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CANCER LETTERS
Volume 196, Issue 1, Pages 69-76Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(03)00219-2
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bisphenol A; macrophages; nitric oxide; tumor necrosis factor-alpha; suppression
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Bisphenol A [BPA, 2,2bis(4hydroxyphenyl)propane] is reported to have estrogenic activity; however, its influence on cytokine production or immune system function remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the effects of BPA on the production of nitric oxide (NO) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha JNF-alpha, and on the level of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and TNF-alpha gene expression in mouse macrophages. BPA alone did not affect NO or TNF-a production. In contrast, BPA inhibited lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NO and TNF-alpha production, and the levels of iNOS and TNF-alpha mRNA in a dose-dependent manner. Treatment with ICI 182.780, an estrogenreceptor antagonist, inhibited the suppressive effects of BPA. Transient expression and electrophoretic mobility shift assays with NF-kappaB binding sites revealed that BPA reduced the levels of the LPS-induced NF-kappaB transcription factor complex. These results demonstrate that BPA may affect the regulation of the immune system function by reducing NO and TNF-alpha production via the inhibition of NF-kappaB transactivation mediated through the estradiol receptor. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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