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Estrogenic activity of environmental polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in uterus of immature Wistar rats

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TOXICOLOGY LETTERS
卷 180, 期 3, 页码 212-221

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ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.06.862

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polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; rat immature uterotrophic assay; estrogen receptor; cytochrome P450; estradiol metabolism; p53

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  1. Czech Science Foundation [525/05/2695]
  2. Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic [MZE0002716201]
  3. Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic [AV0Z50040702]

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are an important group of environmental pollutants, known for their mutagenic and carcinogenic activities. Many PAHs are aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) ligands and several recent studies have suggested that PAHs or their metabolites may activate estrogen receptors (FR). The present Study investigated possible estrogenic/antiestrogenic effects of abundant environmental contaminants benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), benz[a]anthracene (BaA). fluoranthene (Fla) and benzo[k]fluoranthene (BkF) in vivo. using the immature rat uterotrophic assay. The present results Suggest that BaA, BaP and Fla behaved as estrogen-like compounds in immature Wistar rats, when applied for 3 consecutive days at 10 mg/kg/day, as documented by a significant increase of uterine weight and hypertrophy Of luminal epithelium. These effects were likely to be mediated by ER alpha, a major subtype of ER present in uterus, as they were inhibited by treatment with ER antagonist ICI 182,780. BaA, the most potent Of Studied PAHs, induced a significant estrogenic effect within a concentration range 0.1-50 mg/kg/day: however, it did not reach the maximum level induced by reference estrogens. The proposed antiestrogenicity of the potent AhR agonist BkF was not confirmed in the present in vivo study; the exposure to BkF did not significantly affect the uterine weight, although a weak suppression of ERa immunostaining was observed in luminal and glandular epithelium, possibly related to its AhR-mediated activity. The PAHs under study did not induce marked genotoxic damage in uterine tissues, as documented by the lack of Ser-15-phoshorylated p53 protein staining. With the exception of Fla, all three remaining compounds increased CYP1-dependent monooxygenation activities in liver at the doses used, Suggesting that the potential tissue-specific antiestrogenic effects of PAHs mediated by metabolization of 17 beta-estradiol also cannot be excluded. Taken together. these environmentally relevant PAHs induced estrogenic effects in vivo, which might affect their toxic impact and carcinogenicity. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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