Article ; Online: Obesogenic polystyrene microplastic exposures disrupt the gut-liver-adipose axis.
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
2024 Volume 198, Issue 2, Page(s) 210–220
Abstract: Microplastics (MP) derived from the weathering of polymers, or synthesized in this size range, have become widespread environmental contaminants and have found their way into water supplies and the food chain. Despite this awareness, little is known ... ...
| Abstract | Microplastics (MP) derived from the weathering of polymers, or synthesized in this size range, have become widespread environmental contaminants and have found their way into water supplies and the food chain. Despite this awareness, little is known about the health consequences of MP ingestion. We have previously shown that the consumption of polystyrene (PS) beads was associated with intestinal dysbiosis and diabetes and obesity in mice. To further evaluate the systemic metabolic effects of PS on the gut-liver-adipose tissue axis, we supplied C57BL/6J mice with normal water or that containing 2 sizes of PS beads (0.5 and 5 µm) at a concentration of 1 µg/ml. After 13 weeks, we evaluated indices of metabolism and liver function. As observed previously, mice drinking the PS-containing water had a potentiated weight gain and adipose expansion. Here we found that this was associated with an increased abundance of adipose F4/80+ macrophages. These exposures did not cause nonalcoholic fatty liver disease but were associated with decreased liver:body weight ratios and an enrichment in hepatic farnesoid X receptor and liver X receptor signaling. PS also increased hepatic cholesterol and altered both hepatic and cecal bile acids. Mice consuming PS beads and treated with the berry anthocyanin, delphinidin, demonstrated an attenuated weight gain compared with those mice receiving a control intervention and also exhibited a downregulation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) signaling pathways. This study highlights the obesogenic role of PS in perturbing the gut-liver-adipose axis and altering nuclear receptor signaling and intermediary metabolism. Dietary interventions may limit the adverse metabolic effects of PS consumption. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Mice ; Plastics/metabolism ; Plastics/pharmacology ; Polystyrenes/toxicity ; Polystyrenes/metabolism ; Microplastics/metabolism ; Microplastics/pharmacology ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Liver ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/metabolism ; Obesity/chemically induced ; Obesity/metabolism ; Weight Gain |
| Chemical Substances | Plastics ; Polystyrenes ; Microplastics |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2024-01-16 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 1420885-4 |
| ISSN | 1096-0929 ; 1096-6080 |
| ISSN (online) | 1096-0929 |
| ISSN | 1096-6080 |
| DOI | 10.1093/toxsci/kfae013 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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