• 제목/요약/키워드: endocrine disruptors

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Toxicity Monitoring and Classification of Endocrine Disruptors using Bioluminescent Bacteria.

  • 민지호;구만복
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국생물공학회 2000년도 춘계학술발표대회
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    • pp.117-120
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    • 2000
  • 본 연구는 4가지 종류의 재조합 발광성 미생물을 이용하여 내분비계 장애물질로 알려진 여러 가지 물질에 대한 cellular toxicity를 유전자 손상, 단백질 손상, 산화적 손상, 생물막 손상으로 구별하여 확인하였다. 4가지 발광성 미생물의 반응성에 따라 내분비계 장애물질의 독성 형태를 규명할 수 있었고, 생명체에 미치는 독성 정도를 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 유전자 손상을 탐지할 수 있는 DPD2794의 경우 유전자 손상을 일으키는 형태에 따라 두 그룹으로 보다 세분화가 가능하였다. 따라서 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 내분비계 장애물질이 호르몬 교란으로 인한 피해뿐만 아니라 cellular toxicity로 인한 피해 역시 입힐 수 있는 것으로 확인하였고, 이들 발광성 박테리아를 이용하여 그 독성 형태를 정확하게 파악할 수 없었던, 유해 물질들의 분류를 위한 screening method로의 개발 역시 가능할 것이다.

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Importance of Oral Environment for Environmental Hormones Interaction with Human Body for Future Research

  • Lee, Seong-Won;Jeon, Jae-Yoon;Oh, Byung-Cheol;Choi, Jong-Won;Ro, Seong-Su;Park, Chang-Joo;Hwang, Kyung-Gyun
    • Journal of Korean Dental Science
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2017
  • There is increasing evidence that the environmental hormones may adversely affect the human body. The human reproductive system misrecognizes some of these endocrine disruptors with consequences to reproductive cell differentiation. Therefore, studies on the safety of these substances have been widely carried out to develop the science to create effective legislation to limit or prevent their use or require the development of inert, alternative substances. A few studies have reported that the oral cavity is the pathway for absorption of these substances released from plastic products or environmental hormone substances. This review suggests that the oral environment is vulnerable to exposure to environmental hormones and introduces supporting literature.

Human Estrogen Receptor α와 Co-activator로 구성된 바이오센서를 이용한 내분비계장애물질의 검출 (Improvement of the Biosensor for Detection of Endocrine Disruptors by Combination of Human Estrogen Receptorα and Co-Activator)

  • 이행석
    • 상하수도학회지
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    • 제20권6호
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    • pp.893-904
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    • 2006
  • To improve sensitivity of biosensor as yeast two-hybrid detection system for estrogenic activity of suspected chemicals, we tested effects of several combinations of the bait and fish components in the two-hybrid system on Saccharomyces cerevisiae inducted a chromosome-integrated lacZ reporter gene that was under the control of CYC1 promoter and the upstream Gal4p-binding element $UAS_{GAL}$. The bait components that were fused with the Gal4p DNA binding domain are full-length human estrogen receptor ${\alpha}$ and its ligand-binding domain. The fish components that were fused with the Gal4p transcriptional activation domain were nuclear receptor-binding domains of co-activators SRC1 and TIF2. We found that the combination of the full-length human estrogen receptor ${\alpha}$ with the nuclear receptor-binding domain of co-activator SRC1 was most effective for the estrogen-dependent induction of reporter activity among the two-hybrid systems so far reported. The relative strength of transcriptional activation by representative natural and xenobiotic chemicals was well correlated with their estrogenic potency that had been reported with other assay systems.

Bisphenol A and other alkylphenols in the environment - occurrence, fate, health effects and analytical techniques

  • Zhu, Zhuo;Zuo, Yuegang
    • Advances in environmental research
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    • 제2권3호
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    • pp.179-202
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    • 2013
  • Bisphenol A and other alkylphenols are widely used in plastic and other industrial consumer products. Release of these compounds into the aquatic environment during their manufacture, use and disposal has been a great scientific and public concern due to their toxicity at high concentrations and endocrine disrupting effects at low concentration on aquatic wildlife and human beings. This paper reviews the published data and researches on the environmental occurrence, distribution, health effects and analytical techniques of bisphenol A and alkylphenols. The aim is to provide an overview of the current understanding about bisphenol A and alkylphenols in the environment and the difficulties faced today in order to establish standard and systematic environmental analysis and assessment process for these endocrine disruptor compounds.

A Survey on Endocrine Disruptors among Agricultural Products in the North of Seoul

  • Kim Yang-Suk;Lee Sung-Duk;Kim Soo-Jin;Baek Soo-hyun
    • 한국식품위생안전성학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국식품위생안전성학회 2001년도 The Asia-Pacific Conference on Reproductive Biology and Environmental Sciences
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    • pp.120-122
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    • 2001
  • This study was carried out to monitor suspected endocrine disrupting pesticides and industrial organic chemicals among circulated agricultural products in the north area of Seoul in 2001. Procymidone, vinclozolin, endosulfan, chlorothalonil, chloropyrifos and pendimetaline (pesticides) and butylated hydroxytoluene(industrial organic chemicals) were certified by GC-MS. Detected 6 pesticides were remained mostly in the green vegetables, spices and wild plants with $3\%$ detected. Butylated hydroxytoluene(industrial organic chemicals) used for green house cover stuffs was contained mostly in the green vegetables, spices and wild plants not in the fruits and cereals with $43\%$ detected. In the same agricultural products containing butylated hydroxy toluene showed same detection tendency with remaining endocrine disrupting pesticides.

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프탈레이트의 유해성과 대체재 현황: 소고 (Maleficent Effects of Phthalates and Current States of Their Alternatives: A Review)

  • 김웅;계명찬
    • 환경생물
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    • 제35권1호
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    • pp.21-36
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    • 2017
  • 대표적인 내분비계 교란물질인 프탈레이트의 이용실태, 위해성, 규제현황 및 이를 대체하여 사용되는 대체가소제 및 대체플라스틱소재들의 특성을 정리하였다. 프탈레이트는 대표적인 내분비계 장애물질 중 하나로 경구 또는 호흡과 피부를 통해 체내에 침투해 여성호르몬 및 남성호르몬과 갑상선호르몬이 작용을 교란하는 것으로 알려졌다. 특히, 태아의 발달 저하, 성체의 생식능력 저하, 암 유발 이외에도 신경발달 저하 및 정신질환까지도 프탈레이트 노출과 연관이 있음이 보고되었다. 각종 플라스틱 제품, 안료, 화장품 등 일상생활 곳곳에 광범위하게 사용되던 프탈레이트는 규제가 이뤄짐에 따라 여러 종류의 대체가소제들이 사용되고 있으며 가소제를 사용하지 않는 플라스틱 대체소재들이 개발되고 있다. 이들 대체가소제 및 대체소재들의 내분비 교란 및 위해성이 새로이 제기되고 있으며, 프탈레이트 만큼 구체적으로 안전성 평가가 이뤄지지 않았으므로 결코 안전하다고 할 수 없다. 또한 대체가소제 및 대체소재들의 물성적 한계와 낮은 가격경쟁력은 재고되어야 한다. 본 소고에서는 in vitro, in vivo 및 in silico 시험을 통해 알려진 프탈레이트 대체가소제 및 대체소재들의 안전성 자료들을 정리하여 안전성에 대한 의문을 제기함과 동시에 바람직한 대체재 발굴을 위한 가이드라인를 제시하고자 하였다.