ArticleToxicology and applied pharmacology2015
Exposure to coplanar PCBs induces endothelial cell inflammation through epigenetic regulation of NF-κB subunit p65.
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- Epigenetic Regulation of Endothelial Dysfunction and Inflammation in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Genome-wide DNA methylation differences and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure in a US population.Epigenetics · 2021Article
- Cardiovascular Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Their Major Metabolites.Environmental health perspectives · 2020Article
- The influence of sex, genotype, and dose on serum and hippocampal cytokine levels in juvenile mice developmentally exposed to a human-relevant mixture of polychlorinated biphenyls.Current research in toxicology · 2020Article
- Histone methylation and vascular biology.Clinical epigenetics · 2020Review
- Cardiovascular and cancer mortality in relation to dietary polychlorinated biphenyls and marine polyunsaturated fatty acids: a nutritional-toxicological aspect of fish consumption.Journal of internal medicine · 2020Article
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- Mechanisms of Environmental Contributions to Fatty Liver Disease.Current environmental health reports · 2019Review
- PCB 126 induces monocyte/macrophage polarization and inflammation through AhR and NF-κB pathways.Toxicology and applied pharmacology · 2019Article
- Exposure to polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) associates with genome-wide DNA methylation differences in peripheral blood.Epigenetics · 2019Article
- Dioxin-like PCB 126 increases intestinal inflammation and disrupts gut microbiota and metabolic homeostasis.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2018Article
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Abstract
Epigenetic modifications of DNA and histones alter cellular phenotypes without changing genetic codes. Alterations of epigenetic marks can be induced by exposure to environmental pollutants and may contribute to associated disease risks. Here we test the hypothesis that endothelial cell dysfunction induced by exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is mediated in part though histone modifications. In this study, human vascular endothelial cells were exposed to physiologically relevant concentrations of several PCBs congeners (e.g., PCBs 77, 118, 126 and 153) followed by quantification of inflammatory gene expression and changes of histone methylation. Only exposure to coplanar PCBs 77 and 126 induced the expression of histone H3K9 trimethyl demethylase jumonji domain-containing protein 2B (JMJD2B) and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) subunit p65, activated NF-κB signaling as evidenced by nuclear translocation of p65, and up-regulated p65 target inflammatory genes, such as interleukin (IL)-6, C-reactive protein (CRP), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), and IL-1α/β. The increased accumulation of JMJD2B in the p65 promoter led to a depletion of H3K9me3 repression mark, which accounts for the observed up-regulation of p65 and associated inflammatory genes. JMJD2B gene knockdown confirmed a critical role for this histone demethylase in mediating PCB-induced inflammation of the vascular endothelium. Finally, it was determined, via chemical inhibition, that PCB-induced up-regulation of JMJD2B was estrogen receptor-alpha (ER-α) dependent. These data suggest that coplanar PCBs may exert endothelial cell toxicity through changes in histone modifications.
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