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Jo J, Son Y, Park MK, Lee JY, Chu H, Ahn YG. Statistical comparison for assessing agreement between two mass spectrometric methods for the analysis of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDDs/Fs) in contaminated soils. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 363:142806. [PMID: 38986783 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Accepted: 07/06/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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A gas chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HR/MS) has been used as the standard method for the quantification of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDDs/Fs), which are regulated at screening and action levels in the environment. However, several alternative methods have been attempted due to the disadvantage of its high cost. Although a gas chromatography with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC-QqQ-MS/MS) has been used in a wide variety of sample matrices, showing that they are interchangeable, there has been a lack of comprehensive studies on statistical agreement with GC-HR/MS. In this study, a pairwise comparison of the total concentrations of PCDDs/Fs in 90 soil field samples obtained by two mass spectrometric methods was performed using the Passing-Bablok (P&B) regression and Bland-Altman (B&A) analysis for the method comparison. According to the result of the B&A analysis, the concentration range of PCDDs/Fs was between 98.2 and 1760 pg/g showed good agreement between two methods at the 95 % confidence level (CL). Although there was a large discrepancy between the two methods in the low concentrations (<16.5 pg/g of PCDDs/Fs), this result was similar to the P&B regression analysis. As the verification results by B&A and P&B regression analysis, the interchangeable concentration range between the two methods was confirmed to be adequate for the monitoring of PCDDs/Fs regulating levels in soils.
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- Jungmin Jo
- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, 39177, South Korea; Department of Energy Engineering Convergence, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 39177, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Jeju National University, 63243, South Korea
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760, South Korea
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- Metropolitan Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, University-Industry Cooperation Building, 150, Bugahyeon-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03759, South Korea
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- Metropolitan Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, University-Industry Cooperation Building, 150, Bugahyeon-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03759, South Korea.
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Chernyak YI, Grassman JA. Impact of AhRR (565C > G) polymorphism on dioxin dependent CYP1A2 induction. Toxicol Lett 2020; 320:58-63. [PMID: 31805342 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The current study uses the metabolic probe, antipyrine, and AhRR transcript expression (qRT-PCR) to examine the impact of the AhRR (565C > G or Pro185Ala, rs2292596) genetic polymorphism upon CYP1A2 inducibility in an established cohort of male firefighters with exposure to dioxin-like chemicals. The lipid adjusted concentrations of 29 dioxin and dioxin-like congeners were measured in serum. Possession of the G allele (CG and GG genotypes) was correlated with high expression AhRR transcript and lower CYP1A2 induction than found in individuals homozygous for CC. The induction of CYP1A2 was dioxin-dependent among carriers of the G allele. Multivariate models indicated that CYP1A2 activity, detected as urinary 3-hydroxymethylantipyrine, was significantly correlated with cotinine concentration and for those currently working as firefighters, dioxin body burden (β = 0.54, p = 0.041). The efficacy of the AhRR in regulating the AhR signaling pathway is influenced by the AhRR (565C > G) polymorphism. Our study of firefighters using the induction of CYP1A2 as an indicator suggest that G allele proteins have variable AhR repressor activity which is manifested in a dioxin-dependent manner. These results provide evidence of metabolic differences that may affect susceptibility to dioxin-mediated health effects.
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- Yury I Chernyak
- East-Siberian Institute of Medical and Ecological Research, P.O. Box 1170, Angarsk, 665827, Russia.
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- CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, 55 West 125th Street, New York, NY, 10027, United States
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Squadrone S, Brizio P, Nespoli R, Stella C, Abete MC. Human dietary exposure and levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs) and non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (NDL-PCBs) in free-range eggs close to a secondary aluminum smelter, Northern Italy. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2015; 206:429-436. [PMID: 26256146 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.07.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2015] [Revised: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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PCDD/Fs and PCBs are environmentally persistent substances that have been associated with adverse effects on human health. Contamination of soils, animal feed and pastures leads to their bioaccumulation of in food products of animal origin, which are considered the major source of intake of these contaminants in humans. We analyzed eggs from free-range hens, sampled from small farms, located within a distance of 4.5 km from a secondary aluminum smelter in Northern Italy. The concentrations of PCDD/Fs, DL-PCBs and NDL-PCBs were higher in eggs from locations close to the plant, and strongly exceeded the limits set by EU Regulation 1259/2011 (2.5 pg WHO TEQ fat g(-1) for PCDD/Fs, 5.0 pg WHO TEQ g(-1) for PCDD/Fs and DL-PCBs L, 40 ng g(-1) for NDL-PCBs). Without the prompt and immediately applied control strategies, the consumption of contaminated eggs may have posed [corrected] a risk for human health, especially for children (≤9 years) and infants (≤3 years), due to the 2-fold excess of the current exposure limits.
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- S Squadrone
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy
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Colombo A, Bettinetti R, Strona G, Cambria F, Fanelli R, Zubair Z, Galli P. Maldives: an archipelago that burns. A first survey of PCDD/Fs and DL-PCBs from human activities. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 497-498:499-507. [PMID: 25151268 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Revised: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Due to its geographical peculiarities, the Republic of Maldives represents a case study of great interest for the investigation of persistent organic pollutants, from both a socio-economic and an ecological perspective. Thus, we conducted a first survey to assess the current status of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD), polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyl (DL-PCB) concentrations in Maldivian soils. The range for PCDD/F and DL-PCB soil concentrations was 0.01-49.3 pg WHO2005-TEQ g(-1) and 0.01-3.69 pg WHO2005-TEQ g(-1) dw respectively. PCDD/F concentrations exceeding several international soil guidelines were found in samples from locations in the proximity of local waste combustion sources. DL-PCB concentrations were lower than PCDD/Fs and comparable to those in previous reports from background areas and in areas with developing industrial and agricultural activities. PCDD/F and DL-PCB levels (expressed as WHO2005-TEQ) in soils were strongly correlated (r=0.89), which suggests that, in most of the sites, they are originated from the same emission sources. Results indicate that PCDD/F soil concentrations (expressed as WHO2005-TEQ) tend to decrease with the distance from the local pollution sources. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed that PCDD/Fs in the most polluted locations are mainly generated by waste combustion. These findings highlight the need for immediate changes in waste management policies in the Archipelago, in order to reduce the release of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the fragile local environment.
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- Andrea Colombo
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milano, Italy.
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- Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria, via Dunant 3, Varese, VA, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment & Sustainability, Via Enrico Fermi 1, I-21020 Ispra, VA, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milano, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milano, Italy
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- CDE Consulting, Orchidmaage, Ameeru Ahmed Magu, 20095 Malé, Maldives
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- Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria, via Dunant 3, Varese, VA, Italy; MaRHE Center (Marine Research and High Education Centre), Magoodhoo Island, Faafu Atoll, Maldives
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Colombo A, Benfenati E, Bugatti SG, Lodi M, Mariani A, Musmeci L, Rotella G, Senese V, Ziemacki G, Fanelli R. PCDD/Fs and PCBs in ambient air in a highly industrialized city in northern Italy. CHEMOSPHERE 2013; 90:2352-2357. [PMID: 23141844 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Revised: 09/27/2012] [Accepted: 10/17/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Ambient air samples were collected in five locations around a polychlorobiphenyl (PCB) production plant in a highly industrialized city in the north of Italy, for the analysis of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and PCBs. PCDD/F atmospheric concentrations were lower than those generally detected in urban areas, while PCB concentrations were higher than in urban and industrialized areas in other countries, especially in the locations closest to the plant. To identify source emissions responsible for air pollution we used principal component analysis (PCA) to compare the "fingerprint" of the air in Brescia with some source-related experimental and published data. This analysis showed that the PCDD/F fingerprints were more similar to steel plant emission data, while none of the PCB air patterns were comparable to emission profiles, indicating that different sources are responsible for the concentration of these two pollutants. The highest PCB concentrations detected in the areas closest to the chemical plant are indicative of its impact on the surrounding environment.
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- Andrea Colombo
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy.
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A GC/MS–MS Versus GC/HRMS Dioxin Analysis Comparison. Some Critical Considerations for Low-Level Environmental Samples. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-62623-3.00019-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Colombo A, Benfenati E, Bugatti SG, Celeste G, Lodi M, Rotella G, Senese V, Fanelli R. Concentrations of PCDD/PCDF in soil close to a secondary aluminum smelter. CHEMOSPHERE 2011; 85:1719-1724. [PMID: 22018859 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 08/05/2011] [Accepted: 09/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDDs/Fs) were analyzed in samples of the emissions from a secondary aluminum smelter (ALS) and soil samples around the plant. The purpose was to estimate the impact of the emissions on the surrounding environment. PCDD/F soil concentrations were higher in the proximity of the plant, exceeding the limit adopted in Italy in soils for green areas and residential uses and the upper limit of several reference concentrations. The most contaminated sites were less than 500 m from the plant and the dioxin concentration with the distance from the ALS. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed that emissions from the ALS were the source of PCDD/F contamination in the soils closest to the plant. Multivariate data analyses such as PCA are therefore useful to identify sources of emission causing contamination.
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- Andrea Colombo
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via La Masa 19, 20156 Milano, Italy.
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Yang JH, Lee HG. 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin induces apoptosis of articular chondrocytes in culture. CHEMOSPHERE 2010; 79:278-284. [PMID: 20153503 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.01.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2009] [Revised: 01/19/2010] [Accepted: 01/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Positive associations of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and arthritis have been reported in human populations. Although 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), the most potent congener of its class, is associated with musculoskeletal dysfunctions in humans and animals, its role on arthritis remains unknown. Apoptosis of chondrocytes has become a focus of interest in the pathogenesis of arthritis. We investigated the potential of TCDD as an inducer of chondrocyte apoptosis and evaluated its mechanism of action. Rabbit chondrocytes in culture were exposed to TCDD. Responses of dioxin-responsive genes and enzyme activity were analyzed by RT-PCR and EROD assay, respectively. Generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) were also determined. A panel of different approaches including caspase-3 assay, ELISA, flow cytometry, and TUNEL staining was utilized to detect apoptotic effects. Dioxin induced mRNAs of dioxin-responsive genes and EROD activity in an AhR-dependent manner. Dose-dependent increases in ROS and NO production were observed. All apoptosis detection techniques used in this study revealed an increase of apoptotic effects in a dose-dependent manner. The increase of apoptosis was blocked by inhibitors of ROS or NO, suggesting that apoptotic effects may be mediated via ROS- and NO-dependent pathways. This is a first report to demonstrate the potential of TCDD to induce apoptosis in chondrocytes, which could be an initial process in cartilage degradation. This finding may shed a new light in studying the possible role of environmental pollutants in the etiology of arthritis.
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- Jae-Ho Yang
- Department of Pharmacology, Catholic University of Daegu, Republic of Korea.
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Paternal exposure to Agent Orange and spina bifida: a meta-analysis. Eur J Epidemiol 2009; 25:37-44. [PMID: 19894129 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-009-9401-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Accepted: 10/19/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The objective of this study is to conduct a meta-analysis of published and unpublished studies that examine the association between Agent Orange (AO) exposure and the risk of spina bifida. Relevant studies were identified through a computerized literature search of Medline and Embase from 1966 to 2008; a review of the reference list of retrieved articles and conference proceedings; and by contacting researchers for unpublished studies. Both fixed-effects and random-effects models were used to pool the results of individual studies. The Cochrane Q test and index of heterogeneity (I(2)) were used to evaluate heterogeneity, and a funnel plot and Egger's test were used to evaluate publication bias. Seven studies, including two Vietnamese and five non-Vietnamese studies, involving 330 cases and 134,884 non-cases were included in the meta-analysis. The overall relative risk (RR) for spina bifida associated with paternal exposure to AO was 2.02 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.48-2.74), with no statistical evidence of heterogeneity across studies. Non-Vietnamese studies showed a slightly higher summary RR (RR = 2.22; 95% CI: 1.38-3.56) than Vietnamese studies (RR = 1.92 95% CI: 1.29-2.86). When analyzed separately, the overall association was statistically significant for the three case-control studies (Summary Odds Ratio = 2.25, 95% CI: 1.31-3.86) and the cross sectional study (RR = 1.97, 95% CI: 1.31-2.96), but not for the three cohort studies (RR: 2.11; 95% CI: 0.78-5.73). Paternal exposure to AO appears to be associated with a statistically increased risk of spina bifida.
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Colombo A, Benfenati E, Mariani G, Lodi M, Marras R, Rotella G, Senese V, Fattore E, Fanelli R. PCDD/Fs in ambient air in north-east Italy: the role of a MSWI inside an industrial area. CHEMOSPHERE 2009; 77:1224-1229. [PMID: 19815252 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2009] [Revised: 07/28/2009] [Accepted: 09/03/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The stack gases of a municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI), and ambient air were sampled in four locations around the plant for the analysis of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDDs/Fs). The sampling area was close to an industrial area near Trieste, in north-east Italy. The purpose of the study was to estimate the impact of the MSWI emissions and to distinguish the contribution of these emissions from other potential emission sources in the industrial area. PCDD/F atmospheric concentrations were similar to those generally detected in urban-rural areas with one location about 2-3 times more contaminated than the others. Since the most contaminated location was inside the industrial area but upwind of the MSWI, principal component analysis (PCA) was used to establish whether other sources were the cause. This analysis clearly showed that a local steel plant's emission was the main source of PCDDs/Fs in ambient air. This study highlights the usefulness of multivariate data analysis such as PCA to identify, among different potential emission sources, the one really responsible for the contamination.
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- Andrea Colombo
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Via La Masa 19, 20156 Milano, Italy.
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Kinehara M, Fukuda I, Yoshida KI, Ashida H. High-throughput evaluation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor-binding sites selected via chromatin immunoprecipitation-based screening in Hepa-1c1c7 cells stimulated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Genes Genet Syst 2009; 83:455-68. [PMID: 19282623 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.83.455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Upon binding to ligands such as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), an aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is activated to form a heterodimer with an aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (Arnt) and binds to DNA. It has been shown that the binding of AhR to DNA depends on the dioxin response element (DRE) and controls xenobiotic-response genes. AhR-binding DNA fragments from mouse hepatoma Hepa-1c1c7 cells stimulated with TCDD were once enriched in a chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) DNA library and screened through a high-throughput southwestern chemistry-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (SW-ELISA). After screening 1700 fragments, the ChIP-SW-ELISA screening strategy allowed us to isolate 77 fragments tightly interacting with AhR in the presence of TCDD. Only 39 of the 77 fragments appeared to contain a typical DRE, indicating that in some cases the DRE was dispensable for AhR-binding, while 75 fragments were located within promoter-distal regions. Genomic mapping of the 77 fragments enabled us to estimate 121 potential AhR targets including known targets such as Cyp1A1 and Cyp1B1, but only a limited number exhibited an altered expression dependent on TCDD. This study revealed the fact that TCDD-activated AhR frequently binds to promoter-distal regions even without a DRE and is not always involved in transcriptional regulation, suggesting that within the genome DNA-binding of AhR could take place often in many regions without cis-regulatory elements and might not be a key determinant to establish its regulatory function.
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- Masaki Kinehara
- Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Japan
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Emond C, Birnbaum LS, DeVito MJ. Use of a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for rats to study the influence of body fat mass and induction of CYP1A2 on the pharmacokinetics of TCDD. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2006; 114:1394-400. [PMID: 16966094 PMCID: PMC1570044 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a highly lipophilic chemical that distributes into adipose tissue, especially at low doses. However, at high doses TCDD sequesters in liver because it induces cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) that binds TCDD. A physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model was developed that included an inducible elimination rate of TCDD in the Sprague-Dawley rat. Objectives of this work were to characterize the influence of induction of CYP1A2 and adipose tissue mass fraction on the terminal elimination half-life (t1/2) of TCDD using this PBPK model. When the model assumes a fixed elimination of TCDD, t1/2 increases with dose, due to hepatic sequestration. Because experimental data indicate that the t1/2 of TCDD decreases with dose, the model was modified to include an inducible elimination rate. The PBPK model was then used to compare the t1/2 after an increase of adipose tissue mass fraction from 6.9 to 70%. The model suggests that at low exposures, increasing adipose tissue mass increases the terminal t1/2. However, at higher exposures, as CYP1A2 is induced, the relationship between adipose tissue mass and t1/2 reaches a plateau. This demonstrates that an inducible elimination rate is needed in a PBPK model in order to describe the pharmacokinetics of TCDD. At low exposures these models are more sensitive to parameters related to partitioning into adipose tissue.
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- Claude Emond
- National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
- Environmental and Occupational Health Department, Medicine Faculty, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
- Address correspondence to M.J. DeVito, U.S. EPA, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Environmental Toxicology Division, Pharmacokinetics Branch, Mail Drop B143-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 USA. Telephone: (919) 541-0061. Fax: (919) 541-4284. E-mail:
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Ngo AD, Taylor R, Roberts CL, Nguyen TV. Association between Agent Orange and birth defects: systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Epidemiol 2006; 35:1220-30. [PMID: 16543362 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The association between parental exposure to Agent Orange or dioxin and birth defects is controversial, due to inconsistent findings in the literature. The principal aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis of relevant epidemiological studies that examined this association and to assess the heterogeneity among studies. METHODS Relevant studies were identified through a computerized literature search of Medline and Embase from 1966 to 2002; reviewing the reference list of retrieved articles and conference proceedings; and contacting researchers for unpublished studies. A specified protocol was followed to extract data on study details and outcomes. Both fixed-effects and random-effects models were used to synthesize the results of individual studies. The Cochrane Q test and index of heterogeneity (I2) were used to evaluate heterogeneity, and a funnel plot and Egger's test were used to evaluate publication bias. RESULTS In total, 22 studies including 13 Vietnamese and nine non-Vietnamese studies were identified. The summary relative risk (RR) of birth defects associated with exposure to Agent Orange was 1.95 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.59-2.39], with substantial heterogeneity across studies. Vietnamese studies showed a higher summary RR (RR = 3.00; 95% CI 2.19-4.12) than non-Vietnamese studies (RR = 1.29; 95% CI 1.04-1.59). Sub-group analyses found that the magnitude of association tended to increase with greater degrees of exposure to Agent Orange, rated on intensity and duration of exposure and dioxin concentrations measured in affected populations. CONCLUSION Parental exposure to Agent Orange appears to be associated with an increased risk of birth defects.
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- Anh D Ngo
- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, USA
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Kwon MJ, Jeong KS, Choi EJ, Lee BH. 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-induced activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway in Jurkat T cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 93:186-90. [PMID: 14629743 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0773.2003.930406.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The present study was performed to examine mitogen-activated protein kinase associated pathways in mediation of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-induced cell apoptosis in cultured Jurkat T cells. TCDD significantly decreased cell viability in a concentration-dependent manner (P<0.05 at 10-300 nM). TCDD (10 nM) also time-dependently decreased cell viability (P<0.05 at 12-48 hr). c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase was significantly phosphorylated with TCDD treatment in a time dependent manner. p38 Mitogen-activated protein kinase was not significantly changed with TCDD treatment. Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase was significantly phosphorylated with TCDD treatment for 8 hr and gradually returned to baseline. TCDD induced up-regulation of ASK1 and C-Jun, which are up- and down-stream of JNK, respectively, and up-regulation of cytosolic cytochrome c and caspase-3. These results demonstrate that MAPK signaling pathways including JNK and ERK 1/2, are activated with the treatment of TCDD in Jurkat T cells, which suggest that MAPK pathways may be involved in TCDD-induced cell death.
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- Myung-Ja Kwon
- Medicinal Science Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejon, Korea
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Matsumura F. On the significance of the role of cellular stress response reactions in the toxic actions of dioxin. Biochem Pharmacol 2003; 66:527-40. [PMID: 12906918 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(03)00157-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dioxin is known to cause many toxic effects that vary greatly in different tissues, ages, genders, and species. In this review, an attempt has been made to sort out major signaling pathways involved in the expression of the toxicities of dioxin. The major strategy adopted in analyzing its major signaling pathways is to view the toxic actions of dioxin as the result of the Ah receptor-mediated expression of a major cellular emergency stress response signal. Evidence pointing to the similarities between the symptoms of poisoning by dioxin and those produced by chronic administration of typical stressors, particularly lipopolysaccharides (LPS), bacterial endotoxins, has been assembled and analyzed. The common symptoms are wasting syndrome, atherosclerosis, fatty liver, and thymic atrophy. On the other hand, oxidative stress caused by cytochrome P450 induction is one of the typical stresses of dioxin poisoning, but not LPS poisoning. One of the major means through which dioxin triggers stress responses via "stress-activated kinase pathways" is stimulation of the cellular production of cytokines/autocrines, particularly growth factors. In the case of hepatocytes for instance, transforming growth factor-alpha plays a pivotal role in the dioxin-induced activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor and the extracellular signal-related kinase pathway, which acts as a signal to suppress apoptosis induced by cellular stress. These observations as well as additional experimental data support the idea that one of the major functions of the Ah receptor could be the elicitation of cellular stress response reactions. Another key point in understanding the toxic action of dioxin is that, unlike other cases of stressors, dioxin signaling becomes chronically sustained because of its extreme persistence in the human body, its half-life of 7-10 years, and its selective accumulation in fatty target tissues.
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- Fumio Matsumura
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA.
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Puga A, Marlowe J, Barnes S, Chang CY, Maier A, Tan Z, Kerzee JK, Chang X, Strobeck M, Knudsen ES. Role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in cell cycle regulation. Toxicology 2002; 181-182:171-7. [PMID: 12505305 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(02)00276-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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One of the most puzzling aspects of the biological impact of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds is that they elicit an apparently unrelated variety of toxic, teratogenic, and carcinogenic responses in exposed animals and in humans. At the cellular level, these environmental toxicants affect cell cycle regulatory mechanisms and signal transduction pathways in ways that are equally diverse and often contradictory. For example, depending on the particular cell lines studied, exposure to these compounds may lead to cell proliferation, to terminal differentiation, or to apoptosis. These effects are mediated by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, a ligand-activated transcription factor well known for its regulatory activity on the expression of several phase I detoxification cytochrome P450 genes. Research into the molecular mechanisms of aryl hydrocarbon receptor function has uncovered a novel role for this protein during cell cycle progression. The activated receptor acts as an environmental sensor and cell cycle checkpoint that commits cells exposed to adverse environmental stimuli to arrest before the onset of DNA replication.
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- Alvaro Puga
- Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, P.O. Box 670056, 123 E. Shields Street, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056, USA.
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Schepetkin I, Khlebnikov A, Kwon BS. Medical drugs from humus matter: Focus on mumie. Drug Dev Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.10058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Kikuchi H, Shibazaki M, Ahmed S, Baba T. Method for evaluation of immunotoxicity of dioxin compounds using human T-lymphoblastic cell line, L-MAT. CHEMOSPHERE 2001; 43:815-818. [PMID: 11372870 DOI: 10.1016/s0045-6535(00)00438-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Caspase-3 was activated in apoptotic L-MAT cells by treatment with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Treatment with tributyltin, which has been reported to induce apoptosis in rat thymocytes, also activated caspase-3 and led to cell death in L-MAT cells. Blocking caspase-3 activity with the peptide inhibitor, DEVE-CHO, prevented TCDD from inducing subsequent apoptotic changes. The potent Ah receptor ligand, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF), the low acute toxicity compound, 1,2,3,4,6,7,9-heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (HCDD), and one of the major contaminants in human milk, 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCBP), increased the activation level of caspase-3, each in a dose-dependent manner. Thus, we propose that measuring caspase-3 activation in the human T-lymphoblastic cell line, L-MAT, is a useful evaluation method for the immunotoxicity of dioxin compounds.
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- H Kikuchi
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Development. Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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Cytochrome P4501A1 is a substrate-inducible microsomal enzyme that oxygenates polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, such as the carcinogen benzo(a)pyrene, as the initial step in their metabolic processing to water-soluble derivatives. Enzyme induction reflects increased transcription of the cognate CYP1A1 gene. The environmental toxicant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin is the most potent known cytochrome P4501A1 inducer. Two regulatory proteins, the aromatic (aryl) hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) and the AhR nuclear translocator (Arnt), mediate induction. AhR and Arnt are prototypical members of the basic helix-loop-helix/Per-Arnt-Sim class of transcription factors. Mechanistic analyses of cytochrome P4501A1 induction provide insights into ligand-dependent mammalian gene expression, basic helix-loop-helix/Per-Arnt-Sim protein function, and dioxin action; such studies also impact public health issues concerned with molecular epidemiology, carcinogenesis, and risk assessment.
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- J P Whitlock
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5332, USA.
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The purpose of this review article is to discuss established molecular mechanisms of apoptosis and their relevance to cell death induced by environmental toxicants. Apoptosis is a highly regulated form of cell death distinguished by the activation of a family of cysteine-aspartate proteases (caspases) that cleave various proteins resulting in morphological and biochemical changes characteristic of this form of cell death. Abundant evidence supports a role for mitochondria in regulating apoptosis. Specifically, it seems that a number of death stimuli target these organelles and stimulate, by an unknown mechanism, the release of several proteins, including cytochrome c. Once released into the cytosol, cytochrome c binds to its adaptor molecule, Apaf-1, which oligomerizes and then activates pro-caspase-9. Caspase-9 can signal downstream and activate pro-caspase-3 and -7. The release of cytochrome c can be influenced by different Bcl-2 family member proteins, including, but not limited to, Bax, Bid, Bcl-2, and Bcl-X(L). Bax and Bid potentiate cytochrome c release, whereas Bcl-2 and Bcl-X(L) antagonize this event. Although toxicologists have traditionally associated cell death with necrosis, emerging evidence suggests that different types of environmental contaminants exert their toxicity, at least in part, by triggering apoptosis. The mechanism responsible for eliciting the pro-apoptotic effect of a given chemical is often unknown, although in many instances mitochondria appear to be key participants. This review describes our current understanding of the role of apoptosis in environmental toxicant-induced cell death, using dioxin, metals (cadmium and methylmercury), organotin compounds, dithiocarbamates, and benzene as specific examples. Finally, we conclude with a critical discussion of the current knowledge in this area and provide recommendations for future directions.
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- J D Robertson
- Division of Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Schultz TW, Seward JR. Health-effects related structure-toxicity relationships: a paradigm for the first decade of the new millennium. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2000; 249:73-84. [PMID: 10813448 DOI: 10.1016/s0048-9697(99)00512-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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Prediction of the effects of industrial chemicals to humans will be an area of increasing concern in the next century. The role of quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) is to aid in the prediction of effects by determination of the limits of variation in structure that are consistent with the production of a specific toxic effect and define the ways in which alterations in structure influences toxicity. The paradigm followed in the development of QSARs for ecotoxic-endpoints has been successful as a direct result of the availability of in vivo toxicity data in which to build initial QSARs and validate surrogate test systems. However, the lack of quantitative in vivo toxicity data means this paradigm cannot be used in the prediction of human health-effect endpoints. Therefore, a new paradigm, which provides guidance in the use of predictive QSARs for health-effects that serves to circumvent the problems associated with the lack of whole-mammal toxicity data must be established. A scenario is given that provides for the development, standardization, and validation of health-effects related QSARs in the first decade of the 21st century. Due to the structural diversity and sheer number of industrial organic chemicals, assays used to garner health-effects data must be based on quantifiable, rapid, reliable, and inexpensive surrogate endpoints. New 'biotools' developed using modern molecular techniques will aid in the circumvention of in vivo health-effects data and provide measurable endpoints, which can be used as surrogates for health-effects endpoints. This has particular application in receptor-mediated toxicity and gene expression. The lack of whole-mammal health-effects data means that the standardization and validation, of these endpoints will be accomplished in novel ways. Databases garnered using modern biotools will allow the derivation of QSARs developed for validated surrogate health-effect endpoints. If QSARs are to be useful in bridging gaps in health-effects data, they must be based on accurate, reproducible data for a robust series of non-congeneric chemicals. The latter applies to both toxicity and descriptor values. Because health-effects are often the result of metabolic activation, if these new QSARs are to be meaningful, validated software for predicting metabolite formation must be incorporated. Lastly, once QSARs and software are developed and validated, they will need to be linked into some type of expert system.
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- T W Schultz
- College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37901-1071, USA.
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Hirakawa T, Minegishi T, Abe K, Kishi H, Inoue K, Ibuki Y, Miyamoto K. Effect of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on the expression of follicle-stimulating hormone receptors during cell differentiation in cultured granulosa cells. Endocrinology 2000; 141:1470-6. [PMID: 10746652 DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.4.7424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dioxin (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin; TCDD) is a common environmental pollutant causing public concern. Using a cell culture system derived from rat granulosa cells that provides unique advantages for studying the molecular mechanisms underlying the action of TCDD, the influences of TCDD on FSH receptor (FSH-R) induction were examined. The treatment with FSH produced, as expected, a substantial increase in specific FSH-R expression, whereas concurrent treatment with the environmental amount of TCDD (10 pM) resulted in a significant decrease in FSH-R after being cultured from 24-72 h. Cotreatment with FSH (30 ng/ml) and increasing doses of TCDD inhibited the levels of FSH-induced FSH-R messenger RNA (mRNA) in a dose-dependent manner. Treatment with 8-Br-cAMP (1 mM) produced a significant increase in FSH-R mRNA; concurrent treatment with TCDD (10 pM) produced a significant attenuation of 8-Br-cAMP action. These findings suggest that the ability of TCDD to interfere with FSH action, as regards the induction of FSH-Rs, is exerted at sites distal to those involved in cAMP generation. Because a single transcript of 5.2 kb was seen for the Ah receptor in this granulosa cell system, the effects of TCDD may be mediated by this specific receptor. The rates of FSH-R mRNA gene transcription, assessed by nuclear run-on transcription assay, were decreased by the addition of TCDD. The effect of TCDD on FSH-R mRNA stability was determined by measuring the decay of FSH-R mRNA under conditions known to inhibit transcription. The decay curve for the 2.4-kb FSH-R mRNA transcript was not significantly changed after the addition of TCDD. These findings showed that the effect of TCDD on FSH-R mRNA was, at least in part, the result of decreased transcription.
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- T Hirakawa
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan.
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Hirakawa T, Minegishi T, Abe K, Kishi H, Ibuki Y, Miyamoto K. Effect of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on the expression of luteinizing hormone receptors during cell differentiation in cultured granulosa cells. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 375:371-6. [PMID: 10700395 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1999.1678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Dioxin (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, TCDD) is a common environmental pollutant causing public concern. By use of a cell culture system derived from rat granulosa cells that provides unique advantages for studying the molecular mechanisms underlying the action of TCDD, the influence of TCDD on luteinizing hormone receptor (LHR) induction was examined. Treatment with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) produced, as expected, a substantial increase in specific LHR expression; concurrent treatment with TCDD (10 pM) resulted in a significant decrease in LHR after 24 h. Cotreatment with 30 ng/ml FSH and increasing doses of TCDD inhibited the levels of FSH-induced LHR mRNA in a dose-dependent manner, and 1 pM TCDD inhibited FSH-induced LHR significantly after 48 h. The rate of LHR mRNA gene transcription, assessed by nuclear run-on transcription assay, was found to decrease after addition of TCDD. The decay curves for the 5.4-kb LHR mRNA transcript showed a significant decrease after addition of TCDD.
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- T Hirakawa
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
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Puga A, Barnes SJ, Dalton TP, Chang CY, Knudsen ES, Maier MA. Aromatic hydrocarbon receptor interaction with the retinoblastoma protein potentiates repression of E2F-dependent transcription and cell cycle arrest. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:2943-50. [PMID: 10644764 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.4.2943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, of which 2,3,7, 8-tetrachloro-p-dioxin (TCDD) is the prototype compound, elicit a variety of toxic, teratogenic, and carcinogenic responses in exposed animals and in humans. In cultured cells, TCDD shows marked effects on the regulation of cell cycle progression, including thymocyte apoptosis, induction of keratinocyte proliferation and terminal differentiation, and inhibition of estrogen-dependent proliferation in breast cancer cells. The presence of an LXCXE domain in the dioxin aromatic hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), suggested that the effects of TCDD on cell cycle regulation might be mediated by protein-protein interactions between AHR and the retinoblastoma protein (RB). Using the yeast two-hybrid system, AHR and RB were in fact shown to bind to each other. In vitro pull-down experiments with truncated AHR peptides indicated that at least two separate AHR domains form independent complexes with hypophosphorylated RB. Coimmunoprecipitation of whole cell lysates from human breast carcinoma MCF-7 cells, which express both proteins endogenously, revealed that AHR associates with RB in vivo only after receptor transformation and nuclear translocation. However, the AHR nuclear translocator and transcriptional heterodimerization partner, is not required for (nor is it a part of) the AHR.RB complexes detected in vitro. Ectopic expression of AHR and RB in human osteosarcoma SAOS-2 cells, which lack endogenous expression of both proteins, showed that AHR synergizes with RB to repress E2F-dependent transcription and to induce cell cycle arrest. Furthermore, AHR partly blocked T-antigen-mediated reversal of RB-dependent transcriptional repression. These results uncover a potential function for the AHR in cell cycle regulation and suggest that this function may be that of serving as an environmental sensor that signals cell cycle arrest when cells are exposed to certain environmental toxicants.
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- A Puga
- Center for Environmental Genetics, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0056, USA.
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Hossain A, Tsuchiya S, Minegishi M, Osada M, Ikawa S, Tezuka FA, Kaji M, Konno T, Watanabe M, Kikuchi H. The Ah receptor is not involved in 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo- p-dioxin-mediated apoptosis in human leukemic T cell lines. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:19853-8. [PMID: 9677421 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.31.19853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a common environmental pollutant causing public concern. Its toxic effects include disruption of the immune, endocrine, and reproductive systems, impairment of fetal development, carcinogenicity, and lethality in rodents. Here, we report that TCDD induces apoptosis in two cultured human leukemic lymphoblastic T cell lines. This cell death was found not to be dependent on an aryl hydrocarbon receptor and to be inhibited by the inhibitor of tyrosine kinases and caspases. Apoptosis-linked c-Jun N-terminal kinase is rapidly activated in these cells by the treatment with TCDD. A dominant-negative mutant of c-Jun N-terminal kinase prevented cell death in the treatment with TCDD. Furthermore, TCDD decreases the Bcl-2 protein level in these cell lines. These findings will help in the understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying TCDD-mediated immunotoxicity.
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- A Hossain
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryomachi, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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Geyer HJ, Schramm KW, Scheunert I, Schughart K, Buters J, Wurst W, Greim H, Kluge R, Steinberg CE, Kettrup A, Madhukar B, Olson JR, Gallo MA. Considerations on genetic and environmental factors that contribute to resistance or sensitivity of mammals including humans to toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and related compounds. Part 1: Genetic factors affecting the toxicity of TCDD. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 1997; 36:213-230. [PMID: 9143450 DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1996.1502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The marked species differences in short-term toxicity (30-day LD50) of ca. 10,000 (LD50: guinea pigs ca. 1 microgram/kg body wt and Han/Wistar Kuopio rats more than 9600 micrograms/kg body wt) of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is one of the central issues of the controversies that have developed on the validity of risk assessment strategies for TCDD and related compounds. One of the most challenging issues that toxicologists face today is the identification of genes that contribute to or are responsible for increased resistance or sensitivity to TCDD and related compounds. It is assumed that most, if not all, toxic effects of TCDD are mediated more or less through the binding affinity to the Ah receptor. This hypothesis was extended and tries to explain the differences in sensitivity/resistance of animals including humans to TCDD by their total fat (lipid) content. In this respect the gene or genes which is or are responsible for obesity of mammals including humans are of great interest. An obvious linear positive logarithmic relationship between the oral 30-day LD50 (microgram/kg) of TCDD in different species and strains of mammals and their total body fat content (TBF%) was found: log LD50 = 5.30 x log (TBF)-3.22, or LD50 = 0.000603 x (TBF)5.30. By means of this regression the toxicity of TCDD in mammals including humans of different age and/or body weight can be predicted if their total body fat content is known. Examples of single-gene and polygenic disease models in different mammals, such as nonobese diabetic, diabetic, viable yellow, obese, and fat mice, as well as transgenic mice, and other suitable animal models, such as fatty Zucker rats, Han/Wistar (Kuopio) rats, and minipigs, are discussed, and predicted LD50 values of TCDD in these animals and humans are presented.
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- H J Geyer
- Institute of Ecological Chemistry, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Significant advances have been made in the development of physiologically-based models of dioxin pharmacokinetics (PBPK) in the last 5-6 years. These models incorporate explicit descriptions of biological factors which determine tissue dosimetry of dioxin and include some description of dioxin-mediated pharmacodynamic events. Biological determinants of dioxin disposition include fat solubility, specific and inducible binding in the liver, diffusion-limited tissue distribution and metabolic elimination. PBPK models have been successfully used to predict the dose and time-dependent chemical disposition and protein induction properties of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) over a wide variety of experimental data sets with rodents. The models have also been extended to describe the disposition of a brominated dioxin, 2,3,7,8-tetrabromodibenzo-p-dioxin. As these quantitative descriptions of disposition are more fully refined, particularly with regard to pharmacodynamic descriptions of dioxin-mediated alterations in gene expression, more accurate predictions of tissue dosimetry and tissue responses will be performed across dose, species and related polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons. Accurate, mechanistic dosimetry models will facilitate biologically-based approaches to the human risk assessment of these important and ubiquitous environmental contaminants.
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- L A Buckley
- Eli Lilly and Company, Toxicology Research Laboratories, Greenfield, IN 46140, USA
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The benefits of basing quantitative risk assessment on measures of 'internal dose', i.e. target organ exposures as estimated, for instance, by pharmacokinetic models, have been extensively discussed. Recasting risk assessment methods at the level of internal dose raises novel issues, however, some of which are explored by examining the 1987 revision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of its cancer risk assessment for inhaled methylene chloride, which was based on the 1987 pharmacokinetic model results of Andersen and coworkers. The internal dose measure was the daily amount of methylene chloride metabolized by a glutathione-S-transferase pathway per 1 of target organ (liver and lung). Owing to high-dose saturation of a competing detoxification reaction, this metabolic activation is less-than-proportionally active at low exposure levels. For a given inhalation exposure, humans have relatively less metabolic activation than do mice, but this is shown to be a foreseeable consequence of their relatively lower breathing rate, a cross-species difference already accounted for in standard EPA methodology. Indeed, many species differences in the rates and tempos of physiological processes evince regular 'scaling' relationships across differently sized mammals. EPA's practice of scaling carcinogen doses by body surface area for cross-species extrapolation, often viewed as a correction for metabolic activation, is shown to be more reasonably regarded as an accommodation for the more general species variation in the pace of physiological processes underlying both pharmacokinetics and the carcinogenic response to internal doses. Under this view, the issue of cross-species dose scaling is not obviated by the use of pharmacokinetics.
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- L Rhomberg
- Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 20460, USA
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