Journal
TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 166, Issue 2, Pages 428-440Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfy206
Keywords
aryl hydrocarbon receptor; pancreatitis; cytochrome P450; respiratory parameter; mitochondrial function
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- National Institute of health (NIH) [R01 GM034883, R01 AA022986]
- Harriet Ellison Woodward Trust endowment
- NIH [P30 DK 050306]
- NIH Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases [P30 DK 050306]
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We previously reported that mitochondrial CYP1 enzymes participate in the metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other carcinogens leading to mitochondrial dysfunction. In this study, using Cyp1b1(-/-), Cyp1a1/1a2(-/-), and Cyp1a1/1a2/1b1(-/-) mice, we observed that cigarette and environmental toxins, namely benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), induce pancreatic mitochondrial respiratory dysfunction and pancreatitis. Our results suggest that aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activation and resultant mitochondrial dysfunction are associated with pancreatic pathology. BaP treatment markedly inhibits pancreatic mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate (OCR), ADP-dependent OCR, and also maximal respiration, in wild-type mice but not in Cyp1a1/1a2(-/-) and Cyp1a1/1a2/1b1(-/-) mice. In addition, both BaP and TCDD treatment markedly affected mitochondrial complex IV activity, in addition to causing marked reduction in mitochondrial DNA content. Interestingly, the AhR antagonist resveratrol, attenuated BaP-induced mitochondrial respiratory defects in the pancreas, and reversed pancreatitis, both histologically and biochemically in wild-type mice. These results reveal a novel role for AhR- and AhR-regulated CYP1 enzymes in eliciting mitochondrial dysfunction and cigarette toxin-mediated pancreatic pathology. We propose that increased mitochondrial respiratory dysfunction and oxidative stress are involved in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon associated pancreatitis. Resveratrol, chemo preventive agent and AhR antagonist, and CH-223191, a potent and specific AhR inhibitor, confer protection against BaP-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and pancreatic pathology.
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