Abstract:
:Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) represent a large class of chemicals present in environment. We have used yeast strain ER(wt) expressing human estrogen receptor (hER) and an estrogen-sensitive reporter to characterize the estrogenic or anti-estrogenic activities of 21 PAHs. The PAHs did not exhibit estrogenic activity in yeast strain ER(wt). Four of the PAHs, dibenz[a,h]anthracene, 6-hydroxy-chrysene, 2,3-benzofluorene, and benzo(a)pyrene, inhibited estradiol-dependent reporter activity in strain ER(wt). A mutant hER lacking the amino terminus expressed in yeast was inhibited by the four PAHs to a lesser extent than the full-length hER. 6-hydroxy-chrysene, 2,3-benzofluorene, and benzo(a)pyrene, but not dibenz[a,h]anthracene, weakly displaced [3H]estradiol from the hER in a competition binding assay. A strong correlation between the inhibition of [3H]estradiol-binding from the hER and the reduction of hER-mediated transactivation in yeast was not observed. These observations suggest that the PAHs dibenz[a,h]-anthracene, 6-hydroxy-chrysene, 2,3-benzofluorene, and benzo(a)pyrene may antagonize activity in yeast by binding to an anti-estrogen binding site on the hER or by mechanisms independent of the hER.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Tran DQ,Ide CF,McLachlan JA,Arnold SFdoi
10.1006/bbrc.1996.1764subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-12-04 00:00:00pages
101-8issue
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0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(96)91764-7journal_volume
229pub_type
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