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Toxicological Sciences 2005 84(2):319-327; doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfi088
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Toxicological Sciences vol. 84 no. 2 © The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Toxicology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org

Bisphenol A Accelerates Terminal Differentiation of 3T3-L1 Cells into Adipocytes through the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Pathway

Hiroshi Masuno*,1, Jun Iwanami{dagger}, Teruki Kidani{ddagger}, Kenshi Sakayama{ddagger} and Katsuhisa Honda{dagger}

* Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ehime Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Takooda, Tobe-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime 791-2101, Japan; {dagger} Department of Environmental Science for Industry, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama, Ekime 790-8566, Japan; and {ddagger} Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime 791-0295, Japan

Received October 8, 2004; accepted January 11, 2005

In order to identify whether bisphenol A (BPA) acts as an adipogenic agent, following the hormonal induction of differentiation into adipocytes, 3T3-L1 cells were treated for six days with BPA alone. Treatment with BPA increased the triacylglycerol (TG) content of the cultures, increased the percentage of Oil Red O-staining cells in the cultures, and increased the levels of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and adipocyte-specific fatty acid binding protein (aP2) mRNAs. These findings indicate that BPA was able to accelerate terminal differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells into adipocytes. LY294002, a chemical inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase), blocked completely the increasing effect of BPA on TG accumulation and expression of LPL and aP2 mRNAs. Western blot analysis revealed that BPA increased the level of phosphorylated Akt kinase. Based on these findings, we concluded that BPA acted through the PI 3-kinase and Akt kinase pathway, resulting in increased TG accumulation and expression of adipocyte genes. The structure-activity relationship for BPA-related chemicals was examined. Eight derivatives of BPA (three diphenylalkanes with different substituents at the central carbon atom, three diphenylalkanes with ester bonds on hydroxyl groups in the phenolic rings, one bisphenol consisting of a sulphur atom at the central position, one chemical with cyanic groups, instead of hydroxyl groups, in the phenolic rings) accelerated terminal adipocyte differentiation and their potencies to increase TG accumulation were 73–97% of that of BPA. Two diphenylalkanes with ether bonds on hydroxyl groups and two alkylphenols (4-nonylphenol and 4-tert-octylphenol) did not have the ability to accelerate terminal adipocyte differentiation.

Key Words: bisphenols; 3T3-L1 cells; terminal adipocyte differentiation; LY294002; Akt kinase.


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