Abstract:
:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants and many of their toxic effects, including their immunotoxicities, are mediated by the activation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). We previously reported that Aroclor 1254, one of the most widely used PCB mixtures, increased DNA fragmentation in mouse spleen cells, suggesting that apoptosis was correlated with the immunotoxicity of PCB (Yoo et al., Toxicol. Lett. 91, 83-89, 1997). In the present study we investigated the mechanism by which PCB induces apoptosis and the involvement of AhR in the PCB-mediated apoptosis of mouse spleen cells. Aroclor 1254 induced DNA fragmentation without AhR activation, and the apoptosis was unaffected by alpha-naphtoflavone, a well-known antagonist of AhR. Moreover, the PCB congeners (PCB 47, 52, 128, and 153), which have little affinity for AhR, induced DNA fragmentation, whereas congeners (PCB 77, 126, and 169) that have high affinity for AhR did not induce fragmentation. The di-ortho form of PCB (PCB 153) and Aroclor 1254 induced DNA fragmentation in the spleen cells of both AhR knockout mice and Ah low-response mice, whereas the non-ortho form of PCB (PCB 126) did not induce DNA fragmentation. In the light of these findings, it is evident that AhR is not involved in PCB-mediated apoptosis. PCB 153 significantly increased caspase-3 activity in both spleen cells and human leukemia cells, and z-VAD-fmk, a general inhibitor of caspases, prevented PCB-induced DNA fragmentation. Based on our findings, the most likely mechanism that can account for this biological effect involves the induction of caspase-dependent apoptotic cell death.
journal_name
Toxicol Appl Pharmacoljournal_title
Toxicology and applied pharmacologyauthors
Jeon YJ,Youk ES,Lee SH,Suh J,Na YJ,Kim HMdoi
10.1006/taap.2002.9389subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-06-01 00:00:00pages
69-78issue
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0041-008Xissn
1096-0333pii
S0041008X02993890journal_volume
181pub_type
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