title: Differential effects of the organochlorine pesticide DDT and its metabolite p,p'-DDE on p-glycoprotein activity and expression.
abstract: 1,1-Bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethane (DDT) is an organochlorine pesticide. Its metabolite, 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethene (p,p'-DDE) is a persistent environmental contaminant and both compounds accumulate in animals. Because multidrug resistance transporters, such as p-glycoprotein, function as a defense against xenobiotic exposure, we analyzed the ability of DDT and p,p'-DDE to act as efflux modulators. Using a competitive intact cell assay based on the efflux of the fluorescent dye rhodamine 123, we found that DDT, but not p,p'-DDE, stimulated dye retention. Subsequent studies using verapamil as competitor suggested that DDT is a weak p-glycoprotein inhibitor. Further studies addressed the ability of DDT and p,p'-DDE to induce MDR1, the gene encoding p-glycoprotein. In HepG2 cells, we found that both compounds induced MDR1 by twofold to threefold. Similar results were observed in mouse liver after a single dose of p,p'-DDE, although some gender-specific induction differences were noted. By contrast, p,p'-DDE failed to induce MDR1 in HeLa cells, indicating some cell-specific effects for induction. Further expression studies demonstrated increased levels of the endoplasmic reticulum molecular chaperone, Bip, in response to DDT, but not p,p'-DDE. These results suggest that DDT, but not p,p'-DDE, induces an endoplasmic reticulum stress response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Arsalan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shabbir
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: DiStasio
authors.forename: Jingbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Christopher P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Cardozo
authors.forename: Mary S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: Avrom J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Caplan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003634:DDT / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D003633:Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D003634:DDT; D003633:Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins; D010575:Pesticides; D012333:RNA, Messenger