Debashish Sahay1, Susan E Lloyd2, Janelle A Rivera1, Jacqueline Jezioro1, Jacob D McDonald3, Masha Pitiranggon4, Beizhan Yan4, Matthias Szabolcs5, Mary Beth Terry6, Rachel L Miller7. 1. Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, United States; Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care of Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, NY, United States. 2. Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, NY, United States. 3. Department of Toxicology, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA. 4. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States. 5. Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, NY, United States. 6. Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, NY, United States; Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York City, NY, United States. 7. Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, United States; Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care of Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, NY, United States; Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York City, NY, United States. Electronic address: rachel.miller2@mssm.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) possess carcinogenic and endocrine disrupting properties linked to mammary tumorigenesis. These effects may be initiated during a prenatal period of susceptibility to PAH activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ahr) and through downstream effects on estrogen receptor (Er) α. PURPOSE: We hypothesized prenatal airborne PAH exposure induces sustained effects in female adult wild type BALB/cByj mice detected in the offspring (F1) and grandoffspring (F2) generation. We hypothesized these effects would include altered expression and epigenetic regulation of Erα and altered expression of aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor (Ahrr, Ahrr/aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (Arnt), and breast cancer type 1 susceptibility (Brca1). Further, we hypothesized that PAH would induce precancerous outcomes such as epithelial cell proliferation and epithelial cell hyperplasia in mammary glands of adult female offspring and grandoffspring. RESULTS: Prenatal ambient PAH exposure lowered Erα mRNA expression (F1 and F2: p<0.001 for each) and induced methylation in the Erα promoter in mammary tissue in offspring and grandoffspring mice on postnatal day (PND) 60. Prenatal PAH lowered Brca1 mRNA (F1: p=0.002, F2: p=0.02); Erα mRNA was correlated with Brca1 (F1: r=0.42, p=0.02; F2: r=0.53, p=0.005). Prenatal PAH lowered Ahrr (F1: p=0.03, F2: p=0.009) and raised Arnt mRNA expression (F1: p=0.01, F2: p=0.03). Alterations in Erα mRNA (F2: p<0.0001) and Ahrr (F2: p=0.02) in the grandoffspring mice also occured by PND 28, and similarly occurred in the dam on postpartum day (PPD) 28. Finally, prenatal PAH was associated with higher mammary epithelial cell proliferation in the offspring (p=0.02), but not grandoffspring mice, without differences in the frequency of mammary cell hyperplasia. These results did not differ after adjustment by each candidate gene expression level. CONCLUSIONS: Prenatal PAH exposure induces DNA methylation and alters gene expression in the Erα-mediated pathway across generations, and suggests that functional outcomes such as mammary cell proliferation also may occur in offspring as a result.
BACKGROUND: Airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) possess carcinogenic and endocrine disrupting properties linked to mammary tumorigenesis. These effects may be initiated during a prenatal period of susceptibility to PAH activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ahr) and through downstream effects on estrogen receptor (Er) α. PURPOSE: We hypothesized prenatal airborne PAH exposure induces sustained effects in female adult wild type BALB/cByj mice detected in the offspring (F1) and grandoffspring (F2) generation. We hypothesized these effects would include altered expression and epigenetic regulation of Erα and altered expression of aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor (Ahrr, Ahrr/aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (Arnt), and breast cancer type 1 susceptibility (Brca1). Further, we hypothesized that PAH would induce precancerous outcomes such as epithelial cell proliferation and epithelial cell hyperplasia in mammary glands of adult female offspring and grandoffspring. RESULTS: Prenatal ambient PAH exposure lowered Erα mRNA expression (F1 and F2: p<0.001 for each) and induced methylation in the Erα promoter in mammary tissue in offspring and grandoffspring mice on postnatal day (PND) 60. Prenatal PAH lowered Brca1 mRNA (F1: p=0.002, F2: p=0.02); Erα mRNA was correlated with Brca1 (F1: r=0.42, p=0.02; F2: r=0.53, p=0.005). Prenatal PAH lowered Ahrr (F1: p=0.03, F2: p=0.009) and raised Arnt mRNA expression (F1: p=0.01, F2: p=0.03). Alterations in Erα mRNA (F2: p<0.0001) and Ahrr (F2: p=0.02) in the grandoffspring mice also occured by PND 28, and similarly occurred in the dam on postpartum day (PPD) 28. Finally, prenatal PAH was associated with higher mammary epithelial cell proliferation in the offspring (p=0.02), but not grandoffspring mice, without differences in the frequency of mammary cell hyperplasia. These results did not differ after adjustment by each candidate gene expression level. CONCLUSIONS: Prenatal PAH exposure induces DNA methylation and alters gene expression in the Erα-mediated pathway across generations, and suggests that functional outcomes such as mammary cell proliferation also may occur in offspring as a result.
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