title: Effect of in vitro estrogenic pesticides on human oestrogen receptor alpha and beta mRNA levels.
abstract: Nine widely distributed pesticides were recently demonstrated to possess potential estrogenic properties in oestrogen receptor (ER) transactivation and/or E-screen assays. We tested the effect of these nine pesticides on the human ERalpha and ERbeta mRNA steady state levels in the mamma cancer fibroblast MCF-7BUS cells using on-line RT-PCR. Like 17beta-oestradiol (E2), fenarimol significantly decreased the ERalpha and increased the ERbeta mRNA level. Endosulfan and pirimicarb alone decreased the ERalpha mRNA level weakly. After co-exposure with E2, all the tested pesticides counteracted the E2-induced decrease of the ERalpha mRNA level, but only significantly for prochloraz, dieldrin, and tolchlofos-methyl. Alone no pesticides affected the ERbeta mRNA level significantly, but chlorpyrifos increased the mRNA level weakly. Co-exposure with E2 elicited a significant increased ERbeta mRNA level by prochloraz, fenarimol, endosulfan, dieldrin, and tolchlofos-methyl, whereas no significant effect of the carbamate pesticides on the ERbeta mRNA level was observed. This study demonstrated that organochlor and organophosphorous pesticides possess the ability to interfere with the ERalpha and ERbeta mRNA steady state levels.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Aarhus, Vennelyst Boulevard 6, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Grünfeld
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Bonefeld-Jorgensen
mesh_terms: D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; D047629:Estrogen Receptor beta; D004967:Estrogens / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis*; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; D047629:Estrogen Receptor beta; D004967:Estrogens; D010575:Pesticides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen