• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.218-222
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• 2007

에스트로젠 수용체와 리포터 유전자인 ${\beta}-galactosidase$가 도입된 효모재조합검색시험법을 이용하여 DEHP와 DBP의 내분비계 장애작용을 검색하였다. 양성대조 시험물질로 $17{\beta}-estradiol$을 설정하여 DEHP와 DBP의 에스트로젠 활성을 비교분석 하였을 때, $17{\beta}-estradiol$의 경우 $10^{-9}M$에서 가장 활성이 높게 관찰되었다. DEHP의 경우 $10^{-10}M$에서 $10^{-7}M$까지 시험하였을 때 농도의존적으로 에스트로젠활성이 증가하였으며, $10^{-7}M$의 경우 가장 강력한 에스트로젠활성을 보였다. DBP의 경우 $10^{-9}M$에서 $10^{-6}M$까지 에스트로젠활성이 관찰되었다. DEHP와 DBP의 경우 최대활성화 대비 50% 이상의 활성도를 보이기 시작하는 농도가 $10^{-9}M$로 나타나서 비슷한 농도에서 에스트로젠 활성화가 이루어지는 것으로 추측할 수 있었다. 그러나, 에스트로젠 최대활성화 시의 농도를 비교해 보면 DBP가 DEHP보다 10배 낮은 농도에서 최대활성치가 관찰되었기 때문에 DBP가 DEHP보다 에스트로젠 작용에 더 민감하게 반응하는 것으로 판단할 수 있었다. 결과적으로 본 실험에 사용되어진 시험물질인 DEHP와 DBP는 효모재조합시험법에 있어서 에스트로젠 활성을 유도하는 것으로 판단되어지며 감수성에 있어서는 DBP가 DEHP보다 높은 것으로 여겨진다.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.255-261
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• 2006

일부 식물성 에스트로겐(phytoestrogen)의 경우, 긍정적인 효과를 갖는 것으로 보이지만, 대부분의 내분비계 장애 물질(endocrine disruptor 또는 endocrine disrupting compound, EDC)은 노출된 개체의 내분비계를 교란시켜 인간이나 야생 동물의 건강에 해로운 것으로 알려져 있다. 선행 연구에서 본 연구자들은 사춘기 전에 단기간으로 식물성 에스트로겐인 genistein(GS)을 투여했을 때 암컷 흰쥐의 생식계가 활성화되어 조기 사춘기가 유도되지만, 플라스틱 가소제인 di(2-ethyl hexyl)phthalate(DEHP)를 투여했을 때 반대로 생식계의 불활성화가 유도되어 사춘기 지연이 초래됨을 보고하였다. 본 연구에서는 사춘기전 GS 또는 DEHP 투여가 흰쥐 난소와 자궁에서의 성적인 성숙 상태를 반영하는 에스트로겐 수용체($ER\;{\alpha}$ and $ER\;{\beta}$)와 LH 수용체(LHR) 발현에 미치는 효과를 조사하였다. GS(100 mg/kg/day i.p.)를 생후 25일부터 사춘기 개시의 지표인 최초의 질구 개방(vaginal opening, VO)이 일어나는 날까지 투여하고 다음 날(day 32) 희생시켰다. 유사하게, DEHP(100 mg/kg/day i.p.)를 생후 25일부터 대조군(corn oil $200\;{\mu}L$)에서 최초 질구 개방(vaginal opening, VO)이 일어나는 날까지 투여하고 다음 날(day 36) 희생시켰다. 희생 직후 난소와 자궁의 total RNA를 추출하여 각 호르몬 수용체들의 전사 수준을 측정하기 위해 정량적인 RT-PCR을 수행하였다. GS 투여에 의해 자궁에서의 $ER\;{\alpha}$, $ER\;{\beta}$ 그리고 LHR mRNA 수준 모두 대조군에 비해 유의하게 증가하였다. GS군의 난소에서는 LHR 발현이 유의하게 증가하였으나 $ER\;{\alpha}$와 $ER\;{\beta}$의 발현은 증가하는 경향만을 보였다. 한편, DEHP군에서는 난소와 자궁에서의 $ER\;{\alpha}$, $ER\;{\beta}$ 그리고 LHR mRNA 수준은 모두 대조군에 비해 유의하게 감소하였다. 사춘기 전의 암컷 흰쥐의 난소와 자궁에서 성숙과 관련된 생식호르몬 수용체들의 발현 변화는 이들 조직의 무게와 해부학적인 변화, 그리고 혈중 생식호르몬들의 수준 등 사춘기 과정에서의 표현형적인 측면 변화-2차 성징-들을 반영하는 것으로 추정된다.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.52-61
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• 2005

Transcript profiling is a particularly valuable tool in the field of steroid receptor biology, as these receptors are ligand-activated transcription factors and therefore exert their initial effects through altering gene expression in responsive cells. Also, an awareness of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and their potential screening methods to identify endocrine activity have been increased. Here we developed an in-house cDNA microarray, named KISTCHIP-400 ver. 1.0, with 416 clones, based on public database and research papers. These clones contained estrogen, androgen, thyroid hormone & receptors, sex hormone signal transduction & regulation, c-fos, c-myc, ps2 gene, metabolism related genes etc. Also, to validate the KISTCHIP-400 ver. 1.0, we investigated gene expression profiles with reference hormones, $10^{8}\;M\;17{\beta}-estradiol,\;10^{-7}\;M\;testosterone\;and\;10^{-7}\;M$ progesterone in MCF-7 cell line. As the results, gene expression profiles of three reference hormones were distinguished from each other with significant and identified 33 $17{\beta}-estradiol$ responsive genes. This study is in first step of validation for KISTCHIP-400 ver. 1.0, as following step transcriptional profile analysis on not only low concentrations of EDCs but suspected EDCs using KISTCHIP-400 ver. 1.0 is processing. Our results indicate that the developed microarray may be a useful laboratory tool for screening EDCs and elucidating endocrine disrupting mechanism.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.3681-3685
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• 2012

Background: In breast cancer, estrogen receptors have been demonstrated to interact with transcription factors to regulate target gene expression. However, high-throughput identification of the transcription regulation relationship between transcription factors and their target genes in response to estradiol is still in its infancy. Purpose: Thus, the objective of our study was to interpret the transcription regulation network of MCF7 breast cancer cells exposed to estradiol. Methods: In this work, GSE11352 microarray data were used to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Results: Our results showed that the MYB (v-myb myeloblastosis viral oncogene homolog [avian]), PGR (progesterone receptor), and MYC (v-myc myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog [avian]) were hub nodes in our transcriptome network, which may interact with ER and, in turn, regulate target gene expression. MYB can up-regulate MCM3 (minichromosome maintenance 3) and MCM7 expression; PGR can suppress BCL2 (B-cell lymphoma 2) expression; MYC can inhibit TGFB2 (transforming growth factor, beta 2) expression. These genes are associated with breast cancer progression via cell cycling and the $TGF{\beta}$ signaling pathway. Conclusion: Analysis of transcriptional regulation may provide a better understanding of molecular mechanisms and clues to potential therapeutic targets in the treatment of breast cancer.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.207-210
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• 2007

The study was designed to determine the estrogenic effect of some penicillins on endocrine function in adult Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). Vitellogenin (Vtg) produced in male fish has been used for a biomarker to study endocrine disrupters. $17\beta-estradiol\;(E_2)$ was used a positive control that was induced Vtg in male fish. Result of total protein qantification and ELISA for female and male fish were exposed to $17\beta-estradiol$ 10ng/ml for $3\sim5$ days. As a result, male fish exposed to amoxicillin respectively appeared 0.75, 0.23, 8.21 and $9.36\%_{\circ}$ of 1, 10, 100 and 1000 ppm respectively, that value was elevated compared with control male fish. Male fish exposed to ampicillin respectively appeared 1.85, 4.68, 0.85 and $39.59\%_{\circ}$ of 1, 10, 100 and 1000 ppm respectively, that value was elevated compared with control male fish. This study is one of the first reports suggesting potential endocrine disruption of some penicillins in aquatic ecosystem. These results suggest that vitellogenin and estrogen receptor induction patterns alter in male medaka treated with selected estrogenic compounds, and that these results may be useful molecular biomarkers for screening estrogenic EDCs (endocrine-disrupting chemicals) in the shortest possible time.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.16-21
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• 2004

한국산 칡 (Pueraria thunbergiana)의 에스트로겐성을 평가하기 위하여 9종의 물질의 함량을 HPLC로 측정하였고, 그들의 에스트로겐성을 in vitro screening test인 estrogen receptor dependent transcriptional expression assay를 이용하여 평가하였다. Phytochemical 함량을 분석한 결과 칡의 대표적 에스트로겐성 물질인 daidzein의 경우, 뿌리>줄기>잎>꽃>종자의 순서로 나타났고, 칡에서 가장 함량이 많은 puerarin의 경우도 뿌리>줄기>일>꽃>종자 순서로 함유되어 있었다. Phytochemical들의 에스트로겐 활성도 측정 결과 효능(potency)은 daidzein>genistein>biochanin A>formononetin>puerarin>genistin >> glycitein = daidzin = glycitin 순이었다. 17$\beta$-estradiol에 대한 1 $\mu$M에서의 상대효율 (relative efficiency)은 genistein>biochanin A>daidzein>genistin>formononetin>puerarin>>glycitein = daidzin = glycitin순이었다. 또한 칡의 부위별, 지역에 따른 칡의 에스트로겐성을 조사하였다. 칡의 부위별 에스트희겐성은 뿌리>줄기>잎>꽃>종자 순으로 나타났다. 또한 지역별로도 칡의 에스트로겐성에서 차이를 보였다: Mokpo>Ulsan> Je-cheon>Pochon>Taebaek>Punggi. 이상의 결과 칡에는 다양한 에스트로겐성 물질이 다량 함유되어 있으며, 뿌리에 가장 많고, 줄기 등 다른 부위에도 함유되어 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.1563-1570
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• 2010

To construct a highly sensitive detection system for endocrine disruptors (EDs), we have compared the activity of promoters with the n-alkane-inducible cytochrome P450 gene (ALK1), isocitrate lyase gene (ICL1), ribosomal protein S7 gene (RPS7), and the translation elongation factor-1${\alpha}$ gene (TEF1) for the heterologous gene in Yarrowia lipolytica. The promoters were introduced into the upstream of the lacZ or hERa reporter genes, respectively, and the activity was evaluated by ${\beta}$-galactosidase assay for lacZ and Western blot analysis for hER${\alpha}$. The expression analysis revealed that the ALK1 and ICL1 promoters were induced by n-decane and by EtOH, respectively. The constitutive promoter of RPS7 and TEF1 showed mostly a high level of expression in the presence of glucose and glycerol, respectively. In particular, the TEF1 promoter showed the highest ${\beta}$-galactosidase activity and a significant signal by Western blotting with the anti-estrogen receptor, compared with the other promoters. Moreover, the detection system was constructed with promoters linked to the upstream of the expression vector for the hER${\alpha}$ gene transformed into the Y. lipolytica with a chromosome-integrated lacZ reporter gene under the control of estrogen response elements (EREs). It was indicated that a combination of pTEF1p-hER${\alpha}$ and CXAU1-2XERE was the most effective system for the $E_2$-dependent induction of the ${\beta}$-galactosidase activity. This system showed the highest ${\beta}$-galactosidase activity at $10^{-6}\;M\;E_2$, and the activity could be detected at even the concentration of $10^{-10}\;M\;E_2$. As a result, we have constructed a strongly sensitive detection system with Y. lipolitica to evaluate recognized/suspected ED chemicals, such as natural/synthetic hormones, pesticides, and commercial chemicals. The results demonstrate the utility, sensitivity, and reproducibility of the system for identifying and characterizing environmental estrogens.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.209-220
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• 2017

The estrogen-mediated effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is a highly critical factor for the clinical application of MSCs. However, the present study is conducted on MSCs derived from adult donors, which have different physiological status with steroid hormonal changes. Therefore, we explores the important role of $17{\beta}$-estradiol (E2) in MSCs derived from female and male newborn piglets (NF- and NM-pBMSCs), which are non-sexually matured donors with steroid hormones. The results revealed that in vitro treatment of MSCs with E2 improved cell proliferation, but the rates varied according to the gender of the newborn donors. Following in vitro treatment of newborn MSCs with E2, mRNA levels of Oct3/4 and Sox2 increased in both genders of MSCs and they may be correlated with both estrogen receptor ${\alpha}$ ($ER{\alpha}$) and $ER{\beta}$ in NF-pBMSCs, but NM-pBMSCs were only correlated with $ER{\alpha}$. Moreover, E2-treated NF-pBMSCs decreased in ${\beta}$-galactosidase activity but no influence on NM-pBMSCs. In E2-mediated differentiation capacity, E2 induced an increase in the osteogenic and chondrogenic abilities of both pBMSCs, but adipogenic ability may increased only in NF-pBMSCs. These results demonstrate that E2 could affect both genders of newborn donor-derived MSCs, but the regulatory role of E2 varies depending on gender-dependent characteristics even though the original newborn donors had not been affected by functional steroid hormones.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.44-51
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• 2012

Calcium ions play an important role in the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy, but molecular and cellular regulatory mechanisms of calcium ion action in the uterine endometrium are not fully understood in pigs. Previously, we have shown that calcium regulatory molecules, transient receptor potential vanilloid type 5 (TRPV6) and calbindin-D9k (S100G), are expressed in the uterine endometrium during the estrous cycle and pregnancy in a pregnancy status- and stage-specific manner, and that estrogen of conceptus origin increases endometrial TRPV6 expression. However, regulation of S100G expression in the uterine endometrium and conceptus expression of S100G has been not determined during early pregnancy. Thus, we investigated regulation of S100G expression by estrogen and interleukin-$1{\beta}$ (IL1B) in the uterine endometrium and conceptus expression of S100G during early pregnancy in pigs. We obtained uterine endometrial tissues from day (D) 12 of the estrous cycle and treated with combinations of steroid hormones, estradiol-$17{\beta}$ ($E_2$) and progesterone ($P_4$), and increasing doses of IL1B. Real-time RT-PCR analysis showed that $E_2$ and IL1B increased S100G mRNA levels in the uterine endometrium, and conceptuses expressed S100G mRNA during early pregnancy, as determined by RT-PCR analysis. To determine if endometrial expression of S100G mRNA during the implantation period was affected by the somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) procedure, we compared S100G mRNA levels in the uterine endometrium from gilts with SCNT-derived conceptuses with those from gilts with conceptuses derived from natural mating on D12 of pregnancy. Real-time RT-PCR analysis showed that levels of S100G mRNA in the uterine endometrium from gilts carrying SCNT-derived conceptuses was significantly lower than those from gilts carrying conceptuses derived from natural mating. These results showed that S100G expression in the uterine endometrium was regulated by estrogen and IL1B of conceptus origin, and affected by the SCNT procedure during early pregnancy. These suggest that conceptus signals regulate S100G, an intracellular calcium transport protein, for the establishment of pregnancy in pigs.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.493-501
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• 1998

The most significant direct role of estrogen in vivo is its ability to elicit receptor-mediated cellular proliferation in mammalian target tissues. However, the mechanism by which exogenously added estrogen causes the neoplastic transformation of renal cortical cells is yet to be uncovered. The present study was designed to evaluate interaction of $17{\beta}-estradiol\;(E_2)$ with epidermal growth factor (EGF) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) on proliferation and $P_i$ uptake in primary cultured rabbit renal proximal tubular cells in phenol red-free, hormonally defined-medium. $[^3H]-thymidine$ incorporation increased markedly by about 133% and 141% more in the presence of $10^{-9}\;and\;10^{-6}\;M\;E_2$, respectively, than that of control. Cell count was 162% and 143% greater in the presence of $10^{-9}\;and\;10^{-6}\;M\;E_2$ , respectively, compared with control. Among all time points examined, there was an increase in $[^3H]-thymidine$ incorporation in the presence of $10^{-9}\;M\;E_2$ at day 9 or 13, respectively. However, $E_2$ ($10^{-9}\;M$) significantly drove up cell count to 160% of that of control at day 13, while it had a slight but statistically insignificant effect at day 9. $E_2-induced$ stimulation of $[^3H]-thymidine$ incorporation was completely reversed by $E_2$ antagonists (progesterone or tamoxifen). $E_2$ ($10^{-9}\;M$) or EGF ($10^{-8}\;M$) significantly stimulated $[^3H]-thymidine$ incorporation by 144% and 154% of control. $E_2$ plus EGF was synergistic on $[^3H]-thymidine$ incorporation (204% of control), while $E_2$ plus IGF-I showed a slight but no significant synergistic effect. Cell number also displayed similar pattern. $E_2$ ($10^{-9}\;M$) significantly stimulated $P_i$ uptake to 134% of control. $E_2$-induced stimulation of $P_i$ uptake was partially reversed by $E_2$ antagonists. EGF or IGF-I ($10^{-8}\;M$) significantly also increased $P_i$ uptake to 132% or 129% of control. $E_2$ plus EGF had synergistic effect on $P_i$ uptake, while $E_2$ plus IGF-I did not. In conclusion, $E_2$ may act not only directly interaction with its receptors but also indirectly as a modulator of EGF in proliferation and $P_i$ uptake of primary cultured rabbit renal proximal tubular cells.