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GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 212, Issue -, Pages 44-50Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.01.017
Keywords
Bisphenol A; Brain insulin resistance; Glucose transporter
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China - China [81273115, 81473012, 81072329]
- Science and Technology Plan Project of Jiangsu Province - China [SBL2014020070]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
- Training and Innovation Program of Jiangsu Graduate - China [CXZZ13_0598]
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The potential effects of Bisphenol A (BPA) on peripheral insulin resistance have recently gained more attention, however, its functions on brain insulin resistance are still unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of BPA on insulin signaling and glucose transport in mouse brain. The male mice were administrated of 100 mu g/kg/day BPA or vehicle for 15 days then challenged with glucose and insulin tolerance tests. The insulin levels were detected with radioimmunoassay (RIA), and the insulin signaling pathways were investigated by Western blot. Our results revealed that BPA significantly increased peripheral plasma insulin levels, and decreased the insulin signals including phosphorylated insulin receptor (p-IR), phosphorylated insulin receptor substrate 1 (p-IRS1), phosphorylated protein kinase B (p-AKT), phosphorylated glycogen synthase kinase 30 (p-GSK3 beta) and phosphorylated extracellular regulated protein kinases (p-ERK1/2) in the brain, though insulin expression in both hippocampus and profrontal cortex was increased. In parallel, BPA exposure might contribute to glucose transport disturbance in the brain since the expression of glucose transporters were markedly decreased. In conclusion, BPA exposure perturbs the insulin signaling and glucose transport in the brain, therefore, it might be a risk factor for brain insulin resistance. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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