Early microRNA indicators of PPARα pathway activation in the liver

Autor: Charles E. Wood, Brian N. Chorley, Virunya S. Bhat, Gleta Carswell, Gail M. Nelson
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
microRNAs: Potential biomarkers of toxicity
BMD
benchmark dose

Nrf2
nuclear receptor erythroid 2-like 2

Hepatocellular carcinoma
Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis

AST
aspartate aminotransferase

010501 environmental sciences
Pharmacology
Toxicology
TMM
trimmed mean of M-values

01 natural sciences
DEmiRs
differentially expressed miRNAs

chemistry.chemical_compound
AOP
adverse outcome pathway

0302 clinical medicine
tRNA
transfer RNA

Acox1
acyl-Coenzyme A oxidase 1

BMDA
apical-based benchmark dose

GEO
Gene Expression Omnibus

Benchmark dose (BMD)
Receptor
Regulation of gene expression
Liver injury
PXR
pregnane X receptor

Phthalate
POD
point-of-departure

Peroxisome
AIC
Akaike Information Criterion

mRNA
messenger RNA

rRNA
ribosomal RNA

mtDNA
mitochondrial

AhR
aryl hydrocarbon receptor

smallRNA-seq
small RNA sequencing

CAR
constitutive androstane receptor

BBP
n-butyl benzyl phthalate

PROD
pentoxyresorufin O-depentylation

Liver toxicity
DEGs
differentially expressed genes

EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

BMDL
BMD lower confidence interval

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα)
Biology
BROD
benzyloxyresorufin O-debenzylation

03 medical and health sciences
lcsh:RA1190-1270
ALT
alanine aminotransferase

microRNA
medicine
miRNAs
microRNAs

Mode of action (MOA)
Potency
BMR
benchmark response

ddPCR
droplet digital polymerase chain reaction

lcsh:Toxicology. Poisons
IPA
Ingenuity Pathway Analysis

0105 earth and related environmental sciences
DEHP
di (2-thylhexyl) phthalate

PPARα
peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha

Activator (genetics)
MOA
mode of action

Adverse outcome pathway (AOP)
medicine.disease
MicroRNAs
HCA
hepatocellular adenoma

chemistry
BMDT
transcriptional-based benchmark dose

EROD
ethoxyresorufin O-dealkylation

HCC
hepatocellular carcinoma

DNOP
di-n-octyl phthalate

SDH
sorbitol dehydrogenase

Biomarkers
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj: Toxicology Reports
Toxicology Reports, Vol 7, Iss, Pp 805-815 (2020)
ISSN: 2214-7500
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2020.06.006
Popis: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNA species that play key roles in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. MiRNAs also serve as a promising source of early biomarkers for different environmental exposures and health effects, although there is limited information linking miRNA changes to specific target pathways. In this study, we measured liver miRNAs in male B6C3F1 mice exposed to a known chemical activator of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) pathway, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), for 7 and 28 days at concentrations of 0, 750, 1500, 3000, or 6000 ppm in feed. At the highest dose tested, DEHP altered 61 miRNAs after 7 days and 171 miRNAs after 28 days of exposure, with 48 overlapping miRNAs between timepoints. Analysis of these 48 common miRNAs indicated enrichment in PPARα–related targets and other pathways related to liver injury and cancer. Four of the 10 miRNAs exhibiting a clear dose trend were linked to the PPARα pathway: mmu-miRs-125a-5p, -182−5p, -20a−5p, and -378a−3p. mmu-miRs-182−5p and -378a−3p were subsequently measured using digital drop PCR across a dose range for DEHP and two related phthalates with weaker PPARα activity, di-n-octyl phthalate and n-butyl benzyl phthalate, following 7-day exposures. Analysis of mmu-miRs-182−5p and -378a−3p by transcriptional benchmark dose analysis correctly identified DEHP as having the greatest potency. However, benchmark dose estimates for DEHP based on these miRNAs (average 163; range 126−202 mg/kg-day) were higher on average than values for PPARα target genes (average 74; range 29−183 mg/kg-day). These findings identify putative miRNA biomarkers of PPARα pathway activity and suggest that early miRNA changes may be used to stratify chemical potency.
Databáze: OpenAIRE