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CHEMICAL RESEARCH IN TOXICOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 4, Pages 512-519Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/tx0101649
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA70771, CA73638] Funding Source: Medline
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Excessive exposure to synthetic and endogenous estrogens has been associated with the development of cancer in several tissues. 4-Hydroxyequilenin (4-OHEN), a major metabolite of equine estrogens present in estrogen replacement formulations, has been shown to induce cytotoxic/carcinogenic effects. In the present study, we have found that 4-OHEN caused DNA damage in breast cancer cells, and cells that contain estrogen receptor alpha (S30) are more sensitive to 4-OHEN-mediated DNA damage as compared to estrogen receptor negative cells (MDA-MB-231). For example, concentration-dependent increases in 8-oxo-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG), as measured by LC-MS-MS or by the Fpg comet assay, were only detected in the S30 cells, and the amount of this lesion could be enhanced by agents, which catalyze redox cycling (NADH) or deplete GSH (diethyl maleate). The role of the estrogen receptor in modulating DNA damage was further established in incubations with the ER antagonist tamoxifen, where decreases in 8-oxo-deoxyguanosine were observed. Another equine estrogen metabolite, 4,17beta-hydroxyequilenin (4,17beta-OHEN), was found to have the same cytotoxicity and a similar ability to induce reactive oxygen species (ROS), and caused the same oxidative DNA damage in S30 cells as compared to 4-OHEN. However, 4,17beta-OHEN induced twice as much single strand DNA breaks in S30 cells compared to 4-OHEN. Also 4,17beta-OHEN was more estrogenic than 4-OHEN as demonstrated by a higher binding affinity for ERalpha and an enhanced induction in activity of estrogen-dependent alkaline phosphatase in Ishikawa cells. These data suggest that the mechanism of DNA damage induced by equine estrogen metabolites could involve oxidative stress and that the estrogen receptor may play a role in this process.
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