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Dimorphic metabolic and endocrine disorders in mice lacking the constitutive androstane receptor.

ABSTRACT: Metabolic diseases such as obesity, type II diabetes and hepatic steatosis are a public health concern in developed countries. The metabolic risk is gender-dependent. The constitutive androstane receptor (CAR), which is at the crossroads between energy metabolism and endocrinology, has recently emerged as a promising therapeutic agent for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. In this study we sought to determine its role in the dimorphic regulation of energy homeostasis. We tracked male and female WT and CAR deficient (CAR-/-) mice for over a year. During aging, CAR-/- male mice developed hypercortisism, obesity, glucose intolerance, insulin insensitivity, dyslipidemia and hepatic steatosis. Remarkably, the latter modifications were absent, or minor, in female CAR-/- mice. When ovariectomized, CAR-/- female mice developed identical patterns of metabolic disorders as observed in male mice. These results highlight the importance of steroid hormones in the regulation of energy metabolism by CAR. They unveil a sexually dimorphic role of CAR in the maintenance of endocrine and metabolic homeostasis underscoring the importance of considering sex in treatment of metabolic diseases.

SUBMITTER: Lukowicz C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6934754 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dimorphic metabolic and endocrine disorders in mice lacking the constitutive androstane receptor.

Lukowicz Céline C Ellero-Simatos Sandrine S Régnier Marion M Oliviero Fabiana F Lasserre Frédéric F Polizzi Arnaud A Montagner Alexandra A Smati Sarra S Boudou Frédéric F Lenfant Françoise F Guzylack-Pirou Laurence L Menard Sandrine S Barretto Sharon S Fougerat Anne A Lippi Yannick Y Naylies Claire C Bertrand-Michel Justine J Belgnaoui Afifa Ait AA Theodorou Vassilia V Marchi Nicola N Gourdy Pierre P Gamet-Payrastre Laurence L Loiseau Nicolas N Guillou Hervé H Mselli-Lakhal Laïla L

Scientific reports 20191227 1

Metabolic diseases such as obesity, type II diabetes and hepatic steatosis are a public health concern in developed countries. The metabolic risk is gender-dependent. The constitutive androstane receptor (CAR), which is at the crossroads between energy metabolism and endocrinology, has recently emerged as a promising therapeutic agent for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. In this study we sought to determine its role in the dimorphic regulation of energy homeostasis. We tracked male ...[more]

PMID: 31882815

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Project description:The constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) is a xenosensing nuclear receptor and regulator of cytochrome P450s (CYPs). However, the role of CAR as a basal regulator of CYP expression nor its role in sexually dimorphic responses have been thoroughly studied. We investigated basal regulation and sexually dimorphic regulation and induction by the potent CAR activator TCPOBOP and the moderate CAR activator Nonylphenol (NP). NP is an environmental estrogen and one of the most commonly found environmental toxicants in Europe and the United States. Previous studies have demonstrated that NP induces several CYPs in a sexually dimorphic manner, however the role of CAR in regulating NP-mediated sexually dimorphic P450 expression and induction has not been elucidated. Therefore, wild-type and CAR-null male and female mice were treated with honey as a carrier, NP, or TCPOBOP and CYP expression monitored by QPCR and Western blotting. CAR basally regulates the expression of Cyp2c29, Cyp2b13, and potentially Cyp2b10 as demonstrated by QPCR. Furthermore, we observed a shift in the testosterone 6alpha/15alpha-hydroxylase ratio in untreated CAR-null female mice to the male pattern, which indicates an alteration in androgen status and suggests a role for androgens as CAR inverse agonists. Xenobiotic-treatments with NP and TCPOBOP induced Cyp2b10, Cyp2c29, and Cyp3a11 in a CAR-mediated fashion; however NP only induced these CYPs in females and TCPOBOP induced these CYPs in both males and females. Interestingly, Cyp2a4, was only induced in wild-type male mice by TCPOBOP suggesting Cyp2a4 induction is not sensitive to CAR-mediated induction in females. Overall, TCPOBOP and NP show similar CYP induction profiles in females, but widely different profiles in males potentially related to lower sensitivity of males to either indirect or moderate CAR activators such as NP. In summary, CAR regulates the basal and chemically inducible expression of several sexually dimorphic xenobiotic metabolizing P450s in a manner that varies depending on the ligand.

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Dimorphic metabolic and endocrine disorders in mice lacking the constitutive androstane receptor.

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Dimorphic metabolic and endocrine disorders in mice lacking the constitutive androstane receptor.

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