Perinatal exposure to bisphenol A modifies the transcriptional regulation of the β-Casein gene

  during secretory activation of the rat mammary gland

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Publication date: 5 January 2017
Source:Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Volume 439
Author(s): Gabriela A. Altamirano, Jorge G. Ramos, Ayelen L. Gomez, Enrique H. Luque, Monica Muñoz-de-Toro, Laura Kass
With the aim to analyze whether bisphenol A (BPA) modifies β-Casein (β-Cas) synthesis and transcriptional regulation in perinatally exposed animals, here, pregnant F0 rats were orally exposed to 0, 0.6 or 52 μg BPA/kg/day from gestation day 9 until weaning. Then, F1 females were bred and mammary glands were obtained on lactation day 2. Perinatal BPA exposure decreased β-Cas expression without modifying the activation of prolactin receptor. It also decreased the expression of glucocorticoid receptor in BPA52-exposed dams and β1 and α6 integrins as well as dystroglycan in both BPA groups. In addition, BPA exposure altered the expression of histone-modifying enzymes and induced histone modifications and DNA methylation in the promoter, enhancer and exon VII of the β-Cas gene. An impaired crosstalk between the extracellular matrix and lactogenic hormone signaling pathways and epigenetic modifications of the β-Cas gene could be the molecular mechanisms by which BPA decreased β-Cas expression.

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