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Xu X, Zhang D, Zhao K, Liu Z, Ren X, Zhang X, Lu Z, Qin C, Wang J, Wang S. Comprehensive analysis of the impact of emerging flame retardants on prostate cancer progression: The potential molecular mechanisms and immune infiltration landscape. Toxicology 2024; 501:153681. [PMID: 38006928 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2023.153681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Revised: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023]
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Emerging flame retardants have been used to replace traditional flame retardants, but their potential impact on cancer, especially prostate cancer, is not well understood. Our study aimed to explore the link between flame retardants and prostate cancer, and identify potential carcinogenic mechanisms among populations exposed to emerging flame retardants. We screened flame retardant interacting genes differentially expressed in prostate cancer patients and identified hub genes by protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis based on the STRING database. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed to construct risk models and identify flame retardant-related prognostic genes. We calculated the proportion of immune cell infiltration to explore the potential mechanism of the prognostic gene, and verified the target cell population of the prognostic gene in the single-cell transcriptome dataset. Our study revealed a significant link between emerging flame retardants and prostate cancer. We constructed a risk model with good predictive ability for prostate cancer prognosis using TCGA dataset, and identified six flame retardant-related prognostic genes validated in the GSE70769 dataset. We found that the expression of M2 macrophages was up-regulated in patients with high expression of prognostic genes, and the single-cell dataset confirmed the expression of prognostic genes in macrophages. Our study confirms the link between emerging flame retardants and prostate cancer, and highlights the role of immune-related pathways in the high-risk population exposed to these flame retardants.
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- Xinchi Xu
- The State Key Lab of Reproductive, Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210029, China; Department of Urology, The Second People's Hospital of Wuhu, Wuhu, Anhui Province 241000, China
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- The State Key Lab of Reproductive, Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210029, China
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- The State Key Lab of Reproductive, Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210029, China
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- The State Key Lab of Reproductive, Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210029, China
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- The State Key Lab of Reproductive, Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210029, China
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- The State Key Lab of Reproductive, Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210029, China
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- The State Key Lab of Reproductive, Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210029, China
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- The State Key Lab of Reproductive, Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210029, China
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- Department of Urology, The Second People's Hospital of Wuhu, Wuhu, Anhui Province 241000, China.
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- The State Key Lab of Reproductive, Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210029, China.
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Howdeshell KL, Beverly BEJ, Blain RB, Goldstone AE, Hartman PA, Lemeris CR, Newbold RR, Rooney AA, Bucher JR. Evaluating endocrine disrupting chemicals: A perspective on the novel assessments in CLARITY-BPA. Birth Defects Res 2023; 115:1345-1397. [PMID: 37646438 DOI: 10.1002/bdr2.2238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Consortium Linking Academic and Regulatory Insights on Bisphenol A Toxicity (CLARITY-BPA) was a collaborative research effort to better link academic research with governmental guideline studies. This review explores the secondary goal of CLARITY-BPA: to identify endpoints or technologies from CLARITY-BPA and prior/concurrent literature from these laboratories that may enhance the capacity of rodent toxicity studies to detect endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted with search terms for BPA and the CLARITY-BPA participants. Relevant studies employed a laboratory rodent model and reported results on 1 of the 10 organs/organ systems evaluated in CLARITY-BPA (brain and behavior, cardiac, immune, mammary gland, ovary, penile function, prostate gland and urethra, testis and epididymis, thyroid hormone and metabolism, and uterus). Study design and findings were summarized, and a risk-of-bias assessment was conducted. RESULTS Several endpoints and methods were identified as potentially helpful to detect effects of EDCs. For example, molecular and quantitative morphological approaches were sensitive in detecting alterations in early postnatal development of the brain, ovary, and mammary glands. Hormone challenge studies mimicking human aging reported increased susceptibility of the prostate to disease following developmental BPA exposure. Statistical analyses for nonmonotonic dose responses, and computational approaches assessing multiple treatment-related outcomes concurrently in linked hormone-sensitive organ systems, reported effects at low BPA doses. CONCLUSIONS This review provided an opportunity to evaluate the unique insights provided by nontraditional assessments in CLARITY-BPA to identify technologies and endpoints to enhance detection of EDCs in future studies.
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- Kembra L Howdeshell
- Division of Translational Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Translational Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Translational Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
- NIEHS, retired, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
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- Division of Translational Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Translational Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
- NIEHS, retired, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
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Alwadi D, Felty Q, Roy D, Yoo C, Deoraj A. Environmental Phenol and Paraben Exposure Risks and Their Potential Influence on the Gene Expression Involved in the Prognosis of Prostate Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23073679. [PMID: 35409038 PMCID: PMC8998918 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the leading malignant tumors in US men. The lack of understanding of the molecular pathology on the risk of food supply chain exposures of environmental phenol (EP) and paraben (PB) chemicals limits the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment options. This research aims to utilize a risk assessment approach to demonstrate the association of EP and PB exposures detected in the urine samples along with PCa in US men (NHANES data 2005−2015). Further, we employ integrated bioinformatics to examine how EP and PB exposure influences the molecular pathways associated with the progression of PCa. The odds ratio, multiple regression model, and Pearson coefficients were used to evaluate goodness-of-fit analyses. The results demonstrated associations of EPs, PBs, and their metabolites, qualitative and quantitative variables, with PCa. The genes responsive to EP and PB exposures were identified using the Comparative Toxicogenomic Database (CTD). DAVID.6.8, GO, and KEGG enrichment analyses were used to delineate their roles in prostate carcinogenesis. The plug-in CytoHubba and MCODE completed identification of the hub genes in Cytoscape software for their roles in the PCa prognosis. It was then validated by using the UALCAN database by evaluating the expression levels and predictive values of the identified hub genes in prostate cancer prognosis using TCGA data. We demonstrate a significant association of higher levels of EPs and PBs in the urine samples, categorical and numerical confounders, with self-reported PCa cases. The higher expression levels of the hub genes (BUB1B, TOP2A, UBE2C, RRM2, and CENPF) in the aggressive stages (Gleason score > 8) of PCa tissues indicate their potential role(s) in the carcinogenic pathways. Our results present an innovative approach to extrapolate and validate hub genes responsive to the EPs and PBs, which may contribute to the severity of the disease prognosis, especially in the older population of US men.
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- Diaaidden Alwadi
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA; (D.A.); (Q.F.); (D.R.)
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA; (D.A.); (Q.F.); (D.R.)
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA; (D.A.); (Q.F.); (D.R.)
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- Biostatistics Department, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA;
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA; (D.A.); (Q.F.); (D.R.)
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Lacouture A, Lafront C, Peillex C, Pelletier M, Audet-Walsh É. Impacts of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on prostate function and cancer. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 204:112085. [PMID: 34562481 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Because of their historical mode of action, endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are associated with sex-steroid receptors, namely the two estrogen receptors (ERα and ERβ) and the androgen receptor (AR). Broadly, EDCs can modulate sex-steroid receptor functions. They can also indirectly impact the androgen and estrogen pathways by influencing steroidogenesis, expression of AR or ERs, and their respective activity as transcription factors. Additionally, many of these chemicals have multiple cellular targets other than sex-steroid receptors, which results in a myriad of potential effects in humans. The current article reviews the association between prostate cancer and the endocrine-disrupting functions of four prominent EDC families: bisphenols, phthalates, phytoestrogens, and mycoestrogens. Results from both in vitro and in vivo models are included and discussed to better assess the molecular mechanisms by which EDCs can modify prostate biology. To overcome the heterogeneity of results published, we established common guidelines to properly study EDCs in the context of endocrine diseases. Firstly, the expression of sex-steroid receptors in the models used must be determined before testing. Then, in parallel to EDCs, pharmacological compounds acting as positive (agonists) and negative controls (antagonists) have to be employed. Finally, EDCs need to be used in a precise range of concentrations to modulate sex-steroid receptors and avoid off-target effects. By adequately integrating molecular endocrinology aspects in EDC studies and identifying their underlying molecular mechanisms, we will truly understand their impact on prostate cancer and distinguish those that favor the progression of the disease from those that slow down tumor development.
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- Aurélie Lacouture
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada; Endocrinology - Nephrology Research Axis, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, Canada; Cancer Research Center (CRC), Laval University, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada; Endocrinology - Nephrology Research Axis, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, Canada; Cancer Research Center (CRC), Laval University, Québec, Canada
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- Infectious and Immune Diseases Research Axis, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, Canada; ARThrite Research Center, Laval University, Québec, Canada; Master de Biologie, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Infectious and Immune Diseases Research Axis, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, Canada; ARThrite Research Center, Laval University, Québec, Canada; Department of Microbiology-Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada; Endocrinology - Nephrology Research Axis, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, Canada; Cancer Research Center (CRC), Laval University, Québec, Canada.
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Schatten H. External and Environmental Effects on Centrosomes. THE CENTROSOME AND ITS FUNCTIONS AND DYSFUNCTIONS 2022; 235:81-83. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20848-5_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Liao G, Lee PMY, Zhao S, Ho WM, Lam AT, Lee MK, Poon PKM, Ng SSM, Li W, He Y, Wang F, Wong SYS, Ng CF, Tse LA. Joint effect between bisphenol A and alcohol consumption on benign prostatic hyperplasia: A case-control study in Hong Kong Chinese males. Prostate 2021; 81:1214-1224. [PMID: 34464465 DOI: 10.1002/pros.24217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Revised: 08/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Whether bisphenol A (BPA) exposure is a contributing factor to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) remains unclear. This study evaluated the association between chronic BPA exposure and BPH risk, and explored whether this association was modified by alcohol drinking. METHODS This study included a total of 650 BPH cases and 650 controls recruited from the same hospital in Hong Kong during 2011-2016. Chronic BPA exposure level was estimated by a validated cumulative BPA exposure index (CBPAI). We performed unconditional logistic regression model to examine the association of BPH risk with potential sources of BPA exposure via oral intake and CBPAI. We further tested the interactions between CBPAI and alcohol consumption habits on BPH risk. RESULTS A positive exposure-response relationship was observed between CBPAI and BPH risk. Frequent BPA exposure via oral intake of foods heated in a plastic box/bag (odds ratio [OR] = 3.52, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.51-8.22), cooling water in a plastic bottle (OR = 2.65, 95% CI: 1.33-5.27), or using a plastic cup to contain hot water (OR = 4.14, 95% CI: 1.02-16.89), was significantly associated with increased BPH risk. Compared with nonalcohol drinkers, alcohol drinkers was insignificantly associated with BPH risk (OR = 1.10, 95% CI: 0.77-1.57), but it demonstrated a more remarkable positive gradient between CBPAI exposure and BPH risk among alcohol drinkers, indicating an additive interaction between CBPAI and alcohol on BPH risk (synergy index = 4.24, 95% CI: 1.21-14.94). CONCLUSIONS Chronic oral BPA exposure increased BPH risk with a positive exposure-response relationship among Hong Kong Chinese, and alcohol drinking amplified the effect of BPA on BPH. Hence, minimizations of containing food or water/beverage in plastic containers and drinking alcohol are recommended in the community to mitigate BPH risk. Future larger and designated studies are warranted.
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- Gengze Liao
- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Family Medicine Training Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Family Medicine Training Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Public Health, Guilin Medical College, Guangxi Province, China
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Surgery, SH Ho Urology Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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Combined Effects of Different Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) on Prostate Gland. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18189772. [PMID: 34574693 PMCID: PMC8471191 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18189772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) belong to a heterogeneous class of environmental pollutants widely diffused in different aquatic and terrestrial habitats. This implies that humans and animals are continuously exposed to EDCs from different matrices and sources. Moreover, pollution derived from anthropic and industrial activities leads to combined exposure to substances with multiple mechanisms of action on the endocrine system and correlated cell and tissue targets. For this reason, specific organs, such as the prostate gland, which physiologically are under the control of hormones like androgens and estrogens, are particularly sensitive to EDC stimulation. It is now well known that an imbalance in hormonal regulation can cause the onset of various prostate diseases, from benign prostate hyperplasia to prostate cancer. In this review, starting with the description of normal prostate gland anatomy and embryology, we summarize recent studies reporting on how the multiple and simultaneous exposure to estrogenic and anti-androgenic compounds belonging to EDCs are responsible for an increase in prostate disease incidence in the human population.
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Salamanca-Fernández E, Rodríguez-Barranco M, Amiano P, Delfrade J, Chirlaque MD, Colorado S, Guevara M, Jimenez A, Arrebola JP, Vela F, Olea N, Agudo A, Sánchez MJ. Bisphenol-A exposure and risk of breast and prostate cancer in the Spanish European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study. Environ Health 2021; 20:88. [PMID: 34399780 PMCID: PMC8369702 DOI: 10.1186/s12940-021-00779-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disruptor that it is present in numerous products of daily use. The aim of this study was to assess the potential association of serum BPA concentrations and the risk of incident breast and prostate cancer in a sub-cohort of the Spanish European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). METHODS We designed a case-cohort study within the EPIC-Spain cohort. Study population consisted on 4812 participants from 4 EPIC-Spain centers (547 breast cancer cases, 575 prostate cancer cases and 3690 sub-cohort participants). BPA exposure was assessed by means of chemical analyses of serum samples collected at recruitment. Borgan II weighted Cox regression was used to estimate hazard ratios. RESULTS Median follow-up time in our study was 16.9 years. BPA geometric mean serum values of cases and sub-cohort were 1.12 ng/ml vs 1.10 ng/ml respectively for breast cancer and 1.33 ng/ml vs 1.29 ng/ml respectively for prostate cancer. When categorizing BPA into tertiles, a 40% increase in risk of prostate cancer for tertile 1 (p = 0.022), 37% increase for tertile 2 (p = 0.034) and 31% increase for tertile 3 (p = 0.072) was observed with respect to values bellow the limit of detection. No significant association was observed between BPA levels and breast cancer risk. CONCLUSIONS We found a similar percentage of detection of BPA among cases and sub-cohort from our population, and no association with breast cancer risk was observed. However, we found a higher risk of prostate cancer for the increase in serum BPA levels. Further investigation is needed to understand the influence of BPA in prostate cancer risk.
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- Elena Salamanca-Fernández
- Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP), Campus Universitario de Cartuja, C/Cuesta del Observatorio 4, 18080, Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. GRANADA, Granada, Spain
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- Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP), Campus Universitario de Cartuja, C/Cuesta del Observatorio 4, 18080, Granada, Spain.
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. GRANADA, Granada, Spain.
- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Public Health Division of Gipuzkoa, BioDonostia Research Institute, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Navarra Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Spain
- Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
- Department of Health and Sciences, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
- Research Group on Demography and Health, National Faculty of Public Health, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Navarra Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Spain
- Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain
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- Public Health Division of Gipuzkoa, BioDonostia Research Institute, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. GRANADA, Granada, Spain
- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. GRANADA, Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. GRANADA, Granada, Spain
- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Radiology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Catalan Institute of Oncology - ICO, Nutrition and Cancer Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute - IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908, Barcelona, Spain
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- Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP), Campus Universitario de Cartuja, C/Cuesta del Observatorio 4, 18080, Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. GRANADA, Granada, Spain
- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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Ma Q, Deng P, Lin M, Yang L, Li L, Guo L, Zhang L, He M, Lu Y, Pi H, Zhang Y, Yu Z, Chen C, Zhou Z. Long-term bisphenol A exposure exacerbates diet-induced prediabetes via TLR4-dependent hypothalamic inflammation. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 402:123926. [PMID: 33254826 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Bisphenol A (BPA), an environmental endocrine-disrupting compound, has been revealed associated with metabolic disorders such as obesity, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, its underlying mechanisms are still not fully understood. Here, we provide new evidence that BPA is a risk factor for T2D from a case-control study. To explore the detailed mechanisms, we used two types of diet models, standard diet (SD) and high-fat diet (HFD), to study the effects of long-term BPA exposure on prediabetes in 4-week-old mice. We found that BPA exposure for 12 weeks exacerbated HFD-induced prediabetic symptoms. Female mice showed increased body mass, serum insulin level, and impaired glucose tolerance, while male mice only exhibited impaired glucose tolerance. No change was found in SD-fed mice. Besides, BPA exposure enhanced astrocyte-dependent hypothalamic inflammation in both male and female mice, which impaired proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neuron functions. Moreover, eliminating inflammation by toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) knockout significantly abolished the effects of BPA on the hypothalamus and diet-induced prediabetes. Taken together, our data establish a key role for TLR4-dependent hypothalamic inflammation in regulating the effects of BPA on prediabetes.
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- Qinlong Ma
- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Former Name: Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Former Name: Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Former Name: Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Former Name: Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Health Management Center, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Former Name: Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University (Former Name: Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400042, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Former Name: Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Former Name: Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Former Name: Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Former Name: Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Former Name: Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Former Name: Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Former Name: Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, and Department of Emergency Medicine of First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
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Prins GS. Developmental estrogenization: Prostate gland reprogramming leads to increased disease risk with aging. Differentiation 2021; 118:72-81. [PMID: 33478774 DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2020.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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While estrogens are involved in normal prostate morphogenesis and function, inappropriate early-life estrogenic exposures, either in type, dose or timing, can reprogram the prostate gland and lead to increased disease risk with aging. This process is referred to as estrogen imprinting or developmental estrogenization of the prostate gland. The present review discusses published and new evidence for prostatic developmental estrogenization that includes extensive research in rodent models combined with epidemiology findings that together have helped to uncover the architectural and molecular underpinnings that promote this phenotype. Complex interactions between steroid receptors, developmental morphoregulatory factors, epigenetic machinery and stem-progenitor cell targets coalesce to hard wire structural, cellular and epigenomic reorganization of the tissue which retains a life-long memory of early-life estrogens, ultimately predisposing the gland to prostatitis, hyperplasia and carcinogenesis with aging.
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- Gail S Prins
- Departments of Urology, Physiology and Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 820 S Wood Street, MC955, Chicago, 60612, IL, USA.
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Salamanca-Fernández E, Rodríguez-Barranco M, Petrova D, Larrañaga N, Guevara M, Moreno-Iribas C, Chirlaque MD, Colorado-Yohar S, Arrebola JP, Vela F, Olea N, Agudo A, Sánchez MJ. Bisphenol A exposure and risk of ischemic heart disease in the Spanish European Prospective Investigation into cancer and nutrition study. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 261:127697. [PMID: 32731019 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease, particularly ischemic heart disease (IHD), is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Bisphenol A (BPA) is considered an endocrine disruptor and obesogen, present in numerous products of daily use. The aim of this study was to assess the potential association of serum BPA concentrations and the risk of incident IHD in a sub-cohort of the Spanish European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). METHODS We designed a case-cohort study within the EPIC-Spain cohort. The population consisted of 4636 participants from 4 EPIC-Spain centers (946 IHD cases and 3690 sub-cohort participants). BPA exposure was assessed by means of chemical analyses of serum samples collected at recruitment. Follow-up was performed by linking with national and regional databases and reviewing patients' clinical records. Cox Proportional Hazards Models were used for the statistical analyses. RESULTS Median follow-up time was 16 years and 70% of the participants showed detectable BPA values (>0.2 ng/ml). Geometric mean (GM) values of cases and sub-cohort were 1.22 ng/ml vs 1.19 ng/ml respectively (p = 0.90). Cox regression models showed no significant association of BPA serum levels and IHD, acute myocardial infarction or angina pectoris risk. CONCLUSIONS We evidenced a similar percentage of detection of BPA among cases and sub-cohort participants from our population, and no clear association with IHD risk was observed. However, further investigation is needed to understand the influence of BPA on IHD risk.
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- Elena Salamanca-Fernández
- Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP), Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain
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- Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP), Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.
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- Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP), Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Public Health Department of Gipuzkoa, Donostia, Spain
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Navarra Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Spain; IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain
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- Navarra Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Spain; IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain; Department of Health and Sciences, University of Murcia, Spain
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain; Research Group on Demography and Health, National Faculty of Public Health, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Catalan Institute of Oncology - ICO, Nutrition and Cancer Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute - IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08908, Spain
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- Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP), Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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Heindel JJ, Belcher S, Flaws JA, Prins GS, Ho SM, Mao J, Patisaul HB, Ricke W, Rosenfeld CS, Soto AM, Vom Saal FS, Zoeller RT. Data integration, analysis, and interpretation of eight academic CLARITY-BPA studies. Reprod Toxicol 2020; 98:29-60. [PMID: 32682780 PMCID: PMC7365109 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2020.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 05/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
"Consortium Linking Academic and Regulatory Insights on BPA Toxicity" (CLARITY-BPA) was a comprehensive "industry-standard" Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)-compliant 2-year chronic exposure study of bisphenol A (BPA) toxicity that was supplemented by hypothesis-driven independent investigator-initiated studies. The investigator-initiated studies were focused on integrating disease-associated, molecular, and physiological endpoints previously found by academic scientists into an industry standard guideline-compliant toxicity study. Thus, the goal of this collaboration was to provide a more comprehensive dataset upon which to base safety standards and to determine whether industry-standard tests are as sensitive and predictive as molecular and disease-associated endpoints. The goal of this report is to integrate the findings from the investigator-initiated studies into a comprehensive overview of the observed impacts of BPA across the multiple organs and systems analyzed. For each organ system, we provide the rationale for the study, an overview of methodology, and summarize major findings. We then compare the results of the CLARITY-BPA studies across organ systems with the results of previous peer-reviewed studies from independent labs. Finally, we discuss potential influences that contributed to differences between studies. Developmental exposure to BPA can lead to adverse effects in multiple organs systems, including the brain, prostate gland, urinary tract, ovary, mammary gland, and heart. As published previously, many effects were at the lowest dose tested, 2.5μg/kg /day, and many of the responses were non-monotonic. Because the low dose of BPA affected endpoints in the same animals across organs evaluated in different labs, we conclude that these are biologically - and toxicologically - relevant.
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- Jerrold J Heindel
- Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies Commonweal, Bolinas, CA 94924, United States.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States
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- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61802, United States
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL 60612, United States
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- Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH 45267, United States; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, United States
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- Biomedical Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States
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- Department of Urology, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI 53705, United States
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- Biomedical Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, United States
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Cimmino I, Fiory F, Perruolo G, Miele C, Beguinot F, Formisano P, Oriente F. Potential Mechanisms of Bisphenol A (BPA) Contributing to Human Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E5761. [PMID: 32796699 PMCID: PMC7460848 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21165761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Bisphenol A (BPA) is an organic synthetic compound serving as a monomer to produce polycarbonate plastic, widely used in the packaging for food and drinks, medical devices, thermal paper, and dental materials. BPA can contaminate food, beverage, air, and soil. It accumulates in several human tissues and organs and is potentially harmful to human health through different molecular mechanisms. Due to its hormone-like properties, BPA may bind to estrogen receptors, thereby affecting both body weight and tumorigenesis. BPA may also affect metabolism and cancer progression, by interacting with GPR30, and may impair male reproductive function, by binding to androgen receptors. Several transcription factors, including PPARγ, C/EBP, Nrf2, HOX, and HAND2, are involved in BPA action on fat and liver homeostasis, the cardiovascular system, and cancer. Finally, epigenetic changes, such as DNA methylation, histones modification, and changes in microRNAs expression contribute to BPA pathological effects. This review aims to provide an extensive and comprehensive analysis of the most recent evidence about the potential mechanisms by which BPA affects human health.
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Federico II University of Naples and URT “Genomic of Diabetes” of Institute of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology, National Council of Research (CNR), 80131 Naples, Italy; (I.C.); (F.F.); (G.P.); (C.M.); (F.B.); (F.O.)
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Taylor JA, Jones MB, Besch-Williford CL, Berendzen AF, Ricke WA, vom Saal FS. Interactive Effects of Perinatal BPA or DES and Adult Testosterone and Estradiol Exposure on Adult Urethral Obstruction and Bladder, Kidney, and Prostate Pathology in Male Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21113902. [PMID: 32486162 PMCID: PMC7313472 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21113902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Obstructive voiding disorder (OVD) occurs during aging in men and is often, but not always, associated with increased prostate size, due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatitis, or prostate cancer. Estrogens are known to impact the development of both OVD and prostate diseases, either during early urogenital tract development in fetal–neonatal life or later in adulthood. To examine the potential interaction between developmental and adult estrogen exposure on the adult urogenital tract, male CD-1 mice were perinatally exposed to bisphenol A (BPA), diethylstilbestrol (DES) as a positive control, or vehicle negative control, and in adulthood were treated for 4 months with Silastic capsules containing testosterone and estradiol (T+E2) or empty capsules. Animals exposed to BPA or DES during perinatal development were more likely than negative controls to have urine flow/kidney problems and enlarged bladders, as well as enlarged prostates. OVD in adult T+E2-treated perinatal BPA and DES animals was associated with dorsal prostate hyperplasia and prostatitis. The results demonstrate a relationship between elevated exogenous estrogen levels during urogenital system development and elevated estradiol in adulthood and OVD in male mice. These findings support the two-hit hypothesis for the development of OVD and prostate diseases.
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- Julia A. Taylor
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; (J.A.T.); (M.B.J.)
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; (J.A.T.); (M.B.J.)
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- Biomolecular Imaging Center, Harry S Truman VA Hospital and University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA;
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- George M. O’Brien Center of Research Excellence, Department of Urology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA;
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; (J.A.T.); (M.B.J.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-(573)-356-9621
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Wu S, Huang D, Su X, Yan H, Wu J, Sun Z. Oral exposure to low-dose bisphenol A induces hyperplasia of dorsolateral prostate and upregulates EGFR expression in adult Sprague-Dawley rats. Toxicol Ind Health 2020; 35:647-659. [PMID: 31771501 DOI: 10.1177/0748233719885565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Prostate is sensitive to endocrine hormone level, and the synergetic effect of estrogen and androgen is critical in prostate growth. The change of signal pathways caused by the imbalance of estrogen and androgen might function in the occurrence of prostate diseases. As a well-known endocrine disruptor compound, bisphenol A (BPA) can disturb the normal function of endocrine hormone and affect prostate development. This study aims to investigate effects of BPA on the dorsolateral prostate (DLP) and the related gene expression of the tissue in adult Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats and to explore the mechanism for the effect of low-dose BPA on DLP hyperplasia. Three-month-old male SD rats were treated with BPA (10.0, 30.0, or 90.0 µg (kg.day)-1, gavage) or vehicle (gavage) for 4 weeks. BPA significantly increased the DLP weight, the DLP organ coefficient, and the prostate epithelium height (p < 0.01) of rats dose-dependently. Microarray analysis and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction showed that BPA significantly upregulated the transcriptional levels of some genes, including pituitary tumor transforming gene 1, epidermal growth factor, Sh3kbp1, and Pcna. Furthermore, the expression of PCNA (p < 0.01), androgen receptor (p < 0.01), and EGF receptor (EGFR) (p < 0.001) in DLP was increased significantly by BPA treatment, and the expression of estrogen receptor alpha was also upregulated. The findings evidenced that low-dose BPA could induce DLP hyperplasia in adult rats, and the upregulated EGF/EGFR pathway that was responsive to estrogen and androgen might play an essential role in the DLP hyperplasia induced by low-dose BPA.
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- Shuangshuang Wu
- Pharmacy School of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,National Evaluatinon Centre for Toxicology of Fertility Regulating Drugs, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation of NPFPC, Shanghai, China.,Reproductive and Developmental Research Institute of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- National Evaluatinon Centre for Toxicology of Fertility Regulating Drugs, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation of NPFPC, Shanghai, China.,Reproductive and Developmental Research Institute of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- National Evaluatinon Centre for Toxicology of Fertility Regulating Drugs, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation of NPFPC, Shanghai, China
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- National Evaluatinon Centre for Toxicology of Fertility Regulating Drugs, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation of NPFPC, Shanghai, China.,Reproductive and Developmental Research Institute of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- National Evaluatinon Centre for Toxicology of Fertility Regulating Drugs, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation of NPFPC, Shanghai, China.,Reproductive and Developmental Research Institute of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- National Evaluatinon Centre for Toxicology of Fertility Regulating Drugs, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation of NPFPC, Shanghai, China.,Reproductive and Developmental Research Institute of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Vandenberg LN, Prins GS, Patisaul HB, Zoeller RT. The Use and Misuse of Historical Controls in Regulatory Toxicology: Lessons from the CLARITY-BPA Study. Endocrinology 2020; 161:5613539. [PMID: 31690949 PMCID: PMC7182062 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqz014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
For many endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) including Bisphenol A (BPA), animal studies show that environmentally relevant exposures cause harm; human studies are consistent with these findings. Yet, regulatory agencies charged with protecting public health continue to conclude that human exposures to these EDCs pose no risk. One reason for the disconnect between the scientific consensus on EDCs in the endocrinology community and the failure to act in the regulatory community is the dependence of the latter on so-called "guideline studies" to evaluate hazards, and the inability to incorporate independent scientific studies in risk assessment. The Consortium Linking Academic and Regulatory Insights on Toxicity (CLARITY) study was intended to bridge this gap, combining a "guideline" study with independent hypothesis-driven studies designed to be more appropriate to evaluate EDCs. Here we examined an aspect of "guideline" studies, the use of so-called "historical controls," which are essentially control data borrowed from prior studies to aid in the interpretation of current findings. The US Food and Drug Administration authors used historical controls to question the plausibility of statistically significant BPA-related effects in the CLARITY study. We examined the use of historical controls on 5 outcomes in the CLARITY "guideline" study: mammary neoplasms, pituitary neoplasms, kidney nephropathy, prostate inflammation and adenomas, and body weight. Using US Food and Drug Administration-proposed historical control data, our evaluation revealed that endpoints used in "guideline" studies are not as reproducible as previously held. Combined with other data comparing the effects of ethinyl estradiol in 2 "guideline" studies including CLARITY-BPA, we conclude that near-exclusive reliance on "guideline" studies can result in scientifically invalid conclusions.
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- Laura N Vandenberg
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts–Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts
- Correspondence: Laura N. Vandenberg, PhD, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts–Amherst, 171C Goessmann, 686 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003. E-mail:
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- Department of Urology, School of Medicine; Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Center for Human Health and the Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts–Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts
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Salamanca-Fernández E, Rodríguez-Barranco M, Arrebola JP, Vela F, Díaz C, Chirlaque MD, Colorado-Yohar S, Jiménez-Zabala A, Irizar A, Guevara M, Ardanaz E, Iribarne-Durán LM, Pérez Del Palacio J, Olea N, Agudo A, Sánchez MJ. Bisphenol-A in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort in Spain: Levels at recruitment and associated dietary factors. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 182:109012. [PMID: 31837551 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.109012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Bisphenol A (BPA) is considered an endocrine disruptor and it is present in numerous products of daily use. The aim of this study was to analyze serum BPA concentrations in a subcohort of the Spanish European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), as well as to identify potential predictors of the exposure. The population consisted on 3553 subjects from 4 EPIC-Spain centres and BPA levels were measured in serum samples by UHPLC-MS/MS. Almost 70% of the participants showed detectable BPA values (>0.2 ng/ml), with a geometric mean of 1.19 ng/ml (95% CI: 1.12-1.25). By sex, detectable percentages were similar (p = 0.56) but with higher serum levels in men (1.27 vs 1.11 ng/ml, p = 0.01). Based on the adjusted regression models, a 50 g/day increase in the consumption of added fats and oils were associated with 43% lower BPA serum levels, while sugar and confectionary was associated with 25% higher levels of serum BPA. We evidenced differential exposure levels by province, sex and age, but not by anthropometric or lifestyle characteristics. Further investigation is needed to understand the influence of diet in BPA exposure.
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- Elena Salamanca-Fernández
- Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP). Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA. Granada, Spain
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- Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP). Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA. Granada, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Madrid, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA. Granada, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Madrid, Spain; Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Granada. Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA. Granada, Spain
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- MEDINA Foundation, Center of Excellence in Research into Innovative Medicines in Andalusia, Technology Park of Health Sciences, Granada, Spain
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Madrid, Spain; Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain; Department of Health and Social Sciences, University of Murcia, Spain
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Madrid, Spain; Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain; Research Group on Demography and Health, National Faculty of Public Health, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Madrid, Spain; Public Health Division of Gipuzkoa, Basque Government, Avenida Navarra No 4, 20013, San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain; Health Research Institute, Biodonostia, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Health Research Institute, Biodonostia, San Sebastián, Spain
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Madrid, Spain; Navarra Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Spain; IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Madrid, Spain; Navarra Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Spain; IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA. Granada, Spain; Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Granada. Granada, Spain
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- MEDINA Foundation, Center of Excellence in Research into Innovative Medicines in Andalusia, Technology Park of Health Sciences, Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA. Granada, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Madrid, Spain; Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Granada. Granada, Spain
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- Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Catalan Institute of Oncology - ICO, Nutrition and Cancer Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute - IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona 08908, Spain
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- Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP). Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA. Granada, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Madrid, Spain; Universidad de Granada. Granada, Spain
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Untangling the association between environmental endocrine disruptive chemicals and the etiology of male genitourinary cancers. Biochem Pharmacol 2019; 172:113743. [PMID: 31812676 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2019.113743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals disrupt normal physiological function of endogenous hormones, their receptors, and signaling pathways of the endocrine system. Most endocrine disrupting chemicals exhibit estrogen/androgen agonistic and antagonistic activities that impinge upon hormone receptors and related pathways. Humans are exposed to endocrine disrupting chemicals through food, water and air, affecting the synthesis, release, transport, metabolism, binding, function and elimination of naturally occurring hormones. The urogenital organs function as sources of steroid hormones, are targeted end organs, and participate within systemic feedback loops within the endocrine system. The effects of endocrine disruptors can ultimately alter cellular homeostasis leading to a broad range of health effects, including malignancy. Human cancer is characterized by uncontrolled cell proliferation, mechanisms opposing cell-death, development of immortality, induction of angiogenesis, and promotion of invasion/metastasis. While hormonal malignancies of the male genitourinary organs are the second most common types of cancer, the molecular effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in hormone-driven cancers has yet to be fully explored. In this commentary, we examine the molecular evidence for the involvement of endocrine disrupting chemicals in the genesis and progression of hormone-driven cancers in the prostate, testes, and bladder. We also report on challenges that have to be overcome to drive our understanding of these chemicals and explore the potential avenues of discovery that could ultimately allow the development of tools to prevent cancer in populations where exposure is inevitable.
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Forte M, Di Lorenzo M, Iachetta G, Mita DG, Laforgia V, De Falco M. Nonylphenol acts on prostate adenocarcinoma cells via estrogen molecular pathways. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 180:412-419. [PMID: 31108418 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Estrogens play a role in the patho-physiology of the prostate. In the present work we studied the effects of nonylphenol (NP), a xenoestrogen, on human adenocarcinoma prostate cells (LNCaP). In order to understand molecular and cellular involvement, we observed the effects on cell cycle and we investigated the expression and the cellular localization of estrogen receptors and gene expression of cyclin D1, ki-67, c-myc, IL-8, IL-1β. We performed the same experiments with 17β-estradiol (E2), the most abundant estrogen circulating in nonpregnant humans in order to compare these two different substances. We demonstrated the ability of 1 × 10-10 M NP to induce proliferation of LNCaP, S-phase progression, increase of ERα expression and its translocation from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. Moreover, we observed an up-regulation of key target genes involved in cell cycle and inflammation process. Particularly, after NP treatment, IL-8 and IL-1β mRNA levels are increased more than 50% indicating a major NP involvement in inflammation processes than E2. These data suggest the proliferative effects of NP on prostate adenocarcinoma cells and highlight some aspects of molecular pathways involved in prostate responses to NP.
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- Department of Biology, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy; National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems (INBB), INBB, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy; National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems (INBB), INBB, Rome, Italy.
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Hess RA, Cooke PS. Estrogen in the male: a historical perspective. Biol Reprod 2019; 99:27-44. [PMID: 29438493 PMCID: PMC6044326 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioy043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Estrogens have traditionally been considered female hormones. Nevertheless, the presence of estrogen in males has been known for over 90 years. Initial studies suggested that estrogen was deleterious to male reproduction because exogenous treatments induced developmental abnormalities. However, demonstrations of estrogen synthesis in the testis and high concentrations of 17β-estradiol in rete testis fluid suggested that the female hormone might have a function in normal male reproduction. Identification of estrogen receptors and development of biological radioisotope methods to assess estradiol binding revealed that the male reproductive tract expresses estrogen receptor extensively from the neonatal period to adulthood. This indicated a role for estrogens in normal development, especially in efferent ductules, whose epithelium is the first in the male reproductive tract to express estrogen receptor during development and a site of exceedingly high expression. In the 1990s, a paradigm shift occurred in our understanding of estrogen function in the male, ushered in by knockout mouse models where estrogen production or expression of its receptors was not present. These knockout animals revealed that estrogen's main receptor (estrogen receptor 1 [ESR1]) is essential for male fertility and development of efferent ductules, epididymis, and prostate, and that loss of only the membrane fraction of ESR1 was sufficient to induce extensive male reproductive abnormalities and infertility. This review provides perspectives on the major discoveries and developments that led to our current knowledge of estrogen's importance in the male reproductive tract and shaped our evolving concept of estrogen's physiological role in the male.
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- Rex A Hess
- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Kolla S, McSweeney DB, Pokharel A, Vandenberg LN. Bisphenol S alters development of the male mouse mammary gland and sensitizes it to a peripubertal estrogen challenge. Toxicology 2019; 424:152234. [PMID: 31201878 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2019.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Humans are exposed to estrogenic chemicals in food and food packaging, personal care products, and other industrial and consumer goods. Bisphenol A (BPA), a well-studied xenoestrogen, is known to alter development of estrogen-sensitive organs including the brain, reproductive tract, and mammary gland. Bisphenol S (BPS; 4,4'-sulfonyldiphenol), which has a similar chemical structure to BPA, is also used in many consumer products, but its effects on estrogen-sensitive organs in mammals has not been thoroughly examined. Here, we quantified the effects of perinatal exposures to BPS on the male mouse mammary gland. In our first study, pregnant CD-1 mice were orally exposed to BPS (2 or 200 μg/kg/day) starting on pregnancy day 9 through lactation day 20, and male mammary glands were evaluated on embryonic day 16, prior to puberty, and in early adulthood. We observed modest changes in tissue organization in the fetal gland, and significant increases in growth of the gland induced by developmental BPS exposure in adulthood. In our second study, pregnant CD-1 mice were orally exposed to BPS (2, 200 or 2000 μg/kg/day) starting on pregnancy day 9 through lactational day 2. After weaning, the male pups were administered either oil (vehicle) or an estrogen challenge (1 μg ethinyl estradiol/kg/day) for ten days starting prior to puberty. After the 10-day estrogen challenge, we examined hormone-sensitive outcomes including anogenital index (AGI), weight of the seminal vesicles, and morphological parameters of the mammary gland. Although AGI and seminal vesicle weight were not affected by BPS, we observed dose-specific effects on the response of male mammary glands to the peripubertal estrogen challenge. Because male mammary glands are structurally less developed compared to females, they may provide a simple model tissue to evaluate the effects of putative xenoestrogens.
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- SriDurgaDevi Kolla
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
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Rubin BS, Schaeberle CM, Soto AM. The Case for BPA as an Obesogen: Contributors to the Controversy. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2019; 10:30. [PMID: 30787907 PMCID: PMC6372512 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Since the inception of the term endocrine disruptor, the idea that the environment is an important determinant of phenotype has motivated researchers to explore the effect of low dose exposure to BPA during organogenesis. The syndrome observed was complex, affecting various endpoints such as reproduction and reproductive tissues, behavior, mammary gland development and carcinogenesis, glucose homeostasis, and obesity. This constellation of impacted endpoints suggests the possibility of complex interactions among the multiple effects of early BPA exposure. One key finding of our rodent studies was alterations of energy and amino-acid metabolism that were detected soon after birth and continued to be present at all time points examined through 6 months of age. The classical manifestations of obesity and associated elements of metabolic disease took a longer time to become apparent. Here we examine the validity of the often-mentioned lack of reproducibility of obesogenic effects of BPA, starting from the known environmental causes of variation, which are diverse and range from the theoretical like the individuation process and the non-monotonicity of the dose-response curve, to the very pragmatic like housing, feed, and time and route of exposure. We then explore environmental conditions that may hinder reproducibility and discuss the effect of confounding factors such as BPA-induced hyperactivity. In spite of all the potential sources of variation, we find that some obesogenic or metabolic effects of BPA are reproducibly observed when study conditions are analogous. We recommend that study authors describe details of their study conditions including the environment, husbandry, and feed. Finally, we show that when experimental conditions are strictly maintained, reproducibility, and stability of the obese phenotype is consistently observed.
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Prins GS, Hu WY, Xie L, Shi GB, Hu DP, Birch L, Bosland MC. Evaluation of Bisphenol A (BPA) Exposures on Prostate Stem Cell Homeostasis and Prostate Cancer Risk in the NCTR-Sprague-Dawley Rat: An NIEHS/FDA CLARITY-BPA Consortium Study. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2018; 126:117001. [PMID: 30387366 PMCID: PMC6371765 DOI: 10.1289/ehp3953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Previous work determined that early life exposure to low-dose Bisphenol A (BPA) increased rat prostate cancer risk with aging. Herein, we report on prostate-specific results from CLARITY-BPA (Consortium Linking Academic and Regulatory Insights on BPA Toxicity), which aims to resolve uncertainties regarding BPA toxicity. OBJECTIVES We sought to a) reassess whether a range of BPA exposures drives prostate pathology and/or alters prostatic susceptibility to hormonal carcinogenesis, and b) test whether chronic low-dose BPA targets prostate epithelial stem and progenitor cells. METHODS Sprague-Dawley rats were gavaged daily with vehicle, ethinyl estradiol (EE) or [Formula: see text] BPA/kg-BW during development or chronically, and prostate pathology was assessed at one year. One developmentally exposed cohort was given testosterone plus estradiol ([Formula: see text]) implants at day 90 to promote carcinogenesis with aging. Epithelial stem and progenitor cells were isolated by prostasphere (PS) culture from dorsolateral prostates (DLP) of rats continuously exposed for six months to [Formula: see text] BPA/kg-BW. Gene expression was analyzed by quantitative real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). RESULTS Exposure to BPA alone at any dose did not drive prostate pathology. However, rats treated with EE, 2.5, 250, or [Formula: see text] BPA/kg-BW plus [Formula: see text] showed greater severity of lateral prostate intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), and DLP ductal adenocarcinoma multiplicity was markedly elevated in tumor-bearing rats exposed to [Formula: see text]-BW. DLP stem cells, assessed by PS number, doubled with chronic EE and [Formula: see text] exposures. PS size, reflecting progenitor cell proliferation, was greater at 25 and [Formula: see text] BPA doses, which also shifted lineage commitment toward basal progenitors while reducing luminal progenitor cells. CONCLUSIONS Together, these results confirm and extend previous evidence using a rat model and human prostate epithelial cells that low-dose BPA augments prostate cancer susceptibility and alters adult prostate stem cell homeostasis. Therefore, we propose that BPA exposures may contribute to the increased carcinogenic risk in humans that occurs with aging. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP3953.
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- Gail S Prins
- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, USA
- University of Illinois Cancer Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Chicago Center for Health and Environment, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Chicago Center for Health and Environment, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Chicago Center for Health and Environment, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Chicago Center for Health and Environment, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Prins GS, Patisaul HB, Belcher SM, Vandenberg LN. CLARITY-BPA academic laboratory studies identify consistent low-dose Bisphenol A effects on multiple organ systems. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2018; 125 Suppl 3:14-31. [PMID: 30207065 DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.13125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bisphenol A (BPA) is a high-production chemical used in a variety of applications worldwide. While BPA has been documented as an endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC) having adverse health-related outcomes in multiple studies, risk assessment for BPA has lagged due to reliance on guideline toxicology studies over academic ones with end-points considered more sensitive and appropriate. To address current controversies on BPA safety, the United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Toxicology Program (NTP) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established the Consortium Linking Academic and Regulatory Insights on BPA Toxicity (CLARITY-BPA) using the NCTR Sprague-Dawley rats. The goal of CLARITY-BPA is to perform a traditional regulatory toxicology study (Core study) in conjunction with multiple behavioural, molecular and cellular studies by academic laboratories focused on previously identified BPA-sensitive organ systems (Academic studies). Combined analysis of the data from both study types will be undertaken by the NTP with the aim of resolving uncertainties on BPA toxicity. To date, the Core study has been completed and a draft report released. Most of the academic studies have also been finalized and published in peer-reviewed journals. In light of this important milestone, the PPTOX-VI meeting held in the Faroe Islands, 27-30 May 2018 devoted a plenary session to CLARITY-BPA with presentations by multiple investigators with the purpose of highlighting key outcome. This MiniReview synthesizes the results of three academic studies presented at this plenary session, evaluates recently published findings by other CLARITY-BPA academic studies to provide an early combined overview of this emerging data and places this in the context of the Core study findings. This co-ordinated effort revealed a plethora of significant BPA effects across multiple organ systems and BPA doses with non-monotonic responses across the dose range utilized. Remarkably consistent across most studies, including the Core study, are low-dose effects (2.5, 25 and 250 μg BPA/kg body-weight). Collectively, the findings highlighted herein corroborate a significant body of evidence that documents adverse effects of BPA at doses relevant to human exposures and emphasizes the need for updated risk assessment analysis.
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- Gail S Prins
- Departments of Urology, Pathology, and Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.,Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.,Chicago Center for Health and Environment (CACHET), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Human Health and the Environment (CHHE), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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- Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Human Health and the Environment (CHHE), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, School of Public Health & Health Sciences, Amherst, Massachusetts
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Functions and dysfunctions of the mammalian centrosome in health, disorders, disease, and aging. Histochem Cell Biol 2018; 150:303-325. [PMID: 30062583 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-018-1698-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Since its discovery well over 100 years ago (Flemming, in Sitzungsber Akad Wissensch Wien 71:81-147, 1875; Van Beneden, in Bull Acad R Belg 42:35-97, 1876) the centrosome is increasingly being recognized as a most impactful organelle for its role not only as primary microtubule organizing center (MTOC) but also as a major communication center for signal transduction pathways and as a center for proteolytic activities. Its significance for cell cycle regulation has been well studied and we now also know that centrosome dysfunctions are implicated in numerous diseases and disorders including cancer, Alstrom syndrome, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Huntington's disease, reproductive disorders, and several other diseases and disorders. The present review is meant to build on information presented in the previous review (Schatten, in Histochem Cell Biol 129:667-686, 2008) and to highlight functions of the mammalian centrosome in health, and dysfunctions in disorders, disease, and aging with six sections focused on (1) centrosome structure and functions, and new insights into the role of centrosomes in cell cycle progression; (2) the role of centrosomes in tumor initiation and progression; (3) primary cilia, centrosome-primary cilia interactions, and consequences for cell cycle functions in health and disease; (4) transitions from centrosome to non-centrosome functions during cellular polarization; (5) other centrosome dysfunctions associated with the pathogenesis of human disease; and (6) centrosome functions in oocyte germ cells and dysfunctions in reproductive disorders and reproductive aging.
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Gestational bisphenol S impairs placental endocrine function and the fusogenic trophoblast signaling pathway. Arch Toxicol 2018; 92:1861-1876. [PMID: 29550860 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-018-2191-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Exposure to bisphenolic chemicals during pregnancy occurs in > 90% of pregnancies. Bisphenolic compounds can cross the placental barrier reaching fetal circulation. However, the effects of emerging bisphenolic compounds, such as bisphenol S (BPS), on placental function remain untested. The aim was to determine if bisphenol A (BPA) or BPS, at an environmentally relevant dose, impairs placental function. Pregnant sheep were randomly distributed into three treatment groups (n = 7-8/group): control, BPA, and BPS. All animals received daily injections of corn oil (control), BPA, or BPS (0.5 mg/kg; s.c.; internal fetal doses were ~ 2.6 ng/mL unconjugated BPA and ~ 7.7 ng/mL of BPS) from gestational day 30-100. After a 20-day washout period, placentas were weighed and placentomes collected. Placental endocrine function was assessed on biweekly maternal blood samples. Gestational exposure to BPS, but not BPA, reduced maternal circulating pregnancy-associated glycoproteins without change in placental weight or placental stereology. BPS-exposed placentas had 50% lower e-cadherin protein expression, ~ 20% fewer binucleate cells, and ~ threefold higher glial cell missing-1 protein expression. BPA placentas were not affected highlighting the intrinsic differences among bisphenolic chemicals. This is the first study to demonstrate that gestational BPS can result in placental endocrine dysfunction and points to a dysregulation in the fusogenic trophoblast signaling pathway.
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Castro B, Sánchez P, Torres JM, Ortega E. Effects of perinatal exposure to bisphenol A on the intraprostatic levels of aromatase and 5α-reductase isozymes in juvenile rats. Food Chem Toxicol 2018; 115:20-25. [PMID: 29501275 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.02.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The impact of bisphenol A (BPA) on the prostate gland has taken center stage, with a special focus placed on understanding how BPA affects prostate physiopathology. In this study, we evaluated the ability of lower doses of BPA to induce alterations in 5α-R isozymes and aromatase, in the prostate of juvenile rats exposed during developmental stage. Gestating Wistar rats were treated s.c with either vehicle or BPA (2.4 and 10 μg/kg b.w./day) from gestational day 12 to parturition. Then, male pups were s.c treated from postnatal day 1 through day 21, when they were euthanized and qRT-PCR, western blot and hormone levels determination were performed. We found that BPA at dose of 2.4 and 10 μg/kg b.w./day significantly decreased the mRNA and protein levels of 5α-R2. However, neither 5α-R1 nor 5α-R3 was affected by this exposure. BPA at dose of 10 μg/kg b.w./day significantly increased the mRNA and protein levels of aromatase. BPA also decreased plasma levels of both testosterone and dihydrotestosterone and increased estradiol. These data lend support that low-dose BPA during fetal and neonatal prostate development interfere with in situ estrogen and androgen production in the prostate gland of juvenile rats through the enzymes aromatase and 5α-Reductase.
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- Beatriz Castro
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, 11 Avenue of Research, 18016, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, 11 Avenue of Research, 18016, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, 11 Avenue of Research, 18016, Granada, Spain; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Granada, 11 Avenue of Research, 18016, Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, 11 Avenue of Research, 18016, Granada, Spain; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Granada, 11 Avenue of Research, 18016, Granada, Spain.
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Facina CH, Campos SGP, Gonçalves BF, Góes RM, Vilamaior PSL, Taboga SR. Long-term oral exposure to safe dose of bisphenol A in association with high-fat diet stimulate the prostatic lesions in a rodent model for prostate cancer. Prostate 2018; 78:152-163. [PMID: 29148069 DOI: 10.1002/pros.23458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Studies have shown that exposure to environmental chemicals known as endocrine disruptors can cause permanent changes in genital organs, such as the prostate. Among these environmental chemicals stands out bisphenol A (BPA). Another factor associated with prostate changes is the consumption of a high-fat diet. Although the relationship between the consumption of a high-fat diet and an increased risk of prostate cancer is well established, the mechanisms that lead to the establishment of this disease are not completely understood, nor the simultaneous action of BPA and high-fat diet. METHODS Adult gerbils (100 days old) were divided in four groups (n = 6 per group): Control (C): animals that received a control diet and filtered water; Diet (D): animals that received a high-fat diet and filtered water; BPA: animals that received a control diet and BPA - 50 µg kg-1 day-1 in drinking water; BPA + Diet (BPA + D): animals that received a high-fat diet + BPA - 50 µg kg-1 day-1 in drinking water. After the experimental period (6 months), the dorsolateral and ventral prostate lobes were removed, and analyzed by several methods. RESULTS Histological analysis indicated premalignant and malignant lesions in both prostatic lobes. However, animals of the D, BPA, and BPA + D groups showed a higher incidence and larger number of prostatic lesions; inflammatory foci were also common. Markers to assess prostate lesions, such as increased activation of the DNA repair system (PCNA-positive cells), androgen receptor (AR), and number of basal cells, confirmed the histology. However, serum levels of testosterone did not change under the experimental conditions. CONCLUSIONS The results indicated that the methodology used was effective in generating metabolic changes, which directly compromised prostatic homeostasis. Diet and BPA appear to modulate the activation of the AR pathway and thereby optimize tumor establishment in the gerbil prostate.
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- Camila H Facina
- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas - IBILCE - Laboratório de Microscopia e Microanálise, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas - IBILCE - Laboratório de Microscopia e Microanálise, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas - IBILCE - Laboratório de Microscopia e Microanálise, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas - IBILCE - Laboratório de Microscopia e Microanálise, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural e Funcional, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Instituto de Biologia - IB, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas - IBILCE - Laboratório de Microscopia e Microanálise, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas - IBILCE - Laboratório de Microscopia e Microanálise, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural e Funcional, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Instituto de Biologia - IB, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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The molecular mechanisms of action of the endocrine disrupting chemical bisphenol A in the development of cancer. Gene 2018; 647:235-243. [PMID: 29317319 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC) is an exogenous substance or mixture that alters the function of the endocrine system and consequently causes adverse effects in intact organisms. Bisphenol A (BPA), one of the most common endocrine disrupting chemicals is a carbon-based synthetic compound used in the production of water bottles, cans, and teeth suture materials. It is known to be a xenoestrogen as it interacts with estrogen receptors and acts as agonist or antagonist via estrogen receptor-dependent signaling pathways. BPA has been associated with serious health effects in humans and wildlife. It elicits several endocrine disorders and plays a role in the pathogenesis of several hormone-dependent tumors such as breast, ovarian, prostate cancer and others. More complicate to this picture, its effects rely on several and diverse molecular and epigenetic mechanisms that converge upon endocrine and reproductive systems. The present review gives an overview of general hazards of BPA, its epigenetic modifications and the molecular mechanisms of BPA action in different types of cancers as the increase in information about responses and action mechanisms of BPA may bring a better understanding of the risks of BPA exposure in humans and provide an important platform on which human health can be improved.
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The Impact of Centrosome Pathologies on Prostate Cancer Development and Progression. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2018; 1095:67-81. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95693-0_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Prins GS, Ye SH, Birch L, Zhang X, Cheong A, Lin H, Calderon-Gierszal E, Groen J, Hu WY, Ho SM, van Breemen RB. Prostate Cancer Risk and DNA Methylation Signatures in Aging Rats following Developmental BPA Exposure: A Dose-Response Analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2017; 125:077007. [PMID: 28728135 PMCID: PMC5744650 DOI: 10.1289/ehp1050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have uncovered heightened prostatic susceptibility to hormone-induced neoplasia from early-life exposure to low-dose bisphenol A (BPA). However, significant data gaps remain that are essential to address for biological relevance and necessary risk assessment. OBJECTIVES A complete BPA dose-response analysis of prostate lesions across multiple prostatic lobes was conducted that included internal BPA dosimetry, progression to adenocarcinoma with aging and mechanistic connections to epigenetically reprogramed genes. METHODS Male neonatal Sprague-Dawley rats were briefly exposed to 0.1 to 5,000 μg BPA/kg BW on postnatal days (PND) 1, 3, and 5. Individual prostate lobes plus periurethral prostatic ducts were evaluated at 7 mo or 1 y of age without or with adult testosterone plus estradiol (T+E) to promote carcinogenesis. DNA methylation of five genes was quantified by bisulfite genomic sequencing in d-200 dorsal prostates across BPA doses. Serum free-BPA and BPA-glucuronide were quantitated in sera of individual PND 3 pups collected 1 hr postexposure utilizing ultra-high-pressure tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS-MS). RESULTS The lowest BPA dose initiated maximal hormonal carcinogenesis in lateral prostates despite undetectable free BPA 1 hr postexposure. Further, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) progressed to carcinoma in rats given neonatal low-dose BPA with adult T+E but not in rats given adult T+E alone. The dorsal and ventral lobes and periurethral prostatic ducts exhibited a nonmonotonic dose response with peak PIN, proliferation and apoptotic values at 10–100 μg/kg BW. This was paralleled by nonmonotonic and dose-specific DNA hypomethylation of genes that confer carcinogenic risk, with greatest hypomethylation at the lowest BPA doses. CONCLUSIONS Developmental BPA exposures heighten prostate cancer susceptibility in a complex dose- and lobe-specific manner. Importantly, elevated carcinogenic risk is found at doses that yield undetectable serum free BPA. Dose-specific epigenetic modifications of selected genes provide a mechanistic framework that may connect early-life BPA to later-life predisposition to prostate carcinogenesis. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1050.
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- Gail S Prins
- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- University of Illinois Cancer Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health and Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health and Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health and Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Cincinnati Cancer Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Cincinnati Veteran Affairs Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Tomza-Marciniak A, Stępkowska P, Kuba J, Pilarczyk B. Effect of bisphenol A on reproductive processes: A review of in vitro, in vivo and epidemiological studies. J Appl Toxicol 2017; 38:51-80. [PMID: 28608465 DOI: 10.1002/jat.3480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Revised: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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As bisphenol A (BPA) is characterized by a pronounced influence on human hormonal regulation, particular attention has been aimed at understanding its role in reproductive processes in males and females, as well as on fetal development. Owing to the increasing number of alarming reports on the negative consequences of the presence of BPA in human surroundings, more and more studies are being undertaken to clarify the negative effects of BPA on human reproductive processes. The aim of this work was to collect and summarize data on the influence of BPA exposure on reproductive health. Based on an analysis of selected publications it was stated that there is strong proof confirming that BPA is an ovarian, uterine and prostate toxicant at a level below the lowest observed adverse effect level (50 mg kg-1 bodyweight) as well as a level below the proposed safe level (4 μg kg-1 bodyweight). It seems there is also reliable evidence in relation to the negative effect of BPA on sperm quality and motility. Limited evidence also pertains to the case of the potential of BPA to affect polycystic ovary syndrome occurrence. Although in epidemiological studies this disease was common, in studies on animal models such results were still not confirmed. No unambiguous results of epidemiological studies and with animal models were obtained in relation to the evaluation of associations between BPA and implantation failure in women, evaluation of associations between BPA and sexual dysfunction in men, and impact of BPA on birth rate, birth weight and length of gestation. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Agnieszka Tomza-Marciniak
- Department of Animal Reproduction Biotechnology and Environmental Hygiene, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Janickiego 29, 71-270, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Animal Reproduction Biotechnology and Environmental Hygiene, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Janickiego 29, 71-270, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Animal Reproduction Biotechnology and Environmental Hygiene, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Janickiego 29, 71-270, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Animal Reproduction Biotechnology and Environmental Hygiene, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Janickiego 29, 71-270, Szczecin, Poland
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Bernier MR, Vandenberg LN. Handling of thermal paper: Implications for dermal exposure to bisphenol A and its alternatives. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0178449. [PMID: 28570582 PMCID: PMC5453537 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disrupting chemical used in a wide range of consumer products including photoactive dyes used in thermal paper. Recent studies have shown that dermal absorption of BPA can occur when handling these papers. Yet, regulatory agencies have largely dismissed thermal paper as a major source of BPA exposure. Exposure estimates provided by agencies such as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) are based on assumptions about how humans interact with this material, stating that 'typical' exposures for adults involve only one handling per day for short periods of time (<1 minute), with limited exposure surfaces (three fingertips). The objective of this study was to determine how individuals handle thermal paper in one common setting: a cafeteria providing short-order meals. We observed thermal paper handling in a college-aged population (n = 698 subjects) at the University of Massachusetts' dining facility. We find that in this setting, individuals handle receipts for an average of 11.5 min, that >30% of individuals hold thermal paper with more than three fingertips, and >60% allow the paper to touch their palm. Only 11% of the participants we observed were consistent with the EFSA model for time of contact and dermal surface area. Mathematical modeling based on handling times we measured and previously published transfer coefficients, concentrations of BPA in paper, and absorption factors indicate the most conservative estimated intake from handling thermal paper in this population is 51.1 ng/kg/day, similar to EFSA's estimates of 59 ng/kg/day from dermal exposures. Less conservative estimates, using published data on concentrations in thermal paper and transfer rates to skin, indicate that exposures are likely significantly higher. Based on our observational data, we propose that the current models for estimating dermal BPA exposures are not consistent with normal human behavior and should be reevaluated.
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- Meghan R. Bernier
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts United States of America
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The endocrine disrupting alkylphenols and 4,4'-DDT interfere with estrogen conversion and clearance by mouse liver cytosol. Reprod Biol 2017; 17:185-192. [PMID: 28532594 DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2017.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are ubiquitous compounds known for negative impacts on reproductive functions and for increasing cancer risk. EDCs are believed to cause the harmful effects in part through their inappropriate low-affinity binding to steroid receptors and other possible non-receptor mediated paradigms, however there is a need to further elucidate other mechanisms involving the direct and indirect impact of EDCs on reproductive functions. We examined the metabolism of 17β-estradiol (E2) and estrone (E1) by cell-free hepatic cytosol in the presence of alkylphenols (nonylphenol/NP and 4-tert-octylphenol/tOP), Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (4,4'-DDT) and other EDCs. Tandem liquid chromatography mass spectrometry was utilized to quantitatively assess the impact of each EDC on estrogen clearance, inter-conversions and downstream metabolism by mouse liver cytosol. The results revealed that NP and tOP (0.1-3μg/mL) significantly reduced the hepatic cytosol clearance and biotransformation of estrogens with inclination for accumulating E2, the stronger estrogen form, than E1. Alkylphenols also caused up to a 34-fold increase in the E2/E1 ratio possibly by suppressing the hepatic E2→E1 conversion by 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17βHSD) types 2, 4 while displaying a weaker inhibition of E1→E2 conversion by type 1, 17βHSD. On the other hand, the pesticide 4,4'-DDT was a weaker inhibitor of clearance of estrogens by the cytosol preparations when compared to alkylphenols, whereas chemicals such as phthalates and atrazine were ineffective. Our data suggest that exposure to NP, tOP and DDT can indirectly increase the estrogenic load by suppressing the hepatic clearance of estrogens and by elevating the E2/1 ratio and could therefore increase the risk of reproductive lesions.
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Wang X, Sheng N, Cui R, Zhang H, Wang J, Dai J. Gestational and lactational exposure to di-isobutyl phthalate via diet in maternal mice decreases testosterone levels in male offspring. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 172:260-267. [PMID: 28081510 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Revised: 12/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Phthalates are a large family of ubiquitous environmental chemicals suspected of being endocrine disruptors, with exposure to these chemicals during prenatal and postnatal development possibly resulting in reproductive disorders. Di-isobutyl phthalate (DiBP) is widely used in consumer and industrial products, and although its exposure in the general population has increased in recent years, the mechanisms behind DiBP-induced reproductive disorders in male offspring remain unclear. Here, pregnant mice were exposed to 0 or 450 mg/kg bw/day DiBP via diet from gestation day (GD) 0 to GD21. Until postnatal day 21 (PD21), half of the exposed pups were also exposed to DiBP by lactation (TT), while the rest were not (TC). Half of each group were sacrificed on PD21, with the remaining mice fed a normal diet until PD80 (TCC and TTC, respectively). Reproductive toxicological parameters such as relative organ weights and testosterone levels were determined in male offspring on PD21 and PD80 and sperm quality was tested on PD80. Maternal exposure (pregnancy and lactation) led to decreased serum and testis testosterone concentrations, accompanied by decreased expression of 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3β-HSD) and cytochrome P450 family 11 subfamily A member 1 (CYP11A1) in PD21 pups and PD80 adults. Furthermore, the TTC group showed decreased epididymis sperm concentration and motility. Taken together, DiBP exposure in early life (prenatal and postnatal) impaired male reproductive function in later life, possibly by interfering with testosterone levels and CYP11A1, which might be a major steroidogenic enzyme targeted by DiBP or other phthalates.
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- Xiaoyang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China.
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Kolla S, Pokharel A, Vandenberg LN. The mouse mammary gland as a sentinel organ: distinguishing 'control' populations with diverse environmental histories. Environ Health 2017; 16:25. [PMID: 28279175 PMCID: PMC5345180 DOI: 10.1186/s12940-017-0229-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND There are numerous examples of laboratory animals that were inadvertently exposed to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) during the process of conducting experiments. Controlling contaminations in the laboratory is challenging, especially when their source is unknown. Unfortunately, EDC contaminations can interfere with the interpretation of data during toxicological evaluations. We propose that the male CD-1 mouse mammary gland is a sensitive bioassay to evaluate the inadvertent contamination of animal colonies. METHODS We evaluated mammary glands collected from two CD-1 mouse populations with distinct environmental histories. Population 1 was born and raised in a commercial laboratory with unknown EDC exposures; Population 2 was the second generation raised in an animal facility with limited exposures to xenoestrogens from caging, feed, etc. Mammary glands were collected from all animals and evaluated using morphometric techniques to quantify morphological characteristics of the mammary gland. RESULTS Population 1 (with suspected history of environmental chemical exposure) and Population 2 (with known limited history of xenoestrogen exposure) were morphologically distinguishable in adult males, prepubertal females, and pubertal females. Mammary glands from males raised in the commercial animal facility were significantly more developed, with larger ductal trees and more branching points. The appearance of these mammary glands was consistent with prior reports of male mice exposed to low doses of bisphenol A (BPA) during early development. In females, the two populations were morphologically distinct at both prepuberty and puberty, with the most striking differences observed in the number, size, and density of terminal end buds, e.g. highly proliferative structures found in the developing mammary gland. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, these results suggest that the mouse mammary gland has the potential to be used as a sentinel organ to evaluate and distinguish animal colonies raised in different environmental conditions including potential EDC exposures. Our findings could help researchers that wish to perform a posteriori evaluations to determine whether inadvertent contamination with xenoestrogens (and potentially other EDCs) has occurred in their animal colonies, especially after new materials (feed, caging, water bottles) have been introduced. Finally, our results challenge the relatively common practice of using historical controls in toxicological experiments.
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- SriDurgaDevi Kolla
- School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
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- School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, 171A Goessmann, 686 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
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Wang Z, Liu H, Liu S. Low-Dose Bisphenol A Exposure: A Seemingly Instigating Carcinogenic Effect on Breast Cancer. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2017; 4:1600248. [PMID: 28251049 PMCID: PMC5323866 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201600248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Revised: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Breast cancer is the fifth most common cause of cancer death in the world and the second most common fatal cancer in women. Epidemiological studies and clinical data have indicated that hormones, including estrogen, progesterone, and prolactin, play important roles in the initiation and progression of breast cancer. Bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the most commonly used and thoroughly studied endocrine disruptors. It can be released from consumer products and deposited in the environment, thus creating potential for human exposure through oral, inhaled, and dermal routes. Some recent reviews have summarized the known mechanisms of endocrine disruptions by BPA in human diseases, including obesity, reproductive disorders, and birth defects. However, large knowledge gaps still exist on the roles BPA may play in cancer initiation and development. Evidence from animal and in vitro studies has suggested an association between increased incidence of breast cancer and BPA exposure at doses below the safe reference doses that are the most environmentally relevant. Most current studies have paid little attention to the cancer-promoting properties of BPA at low doses. In this review, recent findings on the carcinogenic effects of low-dose BPA on breast cancer and discussed possible biologic mechanisms are summarized.
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- Zhe Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and EcotoxicologyResearch Center for Eco‐Environmental SciencesChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100085China
- School of Public HealthXinxiang Medical UniversityXinxiangHenan Province453003China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of BioprocessBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing Laboratory of Biomedical MaterialsBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and EcotoxicologyResearch Center for Eco‐Environmental SciencesChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100085China
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Rodríguez DAO, de Lima RF, Campos MS, Costa JR, Biancardi MF, Marques MR, Taboga SR, Santos FCA. Intrauterine exposure to bisphenol A promotes different effects in both neonatal and adult prostate of male and female gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 2016; 31:1740-1750. [PMID: 26443714 DOI: 10.1002/tox.22176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Revised: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Substances that mimic endogenous hormones may alter the cell signaling that govern prostate development and predispose it to developing lesions in adult and senile life. Bisphenol A is able to mimic estrogens, and studies have demonstrated that low levels of exposure to this compound have caused alterations during prostate development. The aim of this study was to describe the prostate development in both male and female neonatal gerbils in normal conditions and under exposure to BPA during intrauterine life, and also to analyze whether the effects of intrauterine exposure to BPA remain in adulthood. Morphological, stereological, three-dimensional reconstruction, and immunohistochemical methods were employed. The results demonstrated that in 1-day-old normal gerbils, the female paraurethral glands and the male ventral lobe are morphologically similar, although its tissue components-epithelial buds (EB), periurethral mesenchyme (PeM), paraurethral mesenchyme (PaM) or ventral mesenchymal pad (VMP), and smooth muscle (SM)-have presented different immunolabeling pattern for androgen receptor (AR), and for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). Moreover, we observed a differential response of male and female prostate to intrauterine BPA exposure. In 1-day-old males, the intrauterine exposure to BPA caused a decrease of AR-positive cells in the PeM and SM, and a decrease of the proliferative status in the EB. In contrast, no morphological alterations were observed in ventral prostate of adult males. In 1-day-old females, BPA exposure promoted an increase of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) positive cells in PeM and PaM, a decrease of AR-positive cells in EB and PeM, besides a reduction of cell proliferation in EB. Additionally, the adult female prostate of BPA-exposed animals presented an increase of AR- and PCNA-positive cells. These results suggest that the prostate of female gerbils were more susceptible to the intrauterine BPA effects, since they became more proliferative in adult life. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Environ Toxicol 31: 1740-1750, 2016.
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- Daniel A O Rodríguez
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Histology, Embryology and Cell Biology, Federal University of Goiás, Campus II Samambaia, Goiânia, Goiás, 74001970, Brazil
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Histology, Embryology and Cell Biology, Federal University of Goiás, Campus II Samambaia, Goiânia, Goiás, 74001970, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Laboratory of Microscopy and Microanalysis, University Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265, São José Do Rio Preto, São Paulo, 15054000, Brazil
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Histology, Embryology and Cell Biology, Federal University of Goiás, Campus II Samambaia, Goiânia, Goiás, 74001970, Brazil
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Histology, Embryology and Cell Biology, Federal University of Goiás, Campus II Samambaia, Goiânia, Goiás, 74001970, Brazil
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Histology, Embryology and Cell Biology, Federal University of Goiás, Campus II Samambaia, Goiânia, Goiás, 74001970, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Laboratory of Microscopy and Microanalysis, University Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265, São José Do Rio Preto, São Paulo, 15054000, Brazil
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Histology, Embryology and Cell Biology, Federal University of Goiás, Campus II Samambaia, Goiânia, Goiás, 74001970, Brazil
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Li J, Sheng N, Cui R, Feng Y, Shao B, Guo X, Zhang H, Dai J. Gestational and lactational exposure to bisphenol AF in maternal rats increases testosterone levels in 23-day-old male offspring. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 163:552-561. [PMID: 27567155 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.08.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2016] [Revised: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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During prenatal and postnatal development, exposure to environmental chemicals with estrogenic activity, such as bisphenol AF (BPAF), may result in reproductive disorders. Currently, the mechanisms behind such disorders in male offspring induced by gestational and lactational exposure to BPAF remain poorly understood. Here, female rats from gestational day (GD) 3-19 were exposed to 100 mg BPAF/kg/day by oral gavage. On the day of birth (postnatal day (PD) 0), cross-fostering took place between treated and control litters, and cross-fostered mother rats were given BPAF 100 mg/kg/day during the postnatal period (PD 3 to PD 19). HPLC-MS/MS analysis showed that BPAF was transferred via cord blood and lactation, finally bio-accumulating in the offspring testes. Pups exposed to BPAF both prenatally and postnatally showed a significant increase in testis testosterone levels compared with that of the control, while all pups exposed to BPAF showed a significant decrease in testis inhibin B (INHB) levels. Compared with the control, RNA-seq revealed that 279 genes were significantly differentially expressed in the testes of pups exposed to BPAF both prenatally and postnatally, including genes involved in cell differentiation and meiosis. These results indicate that gestational and lactational exposure to BPAF in the mother can impair reproductive function in male offspring.
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- Jing Li
- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Beijing Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100013, PR China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Beijing Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100013, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China.
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Chang H, Wang D, Xia W, Pan X, Huo W, Xu S, Li Y. Epigenetic disruption and glucose homeostasis changes following low-dose maternal bisphenol A exposure. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2016; 5:1400-1409. [PMID: 30090444 PMCID: PMC6061978 DOI: 10.1039/c6tx00047a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 06/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Developmental exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) has been linked to impaired glucose homeostasis and pancreatic function in adulthood, which has been hypothesized to result from the disruption of pancreatic β-cell development at early life. Here we evaluated whether maternal BPA exposure disrupts β-cell development and glucose tolerance and the role of epigenetic modifications of key regulator in this process. We found that maternal exposure to BPA (10 μg kg-1 d-1) reduced the pancreatic β-cell mass and the expression of pancreatic and duodenal homeobox 1 (Pdx1) at birth, as well as the expression of Pdx1 at gestational day (GD) 15.5. In parallel with the decreased expression of Pdx1, histones H3 and H4 deacetylation, along with demethylation of histone 3 lysine 4 (H3K4) and methylation of histone 3 lysine 9 (H3K9), were found at the promoter of Pdx1, while no significant changes in DNA methylation status were detected at this region. Moreover, these alterations were observed in adult life along with impaired glucose tolerance. We conclude that maternal exposure to BPA reduces pancreatic β-cell mass at birth by reducing PDX1+ progenitors during fetal development through altering the histone modifications of Pdx1, which can be propagated to later life and increase the susceptibility to glucose intolerance.
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- Huailong Chang
- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health , Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection , and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (incubating) , School of Public Health , Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430030 , China . ; ; ; Tel: +86-27-83693417, 86-27-83657705
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- School of Public Health , Changsha Medical University , Changsha 410219 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health , Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection , and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (incubating) , School of Public Health , Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430030 , China . ; ; ; Tel: +86-27-83693417, 86-27-83657705
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health , Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection , and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (incubating) , School of Public Health , Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430030 , China . ; ; ; Tel: +86-27-83693417, 86-27-83657705
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health , Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection , and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (incubating) , School of Public Health , Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430030 , China . ; ; ; Tel: +86-27-83693417, 86-27-83657705
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health , Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection , and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (incubating) , School of Public Health , Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430030 , China . ; ; ; Tel: +86-27-83693417, 86-27-83657705
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health , Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection , and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (incubating) , School of Public Health , Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan 430030 , China . ; ; ; Tel: +86-27-83693417, 86-27-83657705
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Kazemi S, Bahramifar N, Moghadamnia AA, Jorsarae SGA. Detection of Bisphenol A and Nonylphenol in Rat's Blood Serum, Tissue and Impact on Reproductive System. Electron Physician 2016; 8:2772-2780. [PMID: 27757188 PMCID: PMC5053459 DOI: 10.19082/2772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Introduction Bisphenol A (BPA) and Nonylphenol (NP) have estrogen-like activity, and some of their adverse biological effects have been demonstrated. This study was designed to determine the association of plasma and tissue concentrations of BPA and NP and changes in the parameters of the reproductive system in rats. Methods Male Wistar rats were administered three doses of BPA and NP (5, 25, and 125 μg/kg) by gavage for 35 consecutive days in 2014–2015, and a 2-ml blood sample was taken from each treated rat. Concentrations of BPA and NP in the blood were determined using the HPLC-fluorescence detection method. The sperm are produced in the epididymis and vas deferens, and they swim up in Ham’s F10 solution, and, then, various parameters were evaluated using an invert microscope, and they included the count, motility, and morphology of the sperm. Results The weight of the testes and prostate in the rats receiving BPA and NP treatment showed significant decreases compared to the control group. Similarly, NP created higher concentration than BPA in the serum (e.g., 5.48 ± 0.65 vs. 1.36 ± 0.25, at 125 μg/kg). Compared to the control group, dose-dependent significant decreases in count and motility in the sperm were observed following the administration of BPA (25 and 125 μg/kg) and NP (all three doses). Morphologic aspects of the rats’ sperm were changed in various doses of BPA and NP Conclusions According to our findings, BPA and NP induced dose-dependent toxic effects on various parameters, i.e., sperm toxicity, weight of the testes, and weight of the prostate gland.
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- Sohrab Kazemi
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
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- Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
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Cheong A, Zhang X, Cheung YY, Tang WY, Chen J, Ye SH, Medvedovic M, Leung YK, Prins GS, Ho SM. DNA methylome changes by estradiol benzoate and bisphenol A links early-life environmental exposures to prostate cancer risk. Epigenetics 2016; 11:674-689. [PMID: 27415467 PMCID: PMC5048723 DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2016.1208891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Developmental exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), 17β-estradiol-3-benzoate (EB) and bisphenol A (BPA), increases susceptibility to prostate cancer (PCa) in rodent models. Here, we used the methylated-CpG island recovery assay (MIRA)-assisted genomic tiling and CpG island arrays to identify treatment-associated methylome changes in the postnatal day (PND)90 dorsal prostate tissues of Sprague-Dawley rats neonatally (PND1, 3, and 5) treated with 25 µg/pup or 2,500 µg EB/kg body weight (BW) or 0.1 µg BPA/pup or 10 µg BPA/kg BW. We identified 111 EB-associated and 86 BPA-associated genes, with 20 in common, that have significant differentially methylated regions. Pathway analysis revealed cancer as the top common disease pathway. Bisulfite sequencing validated the differential methylation patterns observed by array analysis in 15 identified candidate genes. The methylation status of 7 (Pitx3, Wnt10b, Paqr4, Sox2, Chst14, Tpd52, Creb3l4) of these 15 genes exhibited an inverse correlation with gene expression in tissue samples. Cell-based assays, using 5-aza-cytidine-treated normal (NbE-1) and cancerous (AIT) rat prostate cells, added evidence of DNA methylation-mediated gene expression of 6 genes (exception: Paqr4). Functional connectivity of these genes was linked to embryonic stem cell pluripotency. Furthermore, clustering analyses using the dataset from The Cancer Genome Atlas revealed that expression of this set of 7 genes was associated with recurrence-free survival of PCa patients. In conclusion, our study reveals that gene-specific promoter methylation changes, resulting from early-life EDC exposure in the rat, may serve as predictive epigenetic biomarkers of PCa recurrence, and raises the possibility that such exposure may impact human disease.
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- Ana Cheong
- a Department of Environmental Health , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA.,b Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA
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- a Department of Environmental Health , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA.,b Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA
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- a Department of Environmental Health , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA
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- a Department of Environmental Health , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA.,b Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA
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- a Department of Environmental Health , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA
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- c Department of Urology , College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , IL , USA
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- a Department of Environmental Health , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA.,b Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA.,d Cincinnati Cancer Center , Cincinnati , OH , USA
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- a Department of Environmental Health , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA.,b Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA.,d Cincinnati Cancer Center , Cincinnati , OH , USA
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- c Department of Urology , College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , IL , USA.,e University of Illinois Cancer Center , Chicago , IL , USA
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- a Department of Environmental Health , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA.,b Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Cincinnati , OH , USA.,d Cincinnati Cancer Center , Cincinnati , OH , USA.,f Cincinnati Veteran Affairs Hospital Medical Center , Cincinnati , OH , USA
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Loss of Hippocampal Oligodendrocytes Contributes to the Deficit of Contextual Fear Learning in Adult Rats Experiencing Early Bisphenol A Exposure. Mol Neurobiol 2016; 54:4524-4536. [PMID: 27364615 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-0003-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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During early development, continuous exposure to environmental contaminants such as bisphenol A (BPA) is known to alter neuronal development, resulting in aberrant brain structure and predisposing individuals to developing neuropsychiatric disorders later in life. While the altered oligodendrocyte (OL) structure and function have been casually linked to the occurrence of numerous psychiatric diseases, it remains open whether early BPA exposure (EBE) also recruits OLs to mediate its toxicity in the brain. Here, we observed that EBE from birth to postnatal day 21 caused a substantial loss of hippocampal OLs in rat pups. The OL loss was enduring and manifested even when the affected pups spanned into their adulthood. In parallel, the expression of two key proteins in mature OLs, myelin basic protein (MBP), and monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) was markedly downregulated in adult hippocampus with a considerable reduction in the number of myelinated axons. By contrast, the myelination of individual axons remained intact. The altered hippocampal OLs were related to EBE-mediated disruption of estrogen receptor (ER) signaling in developing OLs and could be readily prevented by treatment with low level of ICI 182780, an ER antagonist. Importantly, the adult rats subject to EBE exhibited clear deficit in contextual fear memory, which highly correlated with OL loss and decreased MBP and MCT1 expression in hippocampus. The OL loss may thus represent an alternative route through which EBE has its adversity on the brain and contributes to the development of neuropsychiatric illness.
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Wang Q, Trevino LS, Wong RLY, Medvedovic M, Chen J, Ho SM, Shen J, Foulds CE, Coarfa C, O'Malley BW, Shilatifard A, Walker CL. Reprogramming of the Epigenome by MLL1 Links Early-Life Environmental Exposures to Prostate Cancer Risk. Mol Endocrinol 2016; 30:856-71. [PMID: 27219490 DOI: 10.1210/me.2015-1310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Tissue and organ development is a time of exquisite sensitivity to environmental exposures, which can reprogram developing tissues to increase susceptibility to adult diseases, including cancer. In the developing prostate, even brief exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can increase risk for developing cancer in adulthood, with disruption of the epigenome thought to play a key role in this developmental reprogramming. We find that EDC-induced nongenomic phosphoinositide 3-kinase; (PI3K) signaling engages the histone methyltransferase mixed-lineage leukemia 1 (MLL1), responsible for the histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) active epigenetic mark, to increase cleavage and formation of active MLL1 dimers. In the developing prostate, EDC-induced MLL1 activation increased H3K4me3 at genes associated with prostate cancer, with increased H3K4me3 and elevated basal and hormone-induced expression of reprogrammed genes persisting into adulthood. These data identify a mechanism for MLL1 activation that is vulnerable to disruption by environmental exposures, and link MLL1 activation by EDCs to developmental reprogramming of genes involved in prostate cancer.
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- Quan Wang
- Center for Translational Cancer Research (Q.W., L.S.T., R.L.Y.W., C.L.W.), Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (C.E.F., C.C., B.W.O.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Department of Environmental Health (M.M., J.C., S.-m.H.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267; Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis (J.S.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (A.S.), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research (Q.W., L.S.T., R.L.Y.W., C.L.W.), Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (C.E.F., C.C., B.W.O.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Department of Environmental Health (M.M., J.C., S.-m.H.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267; Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis (J.S.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (A.S.), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research (Q.W., L.S.T., R.L.Y.W., C.L.W.), Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (C.E.F., C.C., B.W.O.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Department of Environmental Health (M.M., J.C., S.-m.H.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267; Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis (J.S.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (A.S.), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research (Q.W., L.S.T., R.L.Y.W., C.L.W.), Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (C.E.F., C.C., B.W.O.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Department of Environmental Health (M.M., J.C., S.-m.H.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267; Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis (J.S.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (A.S.), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research (Q.W., L.S.T., R.L.Y.W., C.L.W.), Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (C.E.F., C.C., B.W.O.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Department of Environmental Health (M.M., J.C., S.-m.H.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267; Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis (J.S.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (A.S.), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research (Q.W., L.S.T., R.L.Y.W., C.L.W.), Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (C.E.F., C.C., B.W.O.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Department of Environmental Health (M.M., J.C., S.-m.H.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267; Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis (J.S.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (A.S.), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research (Q.W., L.S.T., R.L.Y.W., C.L.W.), Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (C.E.F., C.C., B.W.O.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Department of Environmental Health (M.M., J.C., S.-m.H.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267; Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis (J.S.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (A.S.), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research (Q.W., L.S.T., R.L.Y.W., C.L.W.), Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (C.E.F., C.C., B.W.O.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Department of Environmental Health (M.M., J.C., S.-m.H.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267; Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis (J.S.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (A.S.), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research (Q.W., L.S.T., R.L.Y.W., C.L.W.), Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (C.E.F., C.C., B.W.O.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Department of Environmental Health (M.M., J.C., S.-m.H.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267; Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis (J.S.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (A.S.), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research (Q.W., L.S.T., R.L.Y.W., C.L.W.), Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (C.E.F., C.C., B.W.O.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Department of Environmental Health (M.M., J.C., S.-m.H.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267; Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis (J.S.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (A.S.), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research (Q.W., L.S.T., R.L.Y.W., C.L.W.), Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (C.E.F., C.C., B.W.O.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Department of Environmental Health (M.M., J.C., S.-m.H.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267; Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis (J.S.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (A.S.), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research (Q.W., L.S.T., R.L.Y.W., C.L.W.), Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (C.E.F., C.C., B.W.O.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Department of Environmental Health (M.M., J.C., S.-m.H.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267; Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis (J.S.), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (A.S.), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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Kalb AC, Kalb AL, Cardoso TF, Fernandes CG, Corcini CD, Varela Junior AS, Martínez PE. Maternal Transfer of Bisphenol A During Nursing Causes Sperm Impairment in Male Offspring. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2016; 70:793-801. [PMID: 26250451 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-015-0199-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 07/23/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The health effects of environmental chemicals on animals and humans are of growing concern. Human epidemiological and animal study data indicate that reproductive disorders and diseases begin early during prenatal and postnatal development. An increase of human male reproductive disturbance in the past several decades was associated to chemicals called endocrine disruptors (ED). Bisphenol A (BPA) is a ubiquitous organic environmental contaminant with ED activity. This study verified the effect of BPA exposure via breast milk during the lactation (early postnatal) period in male mice. Dams were exposed to oral BPA (300, 900, and 3000 µg/kg/BW/day) during the breastfeeding period (21 days). BPA at all concentrations significantly impaired sperm parameters in adult mice (8 months old), but mitochondrial functionality was more affected at BPA 3000. The acrosome membrane parameter was affected by BPA concentrations from 900 to 3000, and DNA integrity showed pronounced impairment at BPA 900 and 3000. BPA 3000 treatment also induced testicular degeneration and complete aplasia in some seminiferous tubules. Testicular oxidative damage was observed, and the total antioxidant capacity was impaired in BPA 900 and 3000 treatment groups. Taken together, the present study demonstrated long-term adverse effects of BPA in male mice, including reduced sperm quality, antioxidant capacity, and changes in testicular tissue. Our results clearly demonstrate the danger of BPA transferred via lactation on sperm quality registered even after a long time-elapsed from exposure to this harmful chemical.
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- Ana Cristina Kalb
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas: Fisiologia Animal Comparada, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas: Fisiologia Animal Comparada, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- RAC - Reprodução Animal Comparada -Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
- Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- RAC - Reprodução Animal Comparada -Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
- Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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- RAC - Reprodução Animal Comparada -Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas: Fisiologia Animal Comparada, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
- RAC - Reprodução Animal Comparada -Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Wang HF, Liu M, Li N, Luo T, Zheng LP, Zeng XH. Bisphenol A Impairs Mature Sperm Functions by a CatSper-Relevant Mechanism. Toxicol Sci 2016; 152:145-54. [DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfw070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hass U, Christiansen S, Boberg J, Rasmussen MG, Mandrup K, Axelstad M. Low-dose effect of developmental bisphenol A exposure on sperm count and behaviour in rats. Andrology 2016; 4:594-607. [PMID: 27089241 DOI: 10.1111/andr.12176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Revised: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Bisphenol A is widely used in food contact materials and other products and is detected in human urine and blood. Bisphenol A may affect reproductive and neurological development; however, opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on bisphenol A (EFSA J, 13, 2015 and 3978) concluded that none of the available studies were robust enough to provide a point of departure for setting a tolerable daily intake for bisphenol A. In the present study, pregnant Wistar rats (n = 17-21) were gavaged from gestation day 7 to pup day 22 with bisphenol A doses of 0, 25 μg, 250 μg, 5 mg or 50 mg/kg bw/day. In the offspring, growth, sexual maturation, weights and histopathology of reproductive organs, oestrus cyclicity and sperm counts were assessed. Neurobehavioural development was investigated using a behavioural testing battery including tests for motor activity, sweet preference, anxiety and spatial learning. Decreased sperm count was found at the lowest bisphenol A dose, that is 25 μg/kg/day, but not at the higher doses. Reproductive organ weight and histology were not affected and no behavioural effects were seen in male offspring. In the female offspring, exposure to 25 μg/kg bw/day bisphenol A dose resulted in increased body weight late in life and altered spatial learning in a Morris water maze, indicating masculinization of the brain. Decreased intake of sweetened water was seen in females from the highest bisphenol A dose group, also a possible sign of masculinization. The other investigated endpoints were not significantly affected. In conclusion, the present study using a robust experimental study design, has shown that developmental exposure to 25 μg/kg bw/day bisphenol A can cause adverse effects on fertility (decreased sperm count), neurodevelopment (masculinization of spatial learning in females) and lead to increased female body weight late in life. These results suggest that the new EFSA temporary tolerable daily intake of 4 μg/kg bw/day is not sufficiently protective with regard to endocrine disrupting effects of bisphenol A in humans.
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- National Food Institute, Division of Diet, Disease Prevention and Toxicology, Technical University of Denmark, Søborg, Denmark
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- National Food Institute, Division of Diet, Disease Prevention and Toxicology, Technical University of Denmark, Søborg, Denmark
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- National Food Institute, Division of Diet, Disease Prevention and Toxicology, Technical University of Denmark, Søborg, Denmark
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- National Food Institute, Division of Diet, Disease Prevention and Toxicology, Technical University of Denmark, Søborg, Denmark
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- National Food Institute, Division of Diet, Disease Prevention and Toxicology, Technical University of Denmark, Søborg, Denmark
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- National Food Institute, Division of Diet, Disease Prevention and Toxicology, Technical University of Denmark, Søborg, Denmark
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Hu DP, Hu WY, Xie L, Li Y, Birch L, Prins GS. Actions of Estrogenic Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals on Human Prostate Stem/Progenitor Cells and Prostate Carcinogenesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.2174/1874070701610010076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Substantial evidences from epidemiological and animal-based studies indicate that early exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) during the developmental stage results in a variety of disorders including cancer. Previous studies have demonstrated that early estrogen exposure results in life-long reprogramming of the prostate gland that leads to an increased incidence of prostatic lesions with aging. We have recently documented that bisphenol A (BPA), one of the most studied EDCs with estrogenic activity has similar effects in increasing prostate carcinogenic potential, supporting the connection between EDCs exposure and prostate cancer risk. It is well accepted that stem cells play a crucial role in development and cancer. Accumulating evidence suggest that stem cells are regulated by extrinsic factors and may be the potential target of hormonal carcinogenesis. Estrogenic EDCs which interfere with normal hormonal signaling may perturb prostate stem cell fate by directly reprogramming stem cells or breaking down the stem cell niche. Transformation of stem cells into cancer stem cells may underlie cancer initiation accounting for cancer recurrence, which becomes a critical therapeutic target of cancer management. We therefore propose that estrogenic EDCs may influence the development and progression of prostate cancer through reprogramming and transforming the prostate stem and early stage progenitor cells. In this review, we summarize our current studies and have updated recent advances highlighting estrogenic EDCs on prostate carcinogenesis by possible targeting prostate stem/progenitor cells. Using novel stem cell assays we have demonstrated that human prostate stem/progenitor cells express estrogen receptors (ER) and are directly modulated by estrogenic EDCs. Moreover, employing anin vivohumanized chimeric prostate model, we further demonstrated that estrogenic EDCs initiate and promote prostatic carcinogenesis in an androgen-supported environment. These findings support our hypothesis that prostate stem/progenitor cells may be the direct targets of estrogenic EDCs as a consequence of developmental exposure which carry permanent reprogrammed epigenetic and oncogenic events and subsequently deposit into cancer initiation and progression in adulthood.
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Porreca I, Ulloa Severino L, D’Angelo F, Cuomo D, Ceccarelli M, Altucci L, Amendola E, Nebbioso A, Mallardo M, De Felice M, Ambrosino C. "Stockpile" of Slight Transcriptomic Changes Determines the Indirect Genotoxicity of Low-Dose BPA in Thyroid Cells. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151618. [PMID: 26982218 PMCID: PMC4794173 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Epidemiological and experimental data highlighted the thyroid-disrupting activity of bisphenol A (BPA). Although pivotal to identify the mechanisms of toxicity, direct low-dose BPA effects on thyrocytes have not been assessed. Here, we report the results of microarray experiments revealing that the transcriptome reacts dynamically to low-dose BPA exposure, adapting the changes in gene expression to the exposure duration. The response involves many genes, enriching specific pathways and biological functions mainly cell death/proliferation or DNA repair. Their expression is only slightly altered but, since they enrich specific pathways, this results in major effects as shown here for transcripts involved in the DNA repair pathway. Indeed, even though no phenotypic changes are induced by the treatment, we show that the exposure to BPA impairs the cell response to further stressors. We experimentally verify that prolonged exposure to low doses of BPA results in a delayed response to UV-C-induced DNA damage, due to impairment of p21-Tp53 axis, with the BPA-treated cells more prone to cell death and DNA damage accumulation. The present findings shed light on a possible mechanism by which BPA, not able to directly cause genetic damage at environmental dose, may exert an indirect genotoxic activity.
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Affiliation(s)
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- University of Trieste, PhD School of Nanotechnology, Piazzale Europa 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- IRGS, Biogem, Via Camporeale, 83031, Ariano Irpino, Avellino, Italy
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- Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, Via Port’Arsa 11, 82100, Benevento, Italy
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- IRGS, Biogem, Via Camporeale, 83031, Ariano Irpino, Avellino, Italy
- Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, Via Port’Arsa 11, 82100, Benevento, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and General Pathology, Second University of Naples, Via L. De Crecchio 7, 80138, Napoli, Italy
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- Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, via Pansini 6, 80131, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and General Pathology, Second University of Naples, Via L. De Crecchio 7, 80138, Napoli, Italy
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- Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, via Pansini 6, 80131, Napoli, Italy
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- Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, via Pansini 6, 80131, Napoli, Italy
- IEOS-CNR, Via Pansini 6, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- IRGS, Biogem, Via Camporeale, 83031, Ariano Irpino, Avellino, Italy
- Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, Via Port’Arsa 11, 82100, Benevento, Italy
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Li S, Jin Y, Wang J, Tang Z, Xu S, Wang T, Cai Z. Urinary profiling of cis-diol-containing metabolites in rats with bisphenol A exposure by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and isotope labeling. Analyst 2016; 141:1144-53. [DOI: 10.1039/c5an02195b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
A rapid UPLC-MS method combined with isotope labeling technology was developed for the detection ofcis-diolmetabolites in rat urine after bisphenol A exposure.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shangfu Li
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis
- Department of Chemistry
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Institute for Drug Control
- Shenzhen
- P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Institute for Drug Control
- Shenzhen
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis
- Department of Chemistry
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health
- Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection
- and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health
- School of Public Health
- Tongji Medical College
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- Shenzhen Institute for Drug Control
- Shenzhen
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis
- Department of Chemistry
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- P. R. China
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