Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Japan.
Toxicol Lett. 2011 Oct 10;206(2):152-7. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.07.007. Epub 2011 Jul 12.
Environmental chemicals with estrogenic activity, known as xenoestrogens, may cause impaired reproductive development and endocrine-related cancers in humans by disrupting endocrine functions. Aryl-hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator 2 (ARNT2) is believed to play important roles in a variety of physiological processes, including estrogen signaling pathways, that may be involved in the pathogenesis and therapeutic responses of endocrine-related cancers. However, much of the underlying mechanism remains unknown. In this study, we investigated whether ARNT2 expression is regulated by a range of representative xenoestrogens in human cancer cell lines. Bisphenol A (BPA), benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), and 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(2-chlorophenyl-4-chlorophenyl)ethane (o,p'-DDT) were found to be estrogenic toward BG1Luc4E2 cells by an E-CALUX bioassay. ARNT2 expression was downregulated by BPA, BBP, and o,p'-DDT in a dose-dependent manner in estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1)-positive MCF-7 and BG1Luc4E2 cells, but not in estrogen receptor-negative LNCaP cells. The reduction in ARNT2 expression in cells treated with the xenoestrogens was fully recovered by the addition of a specific ESR1 antagonist, MPP. In conclusion, we have shown for the first time that ARNT2 expression is modulated by xenoestrogens by an ESR1-dependent mechanism in MCF-7 breast cancer cells.
具有雌激素活性的环境化学物质,称为外源性雌激素,可能通过扰乱内分泌功能,导致人类生殖发育受损和与内分泌相关的癌症。芳香烃受体核转位蛋白 2(ARNT2)被认为在各种生理过程中发挥重要作用,包括雌激素信号通路,这些过程可能与与内分泌相关的癌症的发病机制和治疗反应有关。然而,其中大部分潜在机制尚不清楚。在这项研究中,我们研究了一系列代表性的外源性雌激素是否调节人癌细胞系中的 ARNT2 表达。双酚 A(BPA)、丁基苄基邻苯二甲酸酯(BBP)和 1,1,1-三氯-2,2-双(2-氯苯基-4-氯苯基)乙烷(o,p'-DDT)通过 E-CALUX 生物测定法被发现对 BG1Luc4E2 细胞具有雌激素作用。BPA、BBP 和 o,p'-DDT 以剂量依赖的方式下调雌激素受体 1(ESR1)阳性 MCF-7 和 BG1Luc4E2 细胞中的 ARNT2 表达,但对雌激素受体阴性 LNCaP 细胞没有影响。用外源性雌激素处理的细胞中 ARNT2 表达的减少被特定的 ESR1 拮抗剂 MPP 完全恢复。总之,我们首次表明,ARNT2 表达受 MCF-7 乳腺癌细胞中 ESR1 依赖性机制调节。