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Title: Chlordecone altered hepatic disposition of [14C]cholesterol and plasma cholesterol distribution but not SR-BI or ABCG8 proteins in livers of C57BL/6 mice.

Authors: Lee, Junga; Scheri, Richard C; Curtis, Lawrence R

Published In Toxicol Appl Pharmacol, (2008 Jun 15)

Abstract: Organochlorine (OC) insecticides continue to occur in tissues of humans and wildlife throughout the world although they were banned in the United States a few decades ago. Low doses of the OC insecticide chlordecone (CD) alter hepatic disposition of lipophilic xenobiotics and perturb lipid homeostasis in rainbow trout, mice and rats. CD pretreatment altered tissue and hepatic subcellular distribution of exogenous [(14)C]cholesterol (CH) equivalents 4 and 16 h after a bolus intraperitoneal (ip) injection of 5 ml corn oil/kg that contained 10 mg CH/kg. CD pretreatment altered tissue distribution of exogenously administered [(14)C]CH by decreased hepatic and renal accumulation, and increased biliary excretion up to 300%. Biliary excretion of polar [(14)C]CH metabolites was not altered by CD. CD pretreatment decreased subcellular distribution of [(14)C]CH equivalents in hepatic cytosol and microsomes and lipoprotein-rich fraction-to-homogenate ratio. CD pretreatment increased the ratio of [(14)C]CH equivalents in high density lipoprotein (HDL) to that in plasma and reduced [(14)C]CH equivalents in the non-HDL fraction 4 h after a bolus lipid dose. CD pretreatment increased plasma non-HDL total CH by 80% 4 h after a bolus lipid dose. Scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) and ATP-binding cassette transporter G8 (ABCG8) proteins were quantified by western blotting in hepatic membranes from control and CD treated mice. Liver membrane contents of SR-BI and ABCG8 proteins were unchanged by CD pretreatment. The data demonstrated that a single dose of CD altered CH homeostasis and lipoprotein metabolism.

PubMed ID: 18387646 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Sub-Family G, Member 8; ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/drug effects*; Animals; Bile; Blotting, Western; Chlordecone/administration & dosage; Chlordecone/pharmacology*; Cholesterol, HDL/metabolism; Cholesterol/metabolism*; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Homeostasis/drug effects; Injections, Intraperitoneal; Insecticides/administration & dosage; Insecticides/pharmacology*; Kidney/metabolism; Lipoproteins/drug effects*; Liver/metabolism; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Scavenger Receptors, Class B/drug effects*; Time Factors; Tissue Distribution

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