The effect of the trichloroethylene metabolites trichloroacetate and dichloroacetate on peroxisome proliferation and DNA synthesis in cultured human hepatocytes

Walgren, JE; Kurtz, DT; McMillan, JM

HERO ID

631132

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Journal Article

Year

2000

Language

English

PMID

11101007

HERO ID 631132
In Press No
Year 2000
Title The effect of the trichloroethylene metabolites trichloroacetate and dichloroacetate on peroxisome proliferation and DNA synthesis in cultured human hepatocytes
Authors Walgren, JE; Kurtz, DT; McMillan, JM
Journal Cell Biology and Toxicology
Volume 16
Issue 4
Page Numbers 257-273
Abstract Dichloroacetate (DCA) and trichloroacetate (TCA) are metabolites of the environmental contaminant trichloroethylene (TCE) that are thought to be responsible for its hepatocarcinogenicity in B6C3F1 mice. TCA and DCA induce peroxisomal proliferation and are mitogenic in rodent liver. The susceptibility of humans to TCA- and DCA-induced hepatocarcinogenesis is unknown. The current studies were aimed at using both primary and long-term human hepatocyte cultures to study the effects of TCA, DCA, and a potent peroxisome, proliferator, WY-14,643, on peroxisomal activity and DNA synthesis in human hepatocytes. Peroxisome proliferation, as assessed by palmitoyl-CoA oxidation activity, was below the limit of detection in all human cell lines tested. However, the human cell lines did display small but significant increases in CYP450 4A1 1 levels following treatment with WY-14,643 (0.1 mmol/L), indicating that the CYP 4A11 gene may be regulated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha in humans. Similarly to their effect in rodent hepatocyte cultures, TCA and DCA were not complete mitogens in human hepatocyte cultures. In fact, DNA synthesis tended to be significantly decreased following treatment of the cells with WY-14,643, TCA, or DCA. In contrast to rodent hepatocyte responses, TCA and DCA did not increase palmitoyl-CoA oxidation and caused a decrease in DNA synthesis in human hepatocyte cultures, suggesting that humans may not be susceptible to TCA- and DCA-induced hepatocarcinogenesis
Doi 10.1023/A:1007638227821
Pmid 11101007
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Keyword Animals; biosynthesis; Cell Division; Cell Line; Cells,Cultured; Coenzyme A; cytology; Dichloroacetate; Dna; drug effects; Hepatocytes; Humans; Liver; metabolism; Mice; Palmitoyl Coenzyme A; Peroxisome Proliferators; Peroxisomes; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; physiology; Pyrimidines; Research; South Carolina; Trichloroacetic Acid; Trichloroethylene; ultrastructure
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