NMR-based metabonomic analysis of the hepatotoxicity induced by combined exposure to PCBs and TCDD in rats

Journal Article · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

OSTI ID:21451190

Chunfeng, Lu ^[1]; Yimei, Wang ^[1]; Zhiguo, Sheng ^[2]; Gang, Liu; Ze, Fu; Jing, Zhao; Jun, Zhao ^[1]; Xianzhong, Yan ^[3]; Benzhan, Zhu ^[2]

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1. Evaluation and Research Center for Toxicology, Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, 20 Dongdajie Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071 (China)
2. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085 (China)
3. National Center of Biomedical Analysis, 27 Taiping Road, Beijing 100850 (China)

A metabonomic approach using {sup 1}H NMR spectroscopy was adopted to investigate the metabonomic pattern of rat urine after oral administration of environmental endocrine disruptors (EDs) polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo- p-dioxin (TCDD) alone or in combination and to explore the possible hepatotoxic mechanisms of combined exposure to PCBs and TCDD. {sup 1}H NMR spectra of urines collected 24 h before and after exposure were analyzed via pattern recognition by using principal component analysis (PCA). Serum biochemistry and liver histopathology indicated significant hepatotoxicity in the rats of the combined group. The PCA scores plots of urinary {sup 1}H NMR data showed that all the treatment groups could be easily distinguished from the control group, so could the PCBs or TCDD group and the combined group. The loadings plots of the PCA revealed remarkable increases in the levels of lactate, glucose, taurine, creatine, and 2-hydroxy-isovaleric acid and reductions in the levels of 2-oxoglutarate, citrate, succinate, hippurate, and trimethylamine-N-oxide in rat urine after exposure. These changes were more striking in the combined group. The changed metabolites may be considered possible biomarker for the hepatotoxicity. The present study demonstrates that combined exposure to PCBs and TCDD induced significant hepatotoxicity in rats, and mitochondrial dysfunction and fatty acid metabolism perturbations might contribute to the hepatotoxicity. There was good conformity between changes in the urine metabonomic pattern and those in serum biochemistry and liver histopathology. These results showed that the NMR-based metabonomic approach may provide a promising technique for the evaluation of the combined toxicity of EDs.

• OSTI ID: 21451190
• Journal Information: Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Journal Name: Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 248; ISSN TXAPA9; ISSN 0041-008X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AROMATICS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DIOXIN
GLANDS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
LIVER
MAGNETIC RESONANCE
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
RATS
RESONANCE
RODENTS
TOXICITY
URINE
VERTEBRATES
WASTES