• 한국어업기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국어업기술학회 2001년도 춘계 수산관련학회 공동학술대회발표요지집
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• pp.473-474
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• 2001

스테로이드 호르몬과 유사한 기능을 하는 유기 화합물질들의 존재가 밝혀지고 있고, 이러 한 물질을 내분비 장애물질 (endocrine disrupting chemicals, EDCs)이라 명명하고 있다 (Kavlock et al., 1996). PCBs는 자연에서 쉽게 분해되지 않는 난분해성 물질이지만 생물체의 지방성분에는 쉽게 용해되는 지용성이다. 이 물질은 화학구조가 생명체의 호르몬과 비슷해 생명체에 흡수될 경우 정상적인 호르몬의 기능을 혼란시켜 생식기의 기형, 생식기능의 저하, 행동의 변화 등을 유발하는 것으로 알려지고 있다(Colborn et al., 1996). (중략)

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2014

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and potential EDCs are mostly man-made, found in various materials such as pesticides, additives or contaminants in food, and personal care products. The high energy ionizing radiation has the ability to remove the EDCs with a very high degree of reliability and in a clean and efficient manner. The ionizing radiation interacts with EDCs both directly and indirectly. Direct interaction takes place with EDCs and the structure of EDCs is destroyed or changed. During indirect interaction, radiolysis products of water result in the formation of highly reactive intermediates which then react with the target molecules, culminating in structural changes. To confirm the radiation reduction of EDCs in industrial sludge, a pilot scale experiment up to 50 kGy of electron beam (EB) was conducted with samples from the textile dyeing industries. The experimental result showed the over 90% of reduction of Nonylphenol (NP) and Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) at around 10 kGy of absorbed doses.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.357-362
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• 2006

A growth inhibition assay using Chlorella sp. AG 10002 based on the OECD 201 standard test procedure was applied to the toxicity testing of endosulfan and its reported metabolites. Comparison of dry cell weight, optical density (OD) at 680 nm, and chlorophyll a concentration indicated that optical density at 680 nm of culture broth is convenient, rapid, and accurate method for cell growth. In this microalgae system, the $IC_{50}$ values of endosulfan, endosulfan sulfate, endosulfan lactone, and endosulfan ether were determined as 9.45, 18.8, 18.2 and 37.5 mg/L, respectively. In a while, endosulfan diol did not show a significant toxicity up to 50 mg/L. Since endosulfan is liable at acidic or alkaline conditions, treatment of endosulfan in pH 3, 4, and 11 for 3 days resulted in reduced toxicity, as expected. These results suggested that the microalgae system is useful to evaluate various toxic chemicals and provide a new notion for bioremediation of endosulfan in aqueous systems.

• 분석과학
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2003

Benzophenone (BZP) and 4-nitrotoluene (4-NT) listed as endocrine disrupting chemicals are suspected to contaminate ground water sites and soil. Analytical method for simultaneous determination of the two chemicals in soil and ground water was developed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Water (100 ml) was extracted with hexane, and soil (10 g) was extracted with methanol and hexane. Recovery in water was >72% for BZP and 90-118% for 4-NT. Recovery for 4-NT and BZP in soil was 51-59% with coefficient variation of less than 19.5%. Calibration curves showed a good linearity with $r^2=0.997$. In water and soil collected at nation-wide sites, BZP was found at 5 sites among 43 water sites at the concentration of $14.87{\pm}3.83ng/100 ml$. No 4-NT was found. It is suggested that this method is appropriate to the simultaneous quantitation of 4-NT and BZP in ground water and soil samples.

• 과학기술학연구
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.107-152
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• 2010

이 논문은 아토피 질환에 대한 '한국적'인 이해와 대응을 낳은 역사적 과정을 살펴본다. 유전적 소인이 있는 특이면역성 질환 아토피는 외국의 경우에 '환경병'으로 인식되는 우가 드물다. 하지만 한국에서 아토피는 '환경호르몬' 등의 위험요소들과 결부되며 표적 환경병의 지위를 갖고 있다. 아토피에 대한 이러한 이해는 사전예방원칙과, 매체중심이 아닌 수용자중심의 환경오염 관리라는 전향적 원칙을 내세운 2008년의 환경보건법 탄생에 중요한 역할을 했다. 논문은 이 규제과정에 있어서 대중의 지식적 정치적 활동의 역할을 살펴본다. '아토피 = 환경병'으로 아토피를 이해하는 데 있어 가장 중요한 역할을 한 것은 아토피 아이들을 둔 아토피 엄마들이다. 이들은 의학과 독성학 등 과학계의 성과는 물론 본의 '아토피 아이, 지구의 아이'와 같은 환자조직의 활동경험과 성과를 이용, 대중적 호소력을 발휘한 '아토피 이론'을 제시했다. 이들은 과학적 불확실성을 전용하는 편, 한의학계, 생협, 민노당 등과도 지식 정치적 연대를 형성함으로써 환경보건법이라는 성과를 내게 된다. 이 논문은 이 과정을 검토함에 있어 '대중'이라는 주체가 성되어가는 역사성과 사회적 이슈 형성의 문화적 맥락에 관심을 돌린다. 이러한 연구는 위험규제나 정책연구 등에 역사적 역동성에 대한 논의의 단초를 만들 수 있다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.253-259
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• 2011

Transforming growth factor ${\beta}$ (TGF-${\beta}$) is involved in cellular processes including growth, differentiation, apoptosis, migration, and homeostasis. Generally, TGF-${\beta}$ is the inhibitor of cell cycle progression and plays a role in enhancing the antagonistic effects of many growth factors. Unlike the antiproliferative effect of TGF-${\beta}$, E2, an endogeneous estrogen, is stimulating cell proliferation in the estrogen-dependent organs, which are mediated via the estrogen receptors, $ER{\alpha}$ and $ER{\beta}$, and may be considered as a critical risk factor in tumorigenesis of hormone-responsive cancers. Previous researches reported the cross-talk between estrogen/$ER{\alpha}$ and TGF-${\beta}$ pathway. Especially, based on the E2-mediated inhibition of TGF-${\beta}$ signaling, we examined the inhibition effect of 4-tert-octylphenol (OP) and 4-nonylphenol (NP), which are well known xenoestrogens in endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), on TGF-${\beta}$ signaling via semi-quantitative reverse-transcription PCR. The treatment of E2, OP, or NP resulted in the downregulation of TGF-${\beta}$ receptor2 (TGF-${\beta}$ R2) in TGF-${\beta}$ signaling pathway. However, the expression level of TGF-${\beta}1$ and TGF-${\beta}$ receptor1 (TGF-${\beta}$ R1) genes was not altered. On the other hand, E2, OP, or NP upregulated the expression of a cell-cycle regulating gene, c-myc, which is a oncogene and a downstream target gene of TGF-${\beta}$ signaling pathway. As a result of downregulation of TGF-${\beta}$ R2 and the upregulation of c-myc, E2, OP, or NP increased cell proliferation of BG-1 ovarian cancer cells. Taken together, these results suggest that E2 and these two EDCs may mediate cancer cell proliferation by inhibiting TGF-${\beta}$ signaling via the downregulation of TGF-${\beta}$ R2 and the upregulation of c-myc oncogene. In addition, it can be inferred that these EDCs have the possibility of tumorigenesis in estrogen-responsive organs by certainly representing estrogenic effect in inhibiting TGF-${\beta}$ signaling.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.229-237
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• 2008

Recently, parabens have been believed to act as xenoestrogens, an identified class of endocrine disruptors (EDs). These environmental compounds are the most well-known as preservatives in many commercial products, including food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. It has been demonstrated that the human health risks of parabens result from a long-term exposure to skin in which this chemical group is rapidly absorbed through the skin. On the other hand, parabens are also completely absorbed from gastrointestinal tract. It has reported that these substances possess several biological effects in which inhibitory property involved in membrane transports and mitochondrial functions is considered to be important for their action. Testing of parabens has revealed that estrogen-like activities of these chemicals are much less potent than natural estrogen, $17{\beta}$ estradiol (E2). Additionally, the estrogenicity of individual paraben- compounds is distinct depending upon their biochemical structure. Recent findings of paraben-estrogenic activities have shown that these compounds may affect breast cancer incidence in women, suggesting adverse ecological outcomes of this environmental group on human and animal health. Although the biological and toxicological effects of parabens have been demonstrated in many previous studies, possible mechanism(s) of their action are required to be explored in order to bring the better understanding in the detrimental impacts of parabens in human and wildlife. There have several different types of parabens which are the most widely used as preservatives. These include methyl-paraben, ethylparaben, propylparaben, butylparaben and p-hydroxybenzoic acid, a major metabolite of parabens. In this review, we summarize current database based on in vitro and in vivo assays for estrogenic activities and health risk assessment of paraben- EDs which have been published previously.

• 한국해양생명과학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2020

17β-estradiol (E₂)는 난소로부터 방출되는 호르몬으로 가정 및 축산 오폐수에 포함되어 환경으로 지속적으로 유출된다. E₂는 높은 에스트로겐 활성을 가지고 있어 갑각류의 발달과 생식에 영향을 미치는 내분비계교란물질로 알려져 있다. 갑각류의 발달은 탈피호르몬(ecdysteroid)의 신호 전달 과정에 의해 이루어지지만 E₂가 소형 갑각류의 탈피호르몬 경로 유전자를 어떻게 조절하는지에 대한 연구는 매우 미흡하다. 본 연구에서는 기수산 물벼룩 Diaphanosoma celebensis에서 E₂에 대한 급성 독성 시험을 통해 24-h LC_x 값을 도출하였고, E₂ 노출에 따른 탈피호르몬 경로에 관여하는 7개의 유전자(CYP314a1, EcRA, EcRB, USP, ERR, Vtg, VtgR)의 시간별 발현 변화를 quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR)을 이용하여 분석하였다. D. celebensis의 24-h LC₅₀ 값은 9.581 mg/l (95% C.I.: 7.697~11.927 mg/l), 24 h-LC₁₀ 값은 4.842 mg/l(95% C.I.: 3.683~6.366 mg/l)로 나타났다. CYP314a1, EcRA, USP, VtgR 유전자의 발현이 12시간 또는 24시간에 유의하게 증가하는 양상을 보였다. 이러한 결과는 E₂가 D. celebensis의 탈피호르몬 경로에 관련하는 유전자의 발현을 조절함으로써 탈피와 생식에 영향을 미칠 수 있을 것임을 시사한다. 본 연구는 소형 갑각류에서 내분비계교란물질이 탈피 경로에 미치는 영향에 대한 분자 기전을 이해하는데 도움이 될 것이다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.40-44
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• 2001

내분비계 장애물질 중의 하나인 농약 benomyl의 환경잔류실태를 조사하기 위해 수질중의 benomyl 농도를 정량 하였다. 일반적으로 benomyl은 가수분해하여 carbendazim으로 변하며 본 분석법은 carbendazim을 정량 하는 간접법이다. 수질중의 잔여 benomyl은 가수분??후 적절한 용매로 추출하여 농축, 정제되었다. 농축된 시료의 carbendazim 농도를 LC/MS (TOF)로 분석하였으며 그 결과 방해물질에 의해 발생할 수 있는 오차를 제거할 수 있었다. 검출한계는 LC/UVD법(EPA-631)에 비하여 약 1,600배 낮았으며 spike의 회수율도 약 80~118%로 양호하였다.

• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.34-43
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• 2001

Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) is the most commonly used phthalate ester in polyvinyl chloride formulations including food packing and storage of human blood. DEHP is a well known as non-genotoxic carcinogen and endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC). DEHP have shown all negative results in ICH-guildeline recommended standard genotoxicity test battery. In this study, to assess the clastogenic and DNA damaging effect in human-derived tissue specific cells, DEHP was treated in human derived MCE-7 cells, HepG2 cells, LNCap cells, BeWo cells, MCE-10A cells, and female peripheral blood cells using micronucleus assay and in human breast carcinoma MCF-7 cells up to $1.28$\times$10^{-2}$ M using Comet assay. The in vitro micronucleus assay is a mutagenicity test system for the detection of chemicals which induce the formation of small membrane bound DNA fragment i.e. micronuclei in the cytoplasm of interphase cells, originated from clastogenic and/or aneugenic mechanism. The single cell gel electrophoresis assay (Comet assay) is used to detect DNA strand-breaks and alkaline labile site. In our results, DEHP increased significantly and/or dose-depentently and time-dependently micronucleus frequency at the 6 and 24 hr without metabolic activation system only in MCE-7 cells. DEHP treated with 2 hrs in MCF-7 cells using Comet assay induced DNA damage dose-depentantly.