Bisphenol A induces fatty liver by an endocannabinoid-mediated positive feedback loop
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The xenoestrogen bisphenol A (BPA) is a widespread plasticizer detectable within several ecosystems. BPA is considered a metabolic disruptor, affecting different organs; however, little is known about its mechanism of action in the liver, in which it triggers triglyceride accumulation. Adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) exposed to BPA developed hepatosteatosis, which was associated with an increase in the liver levels of the obesogenic endocannabinoids 2-arachidonoylglycerol and anandamide and a concomitant decrease in palmitoylethanolamide. These changes were associated with variations in the expression of key endocannabinoid catabolic and metabolic enzymes and an increase in the expression of the endocannabinoid receptor cnr1. Acute and chronic in vitro treatments with nano- and micromolar BPA doses showed increased anandamide levels in line with decreased activity of fatty acid amide hydrolase, the main anandamide hydrolytic enzyme, and induced triglyceride accumulation in HHL-5 cells in a CB1-dependent manner. We conclude that BPA is able to produce hepatosteatosis in zebrafish and human hepatocytes by up-regulating the endocannabinoid system.
Date Issued
2016-03-25
Date Acceptance
2016-03-22
Citation
Endocrinology, 2016, 157 (5), pp.1751-1763
ISSN
0013-7227
Publisher
Endocrine Society
Start Page
1751
End Page
1763
Journal / Book Title
Endocrinology
Volume
157
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2016 by the Endocrine Society. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Endcrinology following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/endo/article-lookup/doi/10.1210/en.2015-1384
Sponsor
Allergan Inc.
Grant Number
BMPF_P50679
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Endocrinology & Metabolism
HEPATIC CB1 RECEPTORS
HUMAN ADIPOSE-TISSUE
ENERGY-BALANCE
FOOD-INTAKE
ESTROGEN-RECEPTOR
GENE-EXPRESSION
DOWN-REGULATION
MOUSE-LIVER
EXPOSURE
ACCUMULATION
07 Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences
11 Medical And Health Sciences
06 Biological Sciences
Publication Status
Published