ArticleToxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA2023
Hydroxylation markedly alters how the polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congener, PCB52, affects gene expression in human preadipocytes.
Article in Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Article
- Widespread Emissions of Polychlorinated Biphenyls from Building Materials in Vermont Schools.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Article
- Exposure to PCB52 (2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl) blunts induction of the gene for uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) in white adipose.Environmental toxicology and pharmacology · 2025Article
- Inhalation of 2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB52) causes changes to the gut microbiome throughout the gastrointestinal tract.Journal of hazardous materials · 2024Article
- Effects of 28-day nose-only inhalation of PCB52 (2,2',5,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl) on the brain transcriptome.Toxicology · 2024Article
- Upregulation of fatty acid synthesis genes in the livers of adolescent female rats caused by inhalation exposure to PCB52 (2,2',5,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl).Environmental toxicology and pharmacology · 2024Article
- Distribution of 2,2',5,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB52) Metabolites in Adolescent Rats after Acute Nose-Only Inhalation Exposure.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Article
- Polyurethane Foam Emission Samplers to Identify Sources of Airborne Polychlorinated Biphenyls from Glass-Block Windows and Other Room Surfaces in a Vermont School.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- Disposition and metabolomic effects of 2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl in female rats following intraperitoneal exposure.Environmental toxicology and pharmacology · 2023Article
- Enantiomeric Fractions Reveal Differences in the Atropselective Disposition of 2,2',3,5',6-Pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 95) in Wildtype,Chemical research in toxicology · 2023Article
- Disposition and Metabolomic Effects of 2,2',5,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl in Female Rats Following Intraperitoneal Exposure.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) accumulate in adipose tissue and are linked to obesity and diabetes. The congener, PCB52 (2,2',5,5'-tetrachorobiphenyl), is found at high levels in school air. Hydroxylation of PCB52 to 4-OH-PCB52 (4-hydroxy-2,2',5,5'-tetrachorobiphenyl) may increase its toxicity. To understand PCB52's role in causing adipose dysfunction, we exposed human preadipocytes to PCB52 or 4-OH-PCB52 across a time course and assessed transcript changes using RNAseq. 4-OH-PCB52 caused considerably more changes in the number of differentially expressed genes as compared to PCB52. Both PCB52 and 4-OH-PCB52 upregulated transcript levels of the sulfotransferase SULT1E1 at early time points, but cytochrome P450 genes were generally not affected. A set of genes known to be transcriptionally regulated by PPARα were consistently downregulated by PCB52 at all time points. In contrast, 4-OH-PCB52 affected a variety of pathways, including those involving cytokine responses, hormone responses, focal adhesion, Hippo, and Wnt signaling. Sets of genes known to be transcriptionally regulated by IL17A or parathyroid hormone (PTH) were found to be consistently downregulated by 4-OH-PCB52. Most of the genes affected by PCB52 and 4-OH-PCB52 were different and, of those that were the same, many were changed in an opposite direction. These studies provide insight into how PCB52 or its metabolites may cause adipose dysfunction to cause disease.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.