PMID- 23223497 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130712 LR - 20211021 IS - 1521-009X (Electronic) IS - 0090-9556 (Print) IS - 0090-9556 (Linking) VI - 41 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Feb TI - Alteration of the expression of pesticide-metabolizing enzymes in pregnant mice: potential role in the increased vulnerability of the developing brain. PG - 326-31 LID - 10.1124/dmd.112.049395 [doi] AB - Studies on therapeutic drug disposition in humans have shown significant alterations as the result of pregnancy. However, it is not known whether pesticide metabolic capacity changes throughout pregnancy, which could affect exposure of the developing brain. We sought to determine the effect of pregnancy on the expression of hepatic enzymes involved in the metabolism of pesticides. Livers were collected from virgin and pregnant C57BL/6 mice at gestational days (GD)7, GD11, GD14, GD17, and postpartum days (PD)1, PD15, and PD30. Relative mRNA expression of several enzymes involved in the metabolism of pesticides, including hepatic cytochromes (Cyp) P450s, carboxylesterases (Ces), and paraoxonase 1 (Pon1), were assessed in mice during gestation and the postpartum period. Compared with virgin mice, alterations in the expression occurred at multiple time points, with the largest changes observed on GD14. At this time point, the expression of most of the Cyps involved in pesticide metabolism in the liver (Cyp1a2, Cyp2d22, Cyp2c37, Cyp2c50, Cyp2c54, and Cyp3a11) were downregulated by 30% or more. Expression of various Ces isoforms and Pon1 were also decreased along with Pon1 activity. These data demonstrate significant alterations in the expression of key enzymes that detoxify pesticides during pregnancy, which could alter exposure of developing animals to these chemicals. FAU - Fortin, Marie C AU - Fortin MC AD - Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. FAU - Aleksunes, Lauren M AU - Aleksunes LM FAU - Richardson, Jason R AU - Richardson JR LA - eng GR - T32 ES007148/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 ES005022/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - ES020522/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - K99 DK080774/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 ES015991/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 ES020522/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - R00 DK080774/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - ES015991/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - ES007148/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - ES005022/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - DK080774/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20121204 PL - United States TA - Drug Metab Dispos JT - Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals JID - 9421550 RN - 0 (Isoenzymes) RN - 0 (Pesticides) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 9035-51-2 (Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System) RN - EC 3.1.1.1 (Carboxylesterase) RN - EC 3.1.8.1 (Aryldialkylphosphatase) RN - EC 3.1.8.1 (PON1 protein, mouse) SB - IM CIN - Drug Metab Dispos. 2013 Feb;41(2):256-62. PMID: 23328895 MH - Animals MH - Aryldialkylphosphatase/genetics/*metabolism MH - Biotransformation MH - Brain/drug effects/embryology MH - Carboxylesterase/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/genetics/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic MH - Gestational Age MH - Isoenzymes MH - Liver/*enzymology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Neurotoxicity Syndromes/embryology/etiology MH - Pesticides/*metabolism/toxicity MH - Pregnancy MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics/metabolism MH - Substrate Specificity MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC3558862 EDAT- 2012/12/12 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/16 06:00 PMCR- 2014/02/01 CRDT- 2012/12/11 06:00 PHST- 2012/12/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/12/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - dmd.112.049395 [pii] AID - DMD_049395 [pii] AID - 10.1124/dmd.112.049395 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Drug Metab Dispos. 2013 Feb;41(2):326-31. doi: 10.1124/dmd.112.049395. Epub 2012 Dec 4.