title: Sex-related difference in the inductions by perfluoro-octanoic acid of peroxisomal beta-oxidation, microsomal 1-acylglycerophosphocholine acyltransferase and cytosolic long-chain acyl-CoA hydrolase in rat liver.
abstract: Inductions by perfluoro-octanoic acid (PFOA) of hepatomegaly, peroxisomal beta-oxidation, microsomal 1-acylglycerophosphocholine acyltransferase and cytosolic long-chain acyl-CoA hydrolase were compared in liver between male and female rats. Marked inductions of these four parameters were seen concurrently in liver of male rats, whereas the inductions in liver of female rats were far less pronounced. The sex-related difference in the response of rat liver to PFOA was much more marked than that seen with p-chlorophenoxyisobutyric acid (clofibric acid) or 2,2'-(decamethylenedithio)diethanol (tiadenol). Hormonal manipulations revealed that this sex-related difference in the inductions is strongly dependent on sex hormones, namely that testosterone is necessary for the inductions, whereas oestradiol prevented the inductions by PFOA.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uy-Yu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kozuka
mesh_terms: D008243:1-Acylglycerophosphocholine O-Acyltransferase; D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000818:Animals; D002210:Caprylates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008830:Microbodies / Q000378:metabolism; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010171:Palmitoyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D010170:Palmitoyl-CoA Hydrolase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013869:Thiolester Hydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D002210:Caprylates; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D010171:Palmitoyl Coenzyme A; C023036:perfluorooctanoic acid; D000217:Acyltransferases; D008243:1-Acylglycerophosphocholine O-Acyltransferase; D013869:Thiolester Hydrolases; D010170:Palmitoyl-CoA Hydrolase