 678 Agrave29
rc _ AI639162 _ at Rat mixed-tissue libraryRattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx01122 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 113 5
rc _ AA955983 _ at rc _ AA955983 UI-R-E1-fb-e-
12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E1-
fb-e-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA955983 Ag =
Rn7854len = 542
No symbol 5035 2
U47312 _ s _ at U47312 RNU47312 Rat R2
cerebellum DDRT-T-PCR
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
LIARCD-3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 669 Agrave24
rc _ AA875171 _ at rc _ AA875171 UI-R-E0-ce-f-12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E0-
ce-f-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA875171gi =
2980119 Ag = Rn2814
len = 458
No symbol 863 2
rc _ AA817987 _ f _ at rc _ AA817987 UI-R-A0-ah-a-
06-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-A0-
ah-a-06-0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA817987gi = 2887867 Ag =
Rn23920len = 373
No symbol 7364 Agrave30
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
rc _ AA859899 _ at rc _ AA859899 UI-R-E0-
cg-a-03-0-UIs1 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA 3 end clone = UI-R-E0-cg-a-03-
0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA859899gi = 2949419 Ag =
Rn810len = 353
No symbol 1018 Agrave21
rc _ AI639435 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx04153 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 99 54
ESTs
rc _ AI236601 _ at EST233163 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
643 28
rc _ AA892246 _ at EST196049 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
722 22 20 20
rc _ AA799700 _ at EST189197 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
1300 24
rc _ AA892888 _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
10889 22 26
rc _ AA893529 _ at EST197332 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
268 28
rc _ AI176456 _ at EST220041 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
42918 116 110
rc _ AA892888 _ g _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
21687 22
rc _ AA893667 _ g _ at EST197470 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
421 22
rc _ AI014135 _ g _ at EST207690 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2863 34
rc _ AA892520 _ g _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1472 20
rc _ AA892179 _ at EST195982 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
553 20
rc _ AA893088 _ at EST196891 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
808 22
rc _ AA799511 _ g _ at EST189008 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2143 20
rc _ AA893658 _ at EST197461 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2686 20 41
rc _ AA892918 _ at EST196721 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
550 21
rc _ AA946108 _ at EST201607 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
291 20
rc _ AA892520 _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1054 25
rc _ AA891814 _ at EST195617 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
479 23
rc _ H33001 _ at EST108598 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1380 Agrave22
rc _ H31813 _ at EST106240 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1628 Agrave24
rc _ AA799879 _ at EST189376 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
788 21
rc _ AA800787 _ at EST190284 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
875 Agrave23
rc _ AA893870 _ at EST197673 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
593 Agrave35
rc _ AA892234 _ at EST196037 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6720 Agrave22 Agrave30
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
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SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Immune
D10729 _ s _ at Proteasome (prosome
macropain) subunit beta type
8 (low molecular mass polypeptide 7)
Psmb8 3232 Agrave21
M64795 _ f _ at M64795 Rat MHC class I
antigen gene
No symbol 1839 Agrave23
M33025 _ s _ at Parathymosin Ptms 4727 Agrave30
rc _ AI136977 _ g _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 907 Agrave23
rc _ AI136977 _ at FK506 binding protein 4 59kDa Fkbp4 473 Agrave131
M86564 _ at Prothymosin alpha Ptma 1858 Agrave21
D88250 _ at Complement component 1
s subcomponent
C1s 6862 29
M31038 _ at RT1 class Ib gene RT1Aw2 438 Agrave27
rc _ AA945608 _ at Serum amyloid P-component Sap 14151 Agrave25
Cell differentiation
rc _ AI231292 _ at Cystatin C Cst3 2235 Agrave20
rc _ AA858673 _ at Pancreatic secretory trypsininhibitor type II (PSTI-II)
LOC266602 14588Agrave
31
M15481 _ g _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 30347 Agrave26
M15481 _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 4548 Agrave26
X06107 _ i _ at Insulin-like growth factor 1 Igf1 1871 Agrave23
M81183Exon _ UTR _ g _ at M81183Exon _ UTR
RATINSLGFA Rat insulin-like
growth factor I gene
3 end of exon 6
No symbol 3328 Agrave29
rc _ AA924289 _ s _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 2535 Agrave24
S46785 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein acid labile subunit
Igfals 7526 Agrave24
M31837 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding
protein 3
Igfbp3 1325 Agrave26
M58634 _ at Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1
Igfbp1 516 25 47 29 49
Cytoskeleton
U31463 _ at Myosin heavy polypeptide 9
non-muscle
Myh9 1052 Agrave38
X52815cds _ f _ at X52815cds RRGAMACT Rat
mRNA for cytoplasmic-gamma
isoform of actin
No symbol 5098 Agrave26
rc _ AI179012 _ s _ at Actin beta Actb 25868 Agrave32
X70706cds _ at Plastin 3 (T-isoform) Pls3 1033 Agrave20
U05784 _ s _ at Microtubule-associated proteins
1A1B light chain 3
MPL3 3218 33 26
rc _ AA944422 _ at Calponin 3 acidic Cnn3 794 22
rc _ AA892814 _ s _ at Calpain small subunit Capns1 3395 Agrave22
L24776 _ at tropomyosin 3 gamma Tpm3 446 20
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X12355 _ s _ at Glucose regulated protein 58 kDa Grp58 4725 Agrave29
rc _ AI234604_s _ at Heat shock cognate protein 70 Hsc70 10189 Agrave22
D30649mRNA _ s _ at Alkaline phosphodiesterase LOC54410 789 Agrave21 Agrave35
U62897 _ at Carboxypeptidase D Cpd 880 Agrave24
rc _ AA859837 _ g _ at Guanine deaminase Gda 2956 Agrave21
J00738 _ s _ at Alpha-2u globulin PGCL4 LOC259247 9926 Agrave1176
AB000199 _ at CCA2 protein Cca2 3793 Agrave23
U55765 _ at Serine (or cysteine) proteinase
inhibitor clade A (alpha-1
antiproteinase antitrypsin)
member 10
Serpina 10
Rasp-1
5175 22
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X96437mRNA _ g _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1
Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 661 29
X96437mRNA _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 888 22
S61960 _ s _ at Cysteine conjugate beta-lyase No symbol 869 25 24 42
rc _ AA893239 _ at 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Hpcl2 3090 Agrave23
S85184 _ at S85184 Cyclic Protein-2 =
cathepsin L proenzyme [rats
Sertoli cells mRNA 1790 nt]
CP-2 804 23 30
S77494 _ s _ at Lysyl oxidase Lox 558 Agrave43
X61381cds _ s _ at RRIIMRNA R rattus interferon
induced mRNA
No symbol 6533 Agrave27
rc _ AI172293 _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 6850 Agrave21
E12625cds _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 3679 Agrave25
rc _ AA891916 _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 1508 21
rc _ AA891916 _ g _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 2135 20
rc _ AA859981 _ at Inositol (myo)-1(or 4)-
monophosphatase 2
Impa2 385 32
D17809 _ at Beta-4N-
acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Galgt1 1455 Agrave23 Agrave25
X14848cds12 _ at MIRNXX Rattus norvegicus
mitochondrial genome
No symbol 362 2
rc _ AI639029 _ s _ at Rat mixed-tissue library Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
clone rx05067 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 323 4
rc _ AI638989 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
rx01268 3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 678 Agrave29
rc _ AI639162 _ at Rat mixed-tissue libraryRattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx01122 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 113 5
rc _ AA955983 _ at rc _ AA955983 UI-R-E1-fb-e-
12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E1-
fb-e-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA955983 Ag =
Rn7854len = 542
No symbol 5035 2
U47312 _ s _ at U47312 RNU47312 Rat R2
cerebellum DDRT-T-PCR
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
LIARCD-3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 669 Agrave24
rc _ AA875171 _ at rc _ AA875171 UI-R-E0-ce-f-12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E0-
ce-f-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA875171gi =
2980119 Ag = Rn2814
len = 458
No symbol 863 2
rc _ AA817987 _ f _ at rc _ AA817987 UI-R-A0-ah-a-
06-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-A0-
ah-a-06-0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA817987gi = 2887867 Ag =
Rn23920len = 373
No symbol 7364 Agrave30
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
rc _ AA859899 _ at rc _ AA859899 UI-R-E0-
cg-a-03-0-UIs1 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA 3 end clone = UI-R-E0-cg-a-03-
0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA859899gi = 2949419 Ag =
Rn810len = 353
No symbol 1018 Agrave21
rc _ AI639435 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx04153 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 99 54
ESTs
rc _ AI236601 _ at EST233163 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
643 28
rc _ AA892246 _ at EST196049 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
722 22 20 20
rc _ AA799700 _ at EST189197 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
1300 24
rc _ AA892888 _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
10889 22 26
rc _ AA893529 _ at EST197332 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
268 28
rc _ AI176456 _ at EST220041 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
42918 116 110
rc _ AA892888 _ g _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
21687 22
rc _ AA893667 _ g _ at EST197470 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
421 22
rc _ AI014135 _ g _ at EST207690 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2863 34
rc _ AA892520 _ g _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1472 20
rc _ AA892179 _ at EST195982 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
553 20
rc _ AA893088 _ at EST196891 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
808 22
rc _ AA799511 _ g _ at EST189008 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2143 20
rc _ AA893658 _ at EST197461 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2686 20 41
rc _ AA892918 _ at EST196721 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
550 21
rc _ AA946108 _ at EST201607 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
291 20
rc _ AA892520 _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1054 25
rc _ AA891814 _ at EST195617 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
479 23
rc _ H33001 _ at EST108598 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1380 Agrave22
rc _ H31813 _ at EST106240 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1628 Agrave24
rc _ AA799879 _ at EST189376 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
788 21
rc _ AA800787 _ at EST190284 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
875 Agrave23
rc _ AA893870 _ at EST197673 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
593 Agrave35
rc _ AA892234 _ at EST196037 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6720 Agrave22 Agrave30
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
U88036 ID Rn00756233 _ m1) and Eukaryotic 18S rRNA endogenous control (accession no X03205 ID Hs99999901 _ s1)
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
X96437mRNA _ g _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1
Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 661 29
X96437mRNA _ at X96437mRNA RNPRG1Rnorvegicus PRG1 gene
No symbol 888 22
S61960 _ s _ at Cysteine conjugate beta-lyase No symbol 869 25 24 42
rc _ AA893239 _ at 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Hpcl2 3090 Agrave23
S85184 _ at S85184 Cyclic Protein-2 =
cathepsin L proenzyme [rats
Sertoli cells mRNA 1790 nt]
CP-2 804 23 30
S77494 _ s _ at Lysyl oxidase Lox 558 Agrave43
X61381cds _ s _ at RRIIMRNA R rattus interferon
induced mRNA
No symbol 6533 Agrave27
rc _ AI172293 _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 6850 Agrave21
E12625cds _ at Sterol-C4-methyl oxidase-like Sc4mol 3679 Agrave25
rc _ AA891916 _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 1508 21
rc _ AA891916 _ g _ at Membrane interacting protein
of RGS16
Mir16 2135 20
rc _ AA859981 _ at Inositol (myo)-1(or 4)-
monophosphatase 2
Impa2 385 32
D17809 _ at Beta-4N-
acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Galgt1 1455 Agrave23 Agrave25
X14848cds12 _ at MIRNXX Rattus norvegicus
mitochondrial genome
No symbol 362 2
rc _ AI639029 _ s _ at Rat mixed-tissue library Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
clone rx05067 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 323 4
rc _ AI638989 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
rx01268 3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 678 Agrave29
rc _ AI639162 _ at Rat mixed-tissue libraryRattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx01122 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 113 5
rc _ AA955983 _ at rc _ AA955983 UI-R-E1-fb-e-
12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E1-
fb-e-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA955983 Ag =
Rn7854len = 542
No symbol 5035 2
U47312 _ s _ at U47312 RNU47312 Rat R2
cerebellum DDRT-T-PCR
Rattus norvegicus cDNA clone
LIARCD-3 mRNA sequence
[Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 669 Agrave24
rc _ AA875171 _ at rc _ AA875171 UI-R-E0-ce-f-12-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-E0-
ce-f-12-0-UIclone _ end =
3 gb = AA875171gi =
2980119 Ag = Rn2814
len = 458
No symbol 863 2
rc _ AA817987 _ f _ at rc _ AA817987 UI-R-A0-ah-a-
06-0-UIs1 Rattus norvegicus
cDNA 3 endclone = UI-R-A0-
ah-a-06-0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA817987gi = 2887867 Ag =
Rn23920len = 373
No symbol 7364 Agrave30
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
rc _ AA859899 _ at rc _ AA859899 UI-R-E0-
cg-a-03-0-UIs1 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA 3 end clone = UI-R-E0-cg-a-03-
0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA859899gi = 2949419 Ag =
Rn810len = 353
No symbol 1018 Agrave21
rc _ AI639435 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx04153 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 99 54
ESTs
rc _ AI236601 _ at EST233163 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
643 28
rc _ AA892246 _ at EST196049 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
722 22 20 20
rc _ AA799700 _ at EST189197 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
1300 24
rc _ AA892888 _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
10889 22 26
rc _ AA893529 _ at EST197332 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
268 28
rc _ AI176456 _ at EST220041 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
42918 116 110
rc _ AA892888 _ g _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
21687 22
rc _ AA893667 _ g _ at EST197470 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
421 22
rc _ AI014135 _ g _ at EST207690 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2863 34
rc _ AA892520 _ g _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1472 20
rc _ AA892179 _ at EST195982 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
553 20
rc _ AA893088 _ at EST196891 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
808 22
rc _ AA799511 _ g _ at EST189008 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2143 20
rc _ AA893658 _ at EST197461 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2686 20 41
rc _ AA892918 _ at EST196721 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
550 21
rc _ AA946108 _ at EST201607 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
291 20
rc _ AA892520 _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1054 25
rc _ AA891814 _ at EST195617 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
479 23
rc _ H33001 _ at EST108598 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1380 Agrave22
rc _ H31813 _ at EST106240 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1628 Agrave24
rc _ AA799879 _ at EST189376 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
788 21
rc _ AA800787 _ at EST190284 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
875 Agrave23
rc _ AA893870 _ at EST197673 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
593 Agrave35
rc _ AA892234 _ at EST196037 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6720 Agrave22 Agrave30
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
Poorly characterized andor unknown function in liver
rc _ AA859899 _ at rc _ AA859899 UI-R-E0-
cg-a-03-0-UIs1 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA 3 end clone = UI-R-E0-cg-a-03-
0-UIclone _ end = 3 gb =
AA859899gi = 2949419 Ag =
Rn810len = 353
No symbol 1018 Agrave21
rc _ AI639435 _ at Rat mixed-tissue library
Rattus norvegicus cDNA
clone rx04153 3 mRNA
sequence [Rattus norvegicus]
No symbol 99 54
ESTs
rc _ AI236601 _ at EST233163 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
643 28
rc _ AA892246 _ at EST196049 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
722 22 20 20
rc _ AA799700 _ at EST189197 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
1300 24
rc _ AA892888 _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
10889 22 26
rc _ AA893529 _ at EST197332 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
268 28
rc _ AI176456 _ at EST220041 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
42918 116 110
rc _ AA892888 _ g _ at EST196691 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
21687 22
rc _ AA893667 _ g _ at EST197470 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
421 22
rc _ AI014135 _ g _ at EST207690 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2863 34
rc _ AA892520 _ g _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1472 20
rc _ AA892179 _ at EST195982 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
553 20
rc _ AA893088 _ at EST196891 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
808 22
rc _ AA799511 _ g _ at EST189008 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2143 20
rc _ AA893658 _ at EST197461 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2686 20 41
rc _ AA892918 _ at EST196721 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
550 21
rc _ AA946108 _ at EST201607 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
291 20
rc _ AA892520 _ at EST196323 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1054 25
rc _ AA891814 _ at EST195617 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
479 23
rc _ H33001 _ at EST108598 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1380 Agrave22
rc _ H31813 _ at EST106240 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1628 Agrave24
rc _ AA799879 _ at EST189376 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
788 21
rc _ AA800787 _ at EST190284 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
875 Agrave23
rc _ AA893870 _ at EST197673 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
593 Agrave35
rc _ AA892234 _ at EST196037 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6720 Agrave22 Agrave30
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
U88036 ID Rn00756233 _ m1) and Eukaryotic 18S rRNA endogenous control (accession no X03205 ID Hs99999901 _ s1)
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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2-fold in one probeset at 6 h and subsequent changes wereseen at the high-dose and at a latter time point Therefore
similar to Gadd45a this result suggests that even low single-
dose TCDD exposure can influence critical genes associated
with cell cycle control
While low-dose TCDD exposure appeared in the main
to induce genes associated with xenobiotic metabolism
and excretion high-dose TCDD exposure resulted in more
widespread changes in gene expression At 40 Agkg bw
TCDD altered the expression of 57 probesets greater than
2-fold at 6 h (44 up 13 down) 97 probesets at 24 h (61
up 36 down) and 236 probesets (107 up 129 down) at 7
days Therefore these results in particular the large
increase in the number of affected genes at 7 days imply
a time dependence for the effects of TCDD in the liver
Thus it appears that an initial adaptation to TCDD may
provide the signal for a cascade of secondary changes
Together the affected probesets represented approximately
185 genes with known or inferred function in for
instance cellular signaling cellular adhesion cytoskeletal
arrangement and membrane transport In addition tran-
scripts coding for proteins associated with steroid and
retinoid metabolism immune function and intermediary
metabolism were markedly affected These changes are
discussed in more detail in subsequent sections In
particular discussion is focused on TCDD inducedchanges in intermediary metabolism with a view to
further elucidating mechanisms that may be associated
with TCDD-induced wasting and alterations of interme-
diary metabolism Specific attention is drawn to novel
findings in the cholesterol metabolismbile acid biosyn-
thesis pathway
Detoxification
The commonly reported members of the AhR gene battery
(CYP1A1 CYP1A2 cytochrome P450 subfamily 1B
polypeptide 1 CYP1B1 UGT1A6 Nqo1 glutathione S -
transferase GSTA2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3member A1 Aldh3a1) all showed increased expression
following TCDD exposure however marked differences
were observed with respect to the time of induction and doses
at which induction was observed CYP1A1 was increased at
all time points to a maximum of about 1000-fold at 6 h
following a dose of 40 Ag kg bw TCDD using RT-PCR
Vanden Heuvel et al (1994) previously reported that TCDD
increased relative CYP1A1 mRNA expression 4000- to
7000-fold following single doses of 1 and 10 Agkg bw
respectively CYP1A2 induction was approximately 100-fold
less than for CYP1A1 UGT1A67 mRNA expression was
increased 2- to 20-fold at all time points dependent on
probeset Here CYP1B1 induction was largely a high-dose
effect and not observed at the low dose at 6- or 24-h time
points in agreement with the suggestion that induction of
CYP1B1 is less sensitive to TCDD compared with
CYP1A1 at the protein level following acute exposure
to TCDD in rats (Santostefano et al 1997 Walker et al
1998) Walker et al (1999) also showed that the
constitutive expression of CYP1B1 in female rat liver
was much lower than that of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2
however the present results in male rats indicated that the
constitutive expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 were
comparable whereas basal expression of CYP1A2 was
higher than both CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 (Table 2) Effectson Aldh3a1 were likewise high-dose effects as were
altered expression of GSTA4 and GSTA2 mRNA
TCDD-induced wasting-altered intermediary
metabolism
TCDD-treated rats display a peculiar wasting syndrome
characterized by a 2- to 5-week period of decreased body
weight gain and hypophagia that has been suggested to
contribute to the ultimate lethality of TCDD The time-
course and dose-dependence of these events has previously
been characterized (Christian et al 1986 Kelling et al
Table 2 (continued )
Accession no Gene name Gene Veh 6 h 6 h 24 h 7 dayssymbol
04 40 04 40 04 40
ESTs
rc _ AA892799 _ s _ at EST196602 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
2262 Agrave21
rc _ AI169695 _ f _ at EST215591 Rattusnorvegicus cDNA
3426Agrave
22
rc _ AA799406 _ at EST188903 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
1340 Agrave21
rc _ AI169735 _ g _ at EST215634 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
6360 Agrave24
rc _ AA893634 _ at EST197437 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
438 23
rc _ AA892986 _ at EST196789 Rattus
norvegicus cDNA
391 Agrave39
Values at 6 h 24 h and 7 days represent fold-changes compared to corresponding vehicle control values following dosing with TCDD at 04 and 40 Agkg bw
Veh 6 h = mean expression in rat liver after Affymetrix scaling following vehicle (corn oil) only Expression of a probeset was considered altered by TCDD if
the change was z 2-fold compared to controls and the result was significant to P b 001 See Microarray data analysis
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
U88036 ID Rn00756233 _ m1) and Eukaryotic 18S rRNA endogenous control (accession no X03205 ID Hs99999901 _ s1)
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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1985 Peterson et al 1984 Seefeld et al 1984) Briefly
single doses of 5 and 15 Agkg bw TCDD were shown to
decrease body weight gain in SpraguendashDawley rats whereas
doses of 25 and 50 Agkg bw reduced body weight over a 35-
day monitoring period Progressive weight loss was
observed from the first few days following TCDD exposure
such that after 2 weeks rats treated at 50 Agkg bw had lost approximately 25 of their original body weight (Seefeld et
al 1984) Similarly Fischer F-344 rats exposed to 100 Ag
kg bw TCDD lost about 40ndash50 of their initial body weight
by day 14 (Kelling et al 1985) Lethality was observed from
about 2-weeks in both studies and continued to increase up
to around 5 weeks such that mortality was about 25 at 25
Agkg bw 75 at 50 Agkg bw and 95 at 100 Agkg bw
Pair-fed animals matched to TCDD-treated animals also
exhibited high rates of mortality but there appears to be
some species-specific differences in the contribution of
weight loss to acute lethality (Kelling et al 1985)
Associated with the wasting syndrome appears to be changesin parameters related to lipid carbohydrate and perhaps
though less studied nitrogen metabolism [for a comprehen-
sive review of early studies into TCDD-induced wasting the
reader is referred to Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto (1994)] The
overall picture of the effects of TCDD on intermediary
metabolism however has not been elucidated and is
complicated by contrasting results in separate studies and
incomparable study designs investigating vastly different
doses as well as time points While it is likely that many of
the previously identified genes and proteins are involved in
the bodyrsquos adaptation to TCDD insult there are probably
several hitherto unidentified genes involved Therefore gene
array technology offers a unique opportunity to gain insight
into the relationships between these genes at a particular time
point and also to identify other genes that could contribute to
the wasting syndrome
Hepatic lipid synthesis
Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) mRNA expression was
decreased 24-fold at 7 days (Agrave18 P b 001 at 6 h)
consistent with previous results that showed decreased Fasn
activity following TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al 1989)
These data therefore suggest that the effects of TCDD on
Fasn may be mediated at the level of transcription and
furthermore the early time point suggests that the effects of TCDD on Fasn could be a direct effect of the chemical and
not secondary to decreased feed intake On the other hand
acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression was not affected in this
study consistent with previous observations that decreased
acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity was not associated with
decreased protein levels (McKim et al 1991) Importantly
we also observed decreased expression of ATP citrate-lyase
(Acly) (approximately 3-fold) at 6 h and 7 days dependent
upon probeset (Table 2) Acly catalyzes citrate cleavage to
yield acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate thus supplying the
precursor for cytosolic lipogenesis Acly levels have been
shown to be dependent on diet markedly decreased by
starvation and induced by refeeding a high-carbohydrat e
low-fat diet (Elshourbagy et al 1990 Gibson et al 1972)
However similar to Fasn effects at the early time point
suggest that decreased expression of Acly could be
mediated by TCDD and not secondary to hypophagia
Acly inhibitors markedly decrease the synthesis of fatty
acids and cholesterol indicating a central role for Acly inhepatic de novo lipid synthesis (Pearce et al 1998
Sullivan et al 1974) These results therefore suggest that
decreased Acly expression could contribute to decreased
fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis observed in rats
following high-dose TCDD exposure (Lakshman et al
1988 1989) by limiting the availability of cytosolic
acetyl-CoA
Lipid metabolism and ketone body formation
TCDD exposure altered the expression of several hitherto
unidentified genes associated with lipid metabolism and
ketone body formation (Table 2) Peroxisomal acetyl-CoAacyltransferase 1 (Acaa1) which functions in theh-oxidation
of long chain fatty acids in peroxisomes [reviewed in
Mannaerts et al (2000)] was markedly increased at the high
doseat6h24hand7days(Table 2) Upregulation already at
6 h suggests that Acaa1 could be directly regulated by TCDD
and not secondary to changes elicited by TCDD-induced
hypophagia In addition carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
(CPT1) which is localized in the outer mitochondrial
membrane and is generally considered to be the rate limiting
enzyme for oxidation of long chain fatty acids in the liver
(McGarry and Brown 1997) was increased 36-fold at the
high-dose at 7 days Upregulation at 7 days only together
with results that have shown that CPT1 expression is
increased in response to starvation (McGarry and Brown
1997 Louet et al 2002) suggests that the effect may be due
to decreased food intake in TCDD-treated rats Regardless
upregulation of CPT1 suggests that 7 days following TCDD-
dosing high-dose rats were in a ketotic state and that free
fatty acids should be undergoing h-oxidation This hypoth-
esis is consistent with previous studies that have shown
TCDD treated rats had lower respiratory quotients than did
pair-fed rats approximately 2ndash3 weeks after dosing (Muzi et
al 1989 Potter et al 1986) suggesting greater utilization of
fat for energy Similarly respiratory quotients were decreased
in chicken embryos exposed to TCDD (Lentnek et al 1991)These changes occurred entirely independent of food intake
thus demonstrating that TCDD alters intermediary metabo-
lism independent of hypophagia On the other hand other
investigators have found that fatty acid oxidation was
unchanged in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions in
the livers of male Fischer F344 rats exposed to 160 Agkg bw
TCDD versus controls fed ad libitum (Tomaszewski et al
1988) Similarly h-oxidation was normal in livers of rats
given 20 Agkg bw TCDD (Lakshman et al 1991) In
addition the ketogenic rate was increased from fatty acids but
decreased from glycerol The authors interpreted the decrease
in the hepatic ketogenic rate from glycerol as suggestive of
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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altered activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
Although we found no effect of TCDD on the expression of
pyruvate dehydrogenase pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
(Pdk2) expression was decreased up to 33-fold (depend-
ent on probe set) at the high dose at 7 days (19-fold P b
001 at 24 h) Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases inactivate
pyruvate dehydrogenase decreasing the synthesis of acetyl-CoA thus preserving three carbon substrates for
gluconeogenesis Therefore this result should seemingly
favor activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
and suggests a potential novel target that could contribute
to TCDD-inhibited gluconeogenesis
Although decreased Pdk2 expression decreased fatty acid
synthesis and increased h-oxidation of fatty acids could be
expected to result in increased substrate for ketone body
production expression of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-meth-
ylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (Hmgcs2) was decreased approx-
imately 2-fold compared to controls at 24 h (Agrave18 P b 001)
and 7 days This enzyme is responsible for production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA produced inside the mito-
chondria Altered expression of mitochondrial Hmgcs2 may
thus explain the previously observed decrease in circulating
ketone bodies in the plasma of TCDD-treated rats (Christian
et al 1986 Sweatlock and Gasiewicz 1985) A failure to
increase ketone body formation in cases of decreased food
intakestarvation would constitute an inappropriate r esponse
to reduced caloric intake Indeed Serra et al (1993) showed
that starvation (24 h) increased both mRNA levels (c4-fold)
and the amount of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA syn-
thase protein (c2-fold) It may then be suggested that the
failure of the liver to respond appropriately to decreased food
intake through the synthesis of ketone bodies could contrib-
ute to the wasting syndrome and thus TCDD-induced
lethality In particular this result which showed Hmgcs2
expression is not increased but actually decreased compared
to ad libitum fed controls suggests that decreased Hmgcs2
expression may play an important role in this process
Cholesterol metabolism and bile acid transport
CYP7A1 mRNA expression was persistently and mark-
edly decreased at 6 h 24 h (Agrave51 fold ns P = 0012) and 7
days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw TCDD (Table 2)
Subsequently RT-PCR on independent samples showed a
dose-dependent and approximate 6-fold decrease inCYP7A1 expression following a dose of 100 Agkg bw
TCDD however large standard deviations in controls
precluded a statistically significant result (Fig 1a) CYP7A1
is the rate limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of
cholesterol into bile acids representing one of the major
pathways for disposal of cholesterol in mammals (Russell
and Setchell 1992) Dietary cholesterol induces both
CYP7A1 mRNA expression and activity (Jelinek et al
1990 Russell and Setchell 1992) In contrast bile acids
have been shown to decrease CYP7A1 expression and
activity (Jelinek et al 1990) The mechanisms of this
inhibitory pathway have only recently been delineated
whereby bile acids bind to the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)
an orphan nuclear receptor that heterodimerizes with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) (Makishima et al 1999 Parks et
al 1999 Wang et al 1999a) An activated FXR then
induces expression of the short heterodimer partner orphan
nuclear receptor (SHP) which interacts with the liver
receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) repressing the transcriptionof CYP7A1 (Goodwin et al 2000 Lu et al 2000)
Furthermore induction of SHP eventually represses the
SHP promoter itself (Lu et al 2000) In this study
expression of both FXR and SHP were markedly decreased
FXR was downregulated approximately 2-fold at 6 h and 7
days whereas SHP was downregulated 22-f old (ns) at 6 h
and 36-fold at 24 h and 7 days (Table 2) Confirmatory
analyses by RT-PCR showed that FXR expression was
decreased approximately 2-fold at 100 Agkg bw and
slightly but significantly at 10 Agkg bw (Fig 1 b)
Likewise SHP mRNA expression was decreased approx-
imately 10-fold at 100 Agkg bw (Fig 1c) SHP is an orphannuclear receptor that lacks a DNA- binding domain but
contains a ligand binding domain (Seol et al 1996) In
addition to its role in bile acid synthesis SHP has been
shown to suppress the transcriptional activity of retinoid
estrogen and thyroid hormone receptors (Goodwin et al
2000 Johansson et al 1999 Masuda et al 1997 Seol et
al 1996 1998) thereby functioning as a general repressor
of nuclear receptor function Furthermore in vitro SHP has
been shown to suppress TCDD-induced reporter activity
from CYP1A1 and UGT1A6 gene promoters (Klinge et al
2001) Therefore identification of SHP as a target for
transcriptional regulation by TCDD in vivo has significant
potential to explain aspects of TCDD-toxicity
In addition to the roles outlined above SHP gene
activation has also been shown to correlate with bile acid
induced down-regulation of Ntcp by a mechanism sug-
gested to involve FXR dependent suppression of the Ntcp
RARRXR response element (Denson et al 2001) In this
study expression of Ntcp the principal hepatic basolateral
bile salt transporter was also found to be downregulated
approximately 17- and 2-fold at the high dose at 24 h and 7
days using microarray (Table 2) Using RT-PCR analyses
we confirmed significantly decreased Ntcp expression at 10
and 100 Agkg bw 3 days after TCDD exposure (Fig 1d) It
is interesting that Ntcp which is inducible by retinoidsshould be downregulated in rat liver following acute dose
TCDD-treatment which increased hepatic retinoic acid
levels in these rat livers (Schmidt et al 2003) These
results may therefore suggest that TCDD could influence
retinoid-dependent expression of Ntcp an event that has
been observed for other genes including transglutaminase in
vitro (Krig et al 2002)
Slc21a5 (oatp2) mRNA expression was decreased at 24 h
and 7 days (Agrave32 and Agrave29 fold respectively) RT-PCR
analysis confirmed down-regulation of oatp2 at 10 and 100
Agkg bw the change at the high-dose approximately 8-fold
(Fig 1e) Oatp2 is localized to the basolateral membrane of
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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hepatocytes and is predominately expressed in perivenous
pericentral hepatocytes (Kakyo et al 1999 Reichel et al
1999) This membrane transport protein carries a widevariety of structurally unrelated compounds including bile
salts (Kullak-Ublick et al 2000 Meier et al 1997) and has
a particularly high affinity for the cardiac glycosides
ouabain and digoxin ( Noe et al 1997 Reichel et al
1999) This result showing markedly decreased oatp2
mRNA expression contrasts to that of Guo et al (2002)
where a single dose of 39 Agkg bw markedly decreased
oatp2 protein levels but mRNA levels were unaffected
Regardless decreased oatp2 protein expression and altered
transcriptional regulation could contribute to the well
known decreased transport of ouabain into bile following
TCDD exposure (Yang et al 1977)
Therefore together these data showing decreased expres-
sion of CYP7A1 FXR SHP Ntcp and oatp2 imply marked
alterations to cholesterol metabolism bile acid synthesis andtransport Decreased CYP7A1 expression andor activity has
previously been associated with increased circulating cho-
lesterol levels in CYP7A1 knockout mice (Erickson et al
2003) a strain of hyperlipidemic rats (Brassil et al 1998)
and humans with a dysfunctional CYP7A1 gene (Pullinger et
al 2002) Therefore these results offer a likely explanation
for increased cholesterol observed in serum following TCDD
exposure (Table 1)
In addition decreased expression of CYP7A1 and Ntcp
may suggest altered concentrations of signaling bile acids in
the liver Indeed previous studies have shown that the
expression of both CYP7A1 and Ntcp are downregulated
Fig 1 CYP7A1 (a) FXR (b) SHP (c) Ntcp (d) and oatp2 (e) mRNA expression relative to 18S RNA in rat liver 3 days following exposure to 0 10 and 100
Agkg bw TCDD (n = 6) Statistical analyses were as described in Materials and methods Indicates significantly different from controls at P b 005 Primers
and probes were supplied by Applied Biosystems CYP7A1 (accession no J05460 ID Rn00564065 _ m1) FXR (accession no U18374 ID Rn00572658 _ ml)
SHP short heterodimer partner (accession no D86580 ID Rn00589173 _ m1) Ntcp (accession no M77479 ID Rn00566894 _ m1) and oatp2 (accession no
U88036 ID Rn00756233 _ m1) and Eukaryotic 18S rRNA endogenous control (accession no X03205 ID Hs99999901 _ s1)
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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following exposure to bile acids (Jelinek et al 1990 Sinal et
al 2000) Furthermore increased serum bile acid concen-
trations were observed in earlier studies following exposure
to compounds that elicit TCDD-like toxicity (Brewster et al
1988a 1988b Couture et al 1988) whereas other studies
showed that bile flow was decreased in a dose-dependent
manner from the liver of TCDD-treated rats (Yang et al1977 1983) Since bile acids are well-known hepatotoxins
this pathway may thus represent a novel mechanism to
explain TCDD-induced liver toxicity In addition recent
evidence showing that ursodeoxycholic acid an antichole-
static drug conferred a remarkable resistance to TCDD-
induced body weight loss in mice (Kwon et al 2004) and
bile acids are potent suppressors of phosphoenolpyruvat e
carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression (De Fabiani et al 2003)
suggest that altered bile acid synthesis and transport could
contribute to the wasting syndrome In terms of metabolic
significance it may be pointed out that changes related to
cholesterol metabolism occurred relatively early (already at 6 h) in comparison to other well-established metabolic
changes assumed critical in TCDD-induced toxicity (ie
inhibition of PEPCK and pyruvate carboxylase (Pc) expres-
sion) Further analyses of CYP7A1 FXR and SHP protein
levels are ongoing to clarify the role of these proteins in
altered cholesterol metabolism and bile acid synthesis
following TCDD exposure
Carbohydrate metabolism
Expression of glucokinase the enzyme responsible for
conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate was de-
creased approximately 3-fold at 6 h and 7 days Gluco-
kinase mRNA expression has previously been shown to be
downregulated in cases of feed deprivation (Chauhan and
Dakshinamurti 1991) but the marked early effects suggest
that the effect of TCDD on glucokinase expression may be a
direct effect of chemical exposure In addition the hepato-
cyte-specific glucokinase promoter appears to be under
complex hormonal control Insulin increases glucokinase
expression whereas glucagon decreases glucokinase gene
transcription (Iynedjian et al 1989) Thyroid hormone
biotin and retinoic acid have also been shown to influence
glucokinase mRNA expression ( Narkewicz et al 1990
Chauhan and Dakshinamurti 1991 Decaux et al 1997
Cabrera-Valladares et al 2001) In the serum TCDD has been shown to decrease insulin levels (Potter et al 1983)
whereas in vitro studies have shown that nuclear protein
binding to a T3-responsive element is increased but
decreased to a retinoic acid-responsive element in guinea
pig liver (Ashida and Matsumura 1998) Therefore it is
possible that the effects of TCDD on the glucokinase
promoter following TCDD exposure may be a complex
multifactoral event The expression of glucose-6-phospha-
tase transport protein 1 (G6pt1) mRNA was decreased
approximately 25-fold at the 24-h and 7-day time points
(two probe sets Table 2) The function of this gene in the rat
remains to be determined but G6pt1 is a putative homologue
of human glucose-6-phosphate translocase which has been
associated with glycogen storage disease (Gerin et al 1997
Lin et al 1998) This gene codes for a transmembrane
protein that purportedly transports glucose-6-phosphate to
the inner lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the
active site of glucose-6-phosphatase is positioned (Pan et al
1998 Chen et al 2000) It seems plausible then that alteredexpression of G6pt1 could influence glucose-6-phosphatase
activity which has also previously been shown t o b e
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure (Weber et
al 1991a) Therefore together these results showing
persistent changes to the regulation of glucokinase and
G6pt1 suggest further novel mechanisms to explain altered
glucose and glycogen production in the liver of TCDD-
treated rats
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) the key
regulatory enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway was
increased 33-fold and 35-fold at 24 h and 7 days
respectively In addition to hormonal regulation it has been suggested that G6pd could be responsive to oxidative
stress with the ability to rapidly meet the need to maintain
cellular redox state (Kletzien et al 1994) For example
hepatic G6pd has also been shown to be induced by
chemicals that induce oxidative stress including diquat and
thioacetamide (Cramer et al 1995 Diez-Fernandez et al
1996) as well as common substances such as alcohol
(Stumpo and Kletzien 1985) Likewise Hori et al (1997)
showed that G6pd activity was increased in mice and rats
following PCB126 exposure In addition expression of
mRNA for malic enzyme another NADPH generating
enzyme was markedly increased at 24 h and 7 days
Increased mRNA expression of malic enzyme was con-
sistent with increased hepatic malic enzyme activity that
has previously been observed in TCDD-treated rats but
only in the presence of thyroid hormone (Kelling et al
1987 Roth et al 1988 Schuur et al 1997) therefore
these results suggest that TCDD may affect malic enzyme
at the level of transcription Another enzyme crucial for the
flux of carbohydrate through the pentose phosphate path-
way transketolase was downregulated 25 and 18 times
(ns data not shown) at the high doses at 7 days and 24 h
respectively Transketolase catalyzes the transformation of
xylulose 5-phosphate and ribose 5-phosphate into sedo-
heptulose 7-phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphatewhich are then integrated into the glycolytic pathway
Similar to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase PCB126
has also been shown to decrease transketolase activity at
doses sufficient to induce wasting (Ishii et al 2001)
Further minor changes (b2-fold) were observed in the
glycolytic pathway at the high dose at 7 days Therefore
together the effects described above appear to suggest a
shift away from liver glycogen synthesis and the classical
glycolytic pathway with perhaps more carbon units directed
towards the pentose phosphate pathway in order to obtain
reducing equivalents such that a cellular redox state can be
maintained
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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Nitrogen metabolism
Exposure to TCDD at 40 Agkg bw altered the expres-
sion of several genes associated with amino acid metabo-
lismnitrogen balance The changes consisted predominately
of down-regulation and occurred mainly at or following
the 24-h time period (Table 2) Significantly altered
expression of genes coding for amino acid metabolizingenzymes was not unexpected given previous studies that
have shown markedly altered levels of circulating levels of
amino acids in TCDD-treated rats (Christian et al 1986
Viluksela et al 1999) However together these results
which show substantial changes to expression of amino acid
metabolizing enzymes several of which are directly
involved in gluconeogenesis suggest that altered degrada-
tion of amino acids to form glutamate could contribute to
inhibited gluconeogenesis in TCDD-treated animals
Accordingly it is the failure to maintain gluconeogenesis
that has received most attention as a possible cause of
TCDD-induced lethality Much of the focus has beendirected towards the inhibition of PEPCK the expression
andor activity of which has repeatedly been shown to be
decreased following TCDD exposure (Stahl et al 1993
Weber et al 1991a 1991b 1995 Viluksela et al 1995)
Likewise herein PEPCK mRNA expression was decreased
approximately 3- and 4-fold at 24 h and 7 days Interest-
ingly PEPCK expression was not affected at 6 h suggesting
that the TCDD-elicited change in PEPCK expression may
be due to secondary or other metabolic changes Likewise
Pc mRNA expression was decreased approximately 2-fold
at 24 h and 7-days following exposure to 40 Agkg bw
TCDD suggesting similarly that changes to Pc expression
may not be directly regulated by TCDD but secondary to
some other metabolic changes Decreased Pc expression in
addition to playing a role in decreased gluconeogenesis
could also contribute to decreased substrate export to the
cytosol for lipogenesis
Together these results showing marked changes to the
mRNA expression of several amino acid metabolizing
enzymes in addition to key enzymes of gluconeogenesis
as well as lipid and carbohydrate metabolism suggest that
the wasting syndrome is a complex multifactoral event In
that regard they are consistent with studies in different
species or strains that thus far have failed to identify a single
enzyme that can adequately explain different sensitivities toTCDD-induced wasting and lethality (Unkila et al 1995
Viluksela et al 1999 Weber et al 1995) Investigation of
changes at the substrate and protein level could help further
elucidate the pertinent changes in gene expression relevant
to TCDD-induced wasting
The retinoid pathway
TCDD has been shown to elicit widespread disruption
to retinoid homeostasis including decreased accumulation
of hepatic retinyl esters enhanced mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and increased metabolism and excretion of
retinoid species [reviewed in Nilsson and Hakansson
(2002)] Using kinetic analyses Kelley et al (1998
2000) predicted that the initial event in TCDD-altered
retinoid homeostasis was the mobilization of hepatic
retinoids and secretion into the plasma This result implies
that metabolism of retinyl esters by retinyl ester hydrolases
or carboxylesterases could be an initiating event in TCDD-
altered retinoid homeostasis Regardless investigation of retinyl ester hydrolase activities in rat liver following
TCDD exposure has revealed no differences from controls
( Nilsson et al 2000) which may imply that retinoid
homeostasis is disrupted downstream in the pathway or
that other carboxylesterase enzymes could be involved
In this study a number of probesets for carboxylesterase
enzymes were markedly down regulated The expression of
D50580 which was recently shown to metabolise retinyl
palmitate (Sanghani et al 2002) was decreased about 6- and
7-fold respectively at 7 days following low- and high-doses
respectively the results significant at P b 005 (data not
shown) Likewise esterase 2 (ES2) expression wasdecreased up to 52-fold at 7 days ES2 is secreted from
the liver (Alexson et al 1994) and is likely to play a role in
the metabolism of retinyl esters (Sun et al 1997) It has
therefore been suggested that ES2 could play a role in the
metabolism of retinyl esters in the space of Disse although
t here is no dir ect evidence to support this hypothesis
(Harrison 2000) There were no significant effects on the
expression of lipoprotein lipase hepatic lipase or carboxyl
ester lipase which have also been suggested to be involved in
retinyl ester metabolism Thus these results which show
decreased expression of carboxylesterases offer little
explanation of the early and low-dose TCDD-dependent
depletion of hepatic retinyl esters
Likewise there were few other significant effects in the
retinoid-metabolizing pathway including Raldh1a2 for
which the mouse promoter has been shown to contain
DREs (Wang et al 2001) Together these results indicating
no significant changes to the transcription of putatively
specific retinoid metabolizing enzymes serve to strengthen
the hypothesis that TCDD-induced hepatic retinoid deple-
tion could be mediated by TCDD-induced metabolizing
enzymes such as CYP1A12 or perhaps UGT1A67
enzymes CYP1A1 has been shown to metabolize various
retinoid species there are no data to date on the activity of
UGT1A67 on retinoid species but increased retinoidglucuronidation has previously been observed following
TCDD exposure (Bank et al 1989) Interestingly how-
ever the Affymetrix U34A chip does not contain a probe
for lecithin retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) an important
mediator of hepatic retinyl ester levels and likely to play a
central role in decreased hepatic retinyl ester concentra-
tions following TCDD exposure ( Nilsson et al 1996)
Another interesting and previously unreported effect
was the 2-fold induction of RXR g at 6 h following high-dose
TCDD exposure A second probeset also showed significant
increases in RXR g expression but the results failed to
achieve the 2-fold cut-off On the basis of these data it is too
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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early to speculate as to the relevance of increased RXR g
expression but changes in the number and types of receptors
in the cell could lead to changes in pattern of gene expression
following exposure to both RXR ligands and ligands for
r eceptors that form heterodimeric complexes with the RXR
(Ahuja et al 2003)
Heme synthesis
High-dose TCDD exposure resulted in a marked reduction
in the expression of aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 (ALAS1)
and aminolevulinic acid synthase 2 (ALAS2) at 7 days Early
studies showed that TCDD either increased or had no effect
on ALAS activity (Goldstein et al 1973 Woods 1973)
therefore the relevance of decreased mRNA expression
observed herein is unclear Interestingly genes coding for the
alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin were also markedly
decreased following high-dose TCDD exposure at 7 days
These results would appear to be in contrast with clinicalchemistry results that showed slightly increased serum
hemoglobin at all time points and red blood cell concentration
at 7 days A possible explanation for increased values for
hemoglobin hematocrit and red blood cells at early time
point s following TCDD exposure could be hemoconcentra-
tion (Pohjanvirta and Tuomisto 1994)
Cytoskeleton
The expression of several cytoskeletal genes was found to
be altered following high-dose TCDD treatment With the
exception of microtubule-associated proteins 1A1B light
chain 3 (MPL3) changes were only observed at the 7-day
time point A marked upregulation of microtubule-associated
protein (1A1B) already at 6h (33-fold compared to control)
suggests that this gene may be directly regulated by the AhR-
TCDD complex To date however the function of this gene
has not been well characterized in the liver and its relevance
to TCDD-induced liver toxicity remains unknown
Transcription factors
A total of 10 probesets representing nine genes coding
for proteins that function as transcription factors showed
altered expression following TCDD treatment (Table 2)Among these nrf2 was upregulated at 6 h at both the low
and high dose as well as at the high-dose at latter time
points Previously in cell studies nrf2 has been suggested to
function as a mediator of TCDD-induced Nqo1 and super-
oxide dismutase induction (Ma et al 2004 Park and Rho
2002) These results indicating early- and low-dose induc-
tion of nrf2 in rat liver further suggest that nrf2 induction is
a sensitive marker of TCDD exposure Interestingly low-
dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of Onecut1
Nfix and Klf9 at the low dose at 6 h but not at other time
points or doses While altered expression of transcription
factors could be among the earliest effects of TCDD
exposure and direct subsequent signaling processes the
relevance of these changes is questionable given that affects
were observed only at the low-dose and at one time point
Membrane proteins
High-dose TCDD exposure altered the expression of avariety of genes which code for membrane-bound proteins
associated with cellular transport exocytosis and cell
adhesion categorized collectively herein as membrane bound
proteins (Table 2) ATPase Na+K + transporting alpha 1
(Atp1a1) was downregulated on two probesets at the high-
dose at 7 days (Agrave31 Agrave27) whereas ATPase Na+K +trans-
porting beta polypeptide 3 (Atp1b3) was upregulated 29-
fold Interestingly TCDD also downregulated the expression
of FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 1
(FXYD1) which has been shown to associate with different
alpha and beta isoforms of NaK pumps (Geering et al
2003) and modulate their transport activities thereby it has been speculated that FXYD1 could play important roles in
maintenance of cellular volume and muscular contraction
(Crambert et al 2002) Therefore these represent novel
changes that may be associated with decreased hepatic NaK
ATPase activities and he patic plasma membrane function
observed in early studies (Matsumura et al 1984 Peterson et
al 1979)
Summary
Low-dose (04 Agkg bw) TCDD exposure elicited
altered expression of genes typically associated with phase
I and phase II metabolism However in addition the
expression of Gadd45a and Cyclin D1 were altered already
6 h after low-dose exposure suggesting that TCDD affects
genes associated with cell cycle control even following
single low-dose exposure At the high-dose widespread
changes in expression were observed for genes encoding
proteins involved in multiple cellular functions In this
study we focused primarily on genes involved with
functions in intermediary metabolism in order to further
elucidate genes and pathways associated with TCDD-
induced wasting In that respect we found broad changes
to genes coding for enzymes associated with lipid
carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism suggesting that TCDD-induced wasting is likely a complex adaptive effect
to chemical insult Furthermore the work herein identifies
changes to genes encoding proteins critical to the metabo-
lism of cholesterol bile acid synthesis and bile acid
transport These results have the potential to explain altered
cholesterol metabolism following TCDD exposure and
suggest markedly altered synthesis and transport of bile
acids following TCDD exposure We furthermore suggest
that altered expression of genes in this pathway may be
indicative of altered bile acid mediated signaling in the liver
and thus may contribute a significant mechanism of TCDD-
induced hepatotoxicity
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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Acknowledgments
This study has been carried out with financial support
from the Commission of the European Communities
specific RTD projects Bonetox (EU-QLK-CT-02-02528)
and CASCADE (FOOD-CT-2003-506319) It does not
necessarily reflect its views and in no way anticipates theCommissions future policy in this area The work was also
supported by funds from the Swedish Council for Environ-
ment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FOR-
MAS grant no 2102003-1135 Etapp2)
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B Stieger B Kamisako T Meier PJ 1999 Localization and
function of the organic anion-transporting polypeptide Oatp2 in rat
liver Gastroenterology 117 688ndash 695
Roth W Voorman R Aust SD 1988 Activity of thyroid hormone-
inducible enzymes following treatment with 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-
p-dioxin Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 92 65ndash74
Rushmore TH King RG Paulson KE Pickett CB 1990 Regulation
of glutathione S-transferase Ya subunit gene expression identificationof a unique xenobiotic-responsive element controlling inducible
expression by planar aromatic compounds Proc Natl Acad Sci
USA 87 3826ndash3830
Russell DW Setchell KD 1992 Bile acid biosynthesis Biochemistry
31 4737ndash4749
Sanghani SP Davis WI Dumaual NG Mahrenholz A Bosron WF
2002 Identification of microsomal rat liver carboxylesterases and their
activity with retinyl palmitate Eur J Biochem 269 4387ndash4398
Santostefano MJ Ross DG Savas U Jefcoate CR Birnbaum LS
1997 Differential time-course and dosendashresponse relationships of
TCDD-induced CYP1B1 CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 proteins in rats
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 233 20 ndash 24
Schmidt JV Bradfield CA 1996 Ah receptor signaling pathways
Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 12 55ndash89
Schmidt CK Hoegberg P Fletcher N Nilsson CB Trossvik CHakansson H Nau H 2003 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
(TCDD) alters the endogenous metabolism of all-trans-retinoic acid in
the rat Arch Toxicol 77 371ndash383
Schuur AG Boekhorst FM Brouwer A Visser TJ 1997 Extra-
thyroidal effects of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on thyroid
hormone turnover in male SpraguendashDawley rats Endocrinology 138
3727ndash3734
Seefeld MD Corbett SW Keesey RE Peterson RE 1984
Characterization of the wasting syndrome in rats treated with 2378-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 73 311ndash 322
Seol W Choi HS Moore DD 1996 An orphan nuclear hormone
receptor that lacks a DNA binding domain and heterodimerizes with
other receptors Science 272 1336ndash1339
Seol W Hanstein B Brown M Moore DD 1998 Inhibition of
estrogen receptor action by the orphan receptor SHP (short heterodimer partner) Mol Endocrinol 12 1551ndash1557
Serra D Casals N Asins G Royo T Ciudad CJ Hegardt FG
1993 Regulation of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coen-
zyme A synthase protein by starvation fat feeding and diabetes Arch
Biochem Biophys 307 40ndash 45
Sheikh MS Hollander MC Fornance Jr AJ 2000 Role of Gadd45 in
apoptosis Biochem Pharmacol 59 43ndash45
Sinal CJ Tohkin M Miyata M Ward JM Lambert G Gonzalez
FJ 2000 Targeted disruption of the nuclear receptor FXRBAR
impairs bile acid and lipid homeostasis Cell 102 731ndash744
Stahl BU Beer DG Weber LW Rozman K 1993 Reduction of
hepatic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) activity by
2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is due to decreased mRNA
levels Toxicology 79 81ndash95
N Fletcher et al Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 207 (2005) 1ndash24 23
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Stumpo DJ Kletzien RF 1985 The effect of ethanol alone and in
combination with the glucocorticoids and insulin on glucose-6-
phosphate dehydrogenase synthesis and mRNA in primary cultures of
hepatocytes Biochem J 226 123ndash 130
Sullivan AC Triscari J Hamilton JG Miller ON Wheatley VR
1974 Effect of (Agrave)-hydroxycitrate upon the accumulation of lipid in the
rat I Lipogenesis Lipids 9 121ndash128
Sun G Alexson SE Harrison EH 1997 Purification and character-ization of a neutral bile salt-independent retinyl ester hydrolase from rat
liver microsomes Relationship to rat carboxylesterase ES-2 J Biol
Chem 272 24488ndash 24493
Sweatlock JA Gasiewicz TA 1985 The effect of TCDD exposure on
the concentration of ketone bodies in the rat Toxicologist 5 64
Takimoto K Lindahl R Dunn TJ Pitot HC 1994 Structure of the 5 V
flanking region of class 3 aldehyde dehydrogenase in the rat Arch
Biochem Biophys 312 539ndash546
Tomaszewski KE Montgomery CA Melnick RL 1988 Modulation
of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin toxicity in F344 rats by di(2-
ethylhexyl)phthalate Chem-Biol Interact 65 205ndash 222
Unkila M Ruotsalainen M PohjanvirtaR Viluksela M MacDonald E
Tuomisto JT Rozman K Tuomisto J 1995 Effect of 2378-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on tryptophan and glucose homeo-
stasis in the most TCDD-susceptible and the most TCDD-resistant species guinea pigs and hamsters Arch Toxicol 69 677 ndash 683
Vanden Heuvel JP Clark GC Kohn MC Tritscher AM Greenlee
WF Lucier GW Bell DA 1994 Dioxin-responsive genes
examination of dosendashresponse relationships using quantitative reverse
transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction Cancer Res 54 62ndash68
Viluksela M Stahl BU Rozman KK 1995 Tissue-specific effects of
2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on the activity of phos-
phoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) in rats Toxicol Appl
Pharmacol 135 308ndash 315
Viluksela M Unkila M Pohjanvirta R Tuomisto JT Stahl BU
Rozman KK Tuomisto J 1999 Effects of 2378-tetrachlorodi-
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(PEPCK) activity glucose homeostasis and plasma amino acid
concentrations in the most TCDD-susceptible and the most TCDD-
resistant rat strains Arch Toxicol 73 323ndash 336Walker NJ Crofts FG Li Y Lax SF Hayes CL Strickland PT
Lucier GW Sutter TR 1998 Induction and localization of
cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1 protein in the livers of TCDD-treated
rats detection using polyclonal antibodies raised to histidine-tagged
fusion proteins produced and purified from bacteria Carcinogenesis 19
395ndash402
Walker NJ Portier CJ Lax SF Crofts FG Li Y Lucier GW
Sutter TR 1999 Characterization of the dose-response of CYP1B1
CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 in the liver of female SpraguendashDawley rats
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Reichel C Gao B Van Montfoort J Cattori V Rahner C Hagenbuch
B Stieger B Kamisako T Meier PJ 1999 Localization and
function of the organic anion-transporting polypeptide Oatp2 in rat
liver Gastroenterology 117 688ndash 695
Roth W Voorman R Aust SD 1988 Activity of thyroid hormone-
inducible enzymes following treatment with 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-
p-dioxin Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 92 65ndash74
Rushmore TH King RG Paulson KE Pickett CB 1990 Regulation
of glutathione S-transferase Ya subunit gene expression identificationof a unique xenobiotic-responsive element controlling inducible
expression by planar aromatic compounds Proc Natl Acad Sci
USA 87 3826ndash3830
Russell DW Setchell KD 1992 Bile acid biosynthesis Biochemistry
31 4737ndash4749
Sanghani SP Davis WI Dumaual NG Mahrenholz A Bosron WF
2002 Identification of microsomal rat liver carboxylesterases and their
activity with retinyl palmitate Eur J Biochem 269 4387ndash4398
Santostefano MJ Ross DG Savas U Jefcoate CR Birnbaum LS
1997 Differential time-course and dosendashresponse relationships of
TCDD-induced CYP1B1 CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 proteins in rats
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 233 20 ndash 24
Schmidt JV Bradfield CA 1996 Ah receptor signaling pathways
Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 12 55ndash89
Schmidt CK Hoegberg P Fletcher N Nilsson CB Trossvik CHakansson H Nau H 2003 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
(TCDD) alters the endogenous metabolism of all-trans-retinoic acid in
the rat Arch Toxicol 77 371ndash383
Schuur AG Boekhorst FM Brouwer A Visser TJ 1997 Extra-
thyroidal effects of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on thyroid
hormone turnover in male SpraguendashDawley rats Endocrinology 138
3727ndash3734
Seefeld MD Corbett SW Keesey RE Peterson RE 1984
Characterization of the wasting syndrome in rats treated with 2378-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 73 311ndash 322
Seol W Choi HS Moore DD 1996 An orphan nuclear hormone
receptor that lacks a DNA binding domain and heterodimerizes with
other receptors Science 272 1336ndash1339
Seol W Hanstein B Brown M Moore DD 1998 Inhibition of
estrogen receptor action by the orphan receptor SHP (short heterodimer partner) Mol Endocrinol 12 1551ndash1557
Serra D Casals N Asins G Royo T Ciudad CJ Hegardt FG
1993 Regulation of mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coen-
zyme A synthase protein by starvation fat feeding and diabetes Arch
Biochem Biophys 307 40ndash 45
Sheikh MS Hollander MC Fornance Jr AJ 2000 Role of Gadd45 in
apoptosis Biochem Pharmacol 59 43ndash45
Sinal CJ Tohkin M Miyata M Ward JM Lambert G Gonzalez
FJ 2000 Targeted disruption of the nuclear receptor FXRBAR
impairs bile acid and lipid homeostasis Cell 102 731ndash744
Stahl BU Beer DG Weber LW Rozman K 1993 Reduction of
hepatic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) activity by
2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is due to decreased mRNA
levels Toxicology 79 81ndash95
N Fletcher et al Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 207 (2005) 1ndash24 23
882019 2005 Micro Array Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2005-micro-array-study 2424
Stumpo DJ Kletzien RF 1985 The effect of ethanol alone and in
combination with the glucocorticoids and insulin on glucose-6-
phosphate dehydrogenase synthesis and mRNA in primary cultures of
hepatocytes Biochem J 226 123ndash 130
Sullivan AC Triscari J Hamilton JG Miller ON Wheatley VR
1974 Effect of (Agrave)-hydroxycitrate upon the accumulation of lipid in the
rat I Lipogenesis Lipids 9 121ndash128
Sun G Alexson SE Harrison EH 1997 Purification and character-ization of a neutral bile salt-independent retinyl ester hydrolase from rat
liver microsomes Relationship to rat carboxylesterase ES-2 J Biol
Chem 272 24488ndash 24493
Sweatlock JA Gasiewicz TA 1985 The effect of TCDD exposure on
the concentration of ketone bodies in the rat Toxicologist 5 64
Takimoto K Lindahl R Dunn TJ Pitot HC 1994 Structure of the 5 V
flanking region of class 3 aldehyde dehydrogenase in the rat Arch
Biochem Biophys 312 539ndash546
Tomaszewski KE Montgomery CA Melnick RL 1988 Modulation
of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin toxicity in F344 rats by di(2-
ethylhexyl)phthalate Chem-Biol Interact 65 205ndash 222
Unkila M Ruotsalainen M PohjanvirtaR Viluksela M MacDonald E
Tuomisto JT Rozman K Tuomisto J 1995 Effect of 2378-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on tryptophan and glucose homeo-
stasis in the most TCDD-susceptible and the most TCDD-resistant species guinea pigs and hamsters Arch Toxicol 69 677 ndash 683
Vanden Heuvel JP Clark GC Kohn MC Tritscher AM Greenlee
WF Lucier GW Bell DA 1994 Dioxin-responsive genes
examination of dosendashresponse relationships using quantitative reverse
transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction Cancer Res 54 62ndash68
Viluksela M Stahl BU Rozman KK 1995 Tissue-specific effects of
2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on the activity of phos-
phoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) in rats Toxicol Appl
Pharmacol 135 308ndash 315
Viluksela M Unkila M Pohjanvirta R Tuomisto JT Stahl BU
Rozman KK Tuomisto J 1999 Effects of 2378-tetrachlorodi-
benzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on liver phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(PEPCK) activity glucose homeostasis and plasma amino acid
concentrations in the most TCDD-susceptible and the most TCDD-
resistant rat strains Arch Toxicol 73 323ndash 336Walker NJ Crofts FG Li Y Lax SF Hayes CL Strickland PT
Lucier GW Sutter TR 1998 Induction and localization of
cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1 protein in the livers of TCDD-treated
rats detection using polyclonal antibodies raised to histidine-tagged
fusion proteins produced and purified from bacteria Carcinogenesis 19
395ndash402
Walker NJ Portier CJ Lax SF Crofts FG Li Y Lucier GW
Sutter TR 1999 Characterization of the dose-response of CYP1B1
CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 in the liver of female SpraguendashDawley rats
following chronic exposure to 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 154 279ndash286
Wang H Chen J Hollister K Sowers LC Forman BM 1999a
Endogenous bile acids are ligands for the nuclear receptor FXRBAR
Mol Cell 3 543ndash553
Wang XW Zhan Q Coursen JD Khan MA Kontny HU Yu L
Hollander MC OrsquoConnor PM Fornace Jr AJ Harris CC
1999b GADD45 induction of a G2M cell cycle checkpoint Proc Natl
Acad Sci USA 96 3706ndash3711
Wang X Sperkova Z Napoli JL 2001 Analysis of mouse retinaldehydrogenase type 2 promoter and expression Genomics 74
245ndash250
Weber LW Lebofsky M Greim H Rozman K 1991a Key enzymes of
gluconeogenesis are dose-dependently reduced in 2378-tetrachlorodi-
benzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-treated rats Arch Toxicol 65 119 ndash 123
Weber LW Lebofsky M Stahl BU Gorski JR Muzi G Rozman
K 1991b Reduced activities of key enzymes of gluconeogenesis as
possible cause of acute toxicity of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
(TCDD) in rats Toxicology 66 133ndash144
Weber LW Lebofsky M Stahl BU Smith S Rozman KK 1995
Correlation between toxicity and effects on intermediary metabolism in
2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-treated male C57BL6J and DBA
2J mice Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 131 155ndash162
Whitlock Jr JP 1999 Induction of cytochrome P4501A1 Annu Rev
Pharmacol Toxicol 39 103ndash125Whitlock Jr JP Okino ST Dong L Ko HP Clarke-Katzenberg R
Ma Q Li H 1996 Cytochromes P450 5 induction of cytochrome
P4501A1 a model for analyzing mammalian gene transcription
FASEB J 10 809ndash818
Woods JS 1973 Studies of the effects of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-
dioxin on mammalian hepatic delta-aminolevulinic acid synthetase
Environ Health Perspect 5 221ndash 225
Yang KH Croft WA Peterson RE 1977 Effects of 2378-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on plasma disappearance and biliary
excretion of foreign compounds in rats Toxicol Appl Pharmacol
40 485ndash496
Yang KH Yoo BS Choe SY 1983 Effects of halogenated dibenzo-p-
dioxins on plasma disappearance and biliary excretion of ouabain in
rats Toxicol Lett 15 259ndash264
Zhan Q Fan S Smith ML Bae I Yu K Alamo Jr I OrsquoConnorPM Fornace Jr AJ 1996 Abrogation of p53 function affects gadd
gene responses to DNA base-damaging agents and starvation DNA
Cell Biol 15 805ndash815
Zhan Q Antinore MJ Wang XW Carrier F Smith ML Harris
CC Fornace Jr AJ 1999 Association with Cdc2 and inhibition of
Cdc2Cyclin B1 kinase activity by the p53-regulated protein Gadd45
Oncogene 18 2892ndash2900
Zhang L Savas U Alexander DL Jefcoate CR 1998 Character-
ization of the mouse Cyp1B1 gene Identification of an enhancer region
that directs aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated constitutive and
induced expression J Biol Chem 273 5174ndash5183
N Fletcher et al Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 207 (2005) 1ndash2424
882019 2005 Micro Array Study
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Stumpo DJ Kletzien RF 1985 The effect of ethanol alone and in
combination with the glucocorticoids and insulin on glucose-6-
phosphate dehydrogenase synthesis and mRNA in primary cultures of
hepatocytes Biochem J 226 123ndash 130
Sullivan AC Triscari J Hamilton JG Miller ON Wheatley VR
1974 Effect of (Agrave)-hydroxycitrate upon the accumulation of lipid in the
rat I Lipogenesis Lipids 9 121ndash128
Sun G Alexson SE Harrison EH 1997 Purification and character-ization of a neutral bile salt-independent retinyl ester hydrolase from rat
liver microsomes Relationship to rat carboxylesterase ES-2 J Biol
Chem 272 24488ndash 24493
Sweatlock JA Gasiewicz TA 1985 The effect of TCDD exposure on
the concentration of ketone bodies in the rat Toxicologist 5 64
Takimoto K Lindahl R Dunn TJ Pitot HC 1994 Structure of the 5 V
flanking region of class 3 aldehyde dehydrogenase in the rat Arch
Biochem Biophys 312 539ndash546
Tomaszewski KE Montgomery CA Melnick RL 1988 Modulation
of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin toxicity in F344 rats by di(2-
ethylhexyl)phthalate Chem-Biol Interact 65 205ndash 222
Unkila M Ruotsalainen M PohjanvirtaR Viluksela M MacDonald E
Tuomisto JT Rozman K Tuomisto J 1995 Effect of 2378-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on tryptophan and glucose homeo-
stasis in the most TCDD-susceptible and the most TCDD-resistant species guinea pigs and hamsters Arch Toxicol 69 677 ndash 683
Vanden Heuvel JP Clark GC Kohn MC Tritscher AM Greenlee
WF Lucier GW Bell DA 1994 Dioxin-responsive genes
examination of dosendashresponse relationships using quantitative reverse
transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction Cancer Res 54 62ndash68
Viluksela M Stahl BU Rozman KK 1995 Tissue-specific effects of
2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on the activity of phos-
phoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) in rats Toxicol Appl
Pharmacol 135 308ndash 315
Viluksela M Unkila M Pohjanvirta R Tuomisto JT Stahl BU
Rozman KK Tuomisto J 1999 Effects of 2378-tetrachlorodi-
benzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on liver phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(PEPCK) activity glucose homeostasis and plasma amino acid
concentrations in the most TCDD-susceptible and the most TCDD-
resistant rat strains Arch Toxicol 73 323ndash 336Walker NJ Crofts FG Li Y Lax SF Hayes CL Strickland PT
Lucier GW Sutter TR 1998 Induction and localization of
cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1 protein in the livers of TCDD-treated
rats detection using polyclonal antibodies raised to histidine-tagged
fusion proteins produced and purified from bacteria Carcinogenesis 19
395ndash402
Walker NJ Portier CJ Lax SF Crofts FG Li Y Lucier GW
Sutter TR 1999 Characterization of the dose-response of CYP1B1
CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 in the liver of female SpraguendashDawley rats
following chronic exposure to 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 154 279ndash286
Wang H Chen J Hollister K Sowers LC Forman BM 1999a
Endogenous bile acids are ligands for the nuclear receptor FXRBAR
Mol Cell 3 543ndash553
Wang XW Zhan Q Coursen JD Khan MA Kontny HU Yu L
Hollander MC OrsquoConnor PM Fornace Jr AJ Harris CC
1999b GADD45 induction of a G2M cell cycle checkpoint Proc Natl
Acad Sci USA 96 3706ndash3711
Wang X Sperkova Z Napoli JL 2001 Analysis of mouse retinaldehydrogenase type 2 promoter and expression Genomics 74
245ndash250
Weber LW Lebofsky M Greim H Rozman K 1991a Key enzymes of
gluconeogenesis are dose-dependently reduced in 2378-tetrachlorodi-
benzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-treated rats Arch Toxicol 65 119 ndash 123
Weber LW Lebofsky M Stahl BU Gorski JR Muzi G Rozman
K 1991b Reduced activities of key enzymes of gluconeogenesis as
possible cause of acute toxicity of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
(TCDD) in rats Toxicology 66 133ndash144
Weber LW Lebofsky M Stahl BU Smith S Rozman KK 1995
Correlation between toxicity and effects on intermediary metabolism in
2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-treated male C57BL6J and DBA
2J mice Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 131 155ndash162
Whitlock Jr JP 1999 Induction of cytochrome P4501A1 Annu Rev
Pharmacol Toxicol 39 103ndash125Whitlock Jr JP Okino ST Dong L Ko HP Clarke-Katzenberg R
Ma Q Li H 1996 Cytochromes P450 5 induction of cytochrome
P4501A1 a model for analyzing mammalian gene transcription
FASEB J 10 809ndash818
Woods JS 1973 Studies of the effects of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-
dioxin on mammalian hepatic delta-aminolevulinic acid synthetase
Environ Health Perspect 5 221ndash 225
Yang KH Croft WA Peterson RE 1977 Effects of 2378-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on plasma disappearance and biliary
excretion of foreign compounds in rats Toxicol Appl Pharmacol
40 485ndash496
Yang KH Yoo BS Choe SY 1983 Effects of halogenated dibenzo-p-
dioxins on plasma disappearance and biliary excretion of ouabain in
rats Toxicol Lett 15 259ndash264
Zhan Q Fan S Smith ML Bae I Yu K Alamo Jr I OrsquoConnorPM Fornace Jr AJ 1996 Abrogation of p53 function affects gadd
gene responses to DNA base-damaging agents and starvation DNA
Cell Biol 15 805ndash815
Zhan Q Antinore MJ Wang XW Carrier F Smith ML Harris
CC Fornace Jr AJ 1999 Association with Cdc2 and inhibition of
Cdc2Cyclin B1 kinase activity by the p53-regulated protein Gadd45
Oncogene 18 2892ndash2900
Zhang L Savas U Alexander DL Jefcoate CR 1998 Character-
ization of the mouse Cyp1B1 gene Identification of an enhancer region
that directs aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated constitutive and
induced expression J Biol Chem 273 5174ndash5183
N Fletcher et al Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 207 (2005) 1ndash2424
882019 2005 Micro Array Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2005-micro-array-study 2424
Stumpo DJ Kletzien RF 1985 The effect of ethanol alone and in
combination with the glucocorticoids and insulin on glucose-6-
phosphate dehydrogenase synthesis and mRNA in primary cultures of
hepatocytes Biochem J 226 123ndash 130
Sullivan AC Triscari J Hamilton JG Miller ON Wheatley VR
1974 Effect of (Agrave)-hydroxycitrate upon the accumulation of lipid in the
rat I Lipogenesis Lipids 9 121ndash128
Sun G Alexson SE Harrison EH 1997 Purification and character-ization of a neutral bile salt-independent retinyl ester hydrolase from rat
liver microsomes Relationship to rat carboxylesterase ES-2 J Biol
Chem 272 24488ndash 24493
Sweatlock JA Gasiewicz TA 1985 The effect of TCDD exposure on
the concentration of ketone bodies in the rat Toxicologist 5 64
Takimoto K Lindahl R Dunn TJ Pitot HC 1994 Structure of the 5 V
flanking region of class 3 aldehyde dehydrogenase in the rat Arch
Biochem Biophys 312 539ndash546
Tomaszewski KE Montgomery CA Melnick RL 1988 Modulation
of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin toxicity in F344 rats by di(2-
ethylhexyl)phthalate Chem-Biol Interact 65 205ndash 222
Unkila M Ruotsalainen M PohjanvirtaR Viluksela M MacDonald E
Tuomisto JT Rozman K Tuomisto J 1995 Effect of 2378-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on tryptophan and glucose homeo-
stasis in the most TCDD-susceptible and the most TCDD-resistant species guinea pigs and hamsters Arch Toxicol 69 677 ndash 683
Vanden Heuvel JP Clark GC Kohn MC Tritscher AM Greenlee
WF Lucier GW Bell DA 1994 Dioxin-responsive genes
examination of dosendashresponse relationships using quantitative reverse
transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction Cancer Res 54 62ndash68
Viluksela M Stahl BU Rozman KK 1995 Tissue-specific effects of
2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on the activity of phos-
phoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) in rats Toxicol Appl
Pharmacol 135 308ndash 315
Viluksela M Unkila M Pohjanvirta R Tuomisto JT Stahl BU
Rozman KK Tuomisto J 1999 Effects of 2378-tetrachlorodi-
benzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on liver phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(PEPCK) activity glucose homeostasis and plasma amino acid
concentrations in the most TCDD-susceptible and the most TCDD-
resistant rat strains Arch Toxicol 73 323ndash 336Walker NJ Crofts FG Li Y Lax SF Hayes CL Strickland PT
Lucier GW Sutter TR 1998 Induction and localization of
cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1 protein in the livers of TCDD-treated
rats detection using polyclonal antibodies raised to histidine-tagged
fusion proteins produced and purified from bacteria Carcinogenesis 19
395ndash402
Walker NJ Portier CJ Lax SF Crofts FG Li Y Lucier GW
Sutter TR 1999 Characterization of the dose-response of CYP1B1
CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 in the liver of female SpraguendashDawley rats
following chronic exposure to 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 154 279ndash286
Wang H Chen J Hollister K Sowers LC Forman BM 1999a
Endogenous bile acids are ligands for the nuclear receptor FXRBAR
Mol Cell 3 543ndash553
Wang XW Zhan Q Coursen JD Khan MA Kontny HU Yu L
Hollander MC OrsquoConnor PM Fornace Jr AJ Harris CC
1999b GADD45 induction of a G2M cell cycle checkpoint Proc Natl
Acad Sci USA 96 3706ndash3711
Wang X Sperkova Z Napoli JL 2001 Analysis of mouse retinaldehydrogenase type 2 promoter and expression Genomics 74
245ndash250
Weber LW Lebofsky M Greim H Rozman K 1991a Key enzymes of
gluconeogenesis are dose-dependently reduced in 2378-tetrachlorodi-
benzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-treated rats Arch Toxicol 65 119 ndash 123
Weber LW Lebofsky M Stahl BU Gorski JR Muzi G Rozman
K 1991b Reduced activities of key enzymes of gluconeogenesis as
possible cause of acute toxicity of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
(TCDD) in rats Toxicology 66 133ndash144
Weber LW Lebofsky M Stahl BU Smith S Rozman KK 1995
Correlation between toxicity and effects on intermediary metabolism in
2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-treated male C57BL6J and DBA
2J mice Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 131 155ndash162
Whitlock Jr JP 1999 Induction of cytochrome P4501A1 Annu Rev
Pharmacol Toxicol 39 103ndash125Whitlock Jr JP Okino ST Dong L Ko HP Clarke-Katzenberg R
Ma Q Li H 1996 Cytochromes P450 5 induction of cytochrome
P4501A1 a model for analyzing mammalian gene transcription
FASEB J 10 809ndash818
Woods JS 1973 Studies of the effects of 2378-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-
dioxin on mammalian hepatic delta-aminolevulinic acid synthetase
Environ Health Perspect 5 221ndash 225
Yang KH Croft WA Peterson RE 1977 Effects of 2378-
tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on plasma disappearance and biliary
excretion of foreign compounds in rats Toxicol Appl Pharmacol
40 485ndash496
Yang KH Yoo BS Choe SY 1983 Effects of halogenated dibenzo-p-
dioxins on plasma disappearance and biliary excretion of ouabain in
rats Toxicol Lett 15 259ndash264
Zhan Q Fan S Smith ML Bae I Yu K Alamo Jr I OrsquoConnorPM Fornace Jr AJ 1996 Abrogation of p53 function affects gadd
gene responses to DNA base-damaging agents and starvation DNA
Cell Biol 15 805ndash815
Zhan Q Antinore MJ Wang XW Carrier F Smith ML Harris
CC Fornace Jr AJ 1999 Association with Cdc2 and inhibition of
Cdc2Cyclin B1 kinase activity by the p53-regulated protein Gadd45
Oncogene 18 2892ndash2900
Zhang L Savas U Alexander DL Jefcoate CR 1998 Character-
ization of the mouse Cyp1B1 gene Identification of an enhancer region
that directs aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated constitutive and
induced expression J Biol Chem 273 5174ndash5183
N Fletcher et al Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 207 (2005) 1ndash2424