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Toxicological Sciences 2005 85(1):694-702; doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfi123
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Toxicological Sciences vol. 85 no. 1 © 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

Divergent Roles for Glutathione in Lindane-Induced Acute and Delayed-Onset Inhibition of Rat Myometrial Gap Junctions

Rita Loch-Caruso*,1, Brad L. Upham{dagger}, Craig Harris* and James E. Trosko{dagger}

* Toxicology Program, Department of Environmental Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2029; and {dagger} National Food Safety & Toxicology Center, Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824–1302

Received October 11, 2004; accepted February 15, 2005

Previous studies have shown that the insecticide lindane ({gamma}-hexachlorocyclohexane) induces a biphasic inhibition of gap junction intercellular communication that is accompanied by oxidative stress. The present study investigates the hypothesis that depletion of cellular glutathione (GSH) is a mechanistic link between lindane-induced oxidative stress and inhibition of myometrial gap junctions. Exposure to 100 or 200 µM lindane rapidly (within 1 min) increased myometrial cell generation of superoxide, as measured by superoxide dismutase-inhibitable cytochrome c reduction, and superoxide production remained elevated for up to 60 min of exposure. To measure gap junction communication, Lucifer yellow dye was injected into myometrial cells, and dye transfer to adjoining cells was monitored. Cells were exposed to lindane with or without GSH modulators, and dye transfer was determined at the end of a 1-h exposure to 100 µM lindane (acute phase) and 24 h after termination of lindane exposure (secondary phase). The acute phase of lindane-induced inhibition of dye transfer was prevented by GSH depletion with L-buthionine-[S,R]-sulfoximine (BSO) and enhanced by GSH augmentation with GSH monoethyl ester or L-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylate (OTC). In contrast, the secondary, delayed-onset phase of lindane-induced inhibition of dye transfer was enhanced by GSH depletion with BSO and prevented by GSH augmentation with GSH monoethyl ester or OTC. Changes in cellular GSH by the pharmacological modulators were confirmed by high performance liquid chromatography. These results suggest that GSH is required in the acute phase but protects against the secondary phase of lindane-induced inhibition of myometrial gap junctions.

Key Words: glutathione; lindane; {gamma}-hexachlorocyclohexane; gap junctions; myometrium; oxidative stress.


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