Low-dose bisphenol A increases bile duct proliferation in juvenile rats: A possible evidence for risk of liver cancer in the exposed population?

Ji Seong Jeong, Ki Taek Nam, Buhyun Lee, Aryo Dimas Pamungkas, Daeun Song, Minjeong Kim, Wook Joon Yu, Jinsoo Lee, Sunha Jee, Youngja H. Park, Kyung Min Lim

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Abstract

Increasing concern is being given to the association between risk of cancer and exposure to low-dose bisphenol A (BPA), especially in young-aged population. In this study, we investigated the effects of repeated oral treatment of low to high dose BPA in juvenile Sprague-Dawley rats. Exposing juvenile rats to BPA (0, 0.5, 5, 50, and 250 mg/kg oral gavage) from post-natal day 9 for 90 days resulted in higher food intakes and increased body weights in biphasic dose-effect relationship. Male mammary glands were atrophied at high dose, which coincided with sexual pre-maturation of females. Notably, proliferative changes with altered cell foci and focal inflammation were observed around bile ducts in the liver of all BPA-dosed groups in males, which achieved statistical significance from 0.5 mg/kg (ANOVA, Dunnett’s test, p<0.05). Toxicokinetic analysis revealed that systemic exposure to BPA was greater at early age (e.g., 210-fold in Cmax, and 26-fold in AUC at 50 mg/kg in male on day 1 over day 90) and in females (e.g., 4-fold in Cmax and 1.6-fold in AUC at 50 mg/kg vs. male on day 1), which might have stemmed from either age- or gender-dependent differences in metabolic capacity. These results may serve as evidence for the association between risk of cancer and exposure to low-dose BPA, especially in young children, as well as for varying toxicity of xenobiotics in different age and gender groups.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)545-552
Number of pages8
JournalBiomolecules and Therapeutics
Volume25
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2017

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by grants from Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in 2015 (15162MFDS631) and the Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (2016M3A9D5A01952416).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology.

Keywords

  • Bile duct proliferation
  • Bisphenol A
  • Juvenile animals
  • Toxicokinetics

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