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Molecular interactions of dioxins and DLCs with the ketosteroid receptors: an in silico risk assessment approach.

Abstract：

:Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds (DLCs) are the ones with poor water solubility and low volatility, resistant to physical, chemical and biological processes, persistent in the environment even under extreme conditions. Due to lipophilic nature, they get adhered to the fatty material and concentrate through biomagnification and bioaccumulation, thereby easily getting incorporated into food chains, paving the way to endocrine disruption via modulation of various human receptors. This in turn leads to certain adverse health effects. In the present study, a total of 100 dioxins and DLCs were taken and their binding pattern was assessed with the ketosteroid receptors, i.e. androgen (hAR), glucocorticoid (hGR), progesterone (hPR) and mineralocorticoid (hMR) in comparison to the corresponding natural steroids and a known endocrine disrupting xenobiotic, Bisphenol A (BPA). Most of the DLCs, particularly those bearing hydroxyl (-OH) group showed considerable affinities with ketosteroid receptors. On comparing D scores of all the dioxins and DLCs against all four receptors, compound 8-hydroxy-3,4-dichlorodibenzofuran(8-OH-DCDF) exhibited least D score of -9.549 kcal mol-1 against hAR. 3,8-Dihydroxy-2-chlorodibenzofuran(3,8-DiOH-CDF), 4'-hydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetrachlorobiphenyl (4'-OH-TCB) and 4-hydroxy-2,2',5'-trichlorobiphenyl(4-OH-TCB) also showed comparable molecular interactions with the ketosteroid receptors. These interactions mainly include H-bonding, π-π stacking, hydrophobic, polar and van der Waals' interactions. In contrast, BPA and some natural ligands tested in this study showed lower binding affinities with these receptors than certain DLCs reported herein, i.e. certain DLCs might be more toxic than the proven toxic agent, BPA. Such studies play a pivotal role in the risk assessment of exposure to dioxins and DLCs on human health.

journal_name

Toxicol Mech Methods

journal_title

Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors

Khan MF,Alam MM,Verma G,Akhtar W,Rizvi MA,Ali A,Akhter M,Shaquiquzzaman M

doi

10.1080/15376516.2016.1273423

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-02-01 00:00:00

pages

151-163

issue

eissn

1537-6516

issn

1537-6524

journal_volume

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Molecular interactions of dioxins and DLCs with the ketosteroid receptors: an in silico risk assessment approach.