title: Some nonylphenol isomers show antiestrogenic potency in the MVLN cell assay.
abstract: It has been shown that nonylphenol (NP) isomers vary in their estrogenic potency. These differences may be due to varieties in receptor affinity, receptor activation, or activation/deactivation of non-receptor mediated side paths of reporter gene translation. In the present study we investigated the underlying mechanism of the different estrogenic potency of seven nonylphenol isomers. An estrogen receptor binding assay was conducted with the human estrogen receptor alpha (hERalpha). Additionally we co-incubated the nonylphenol isomers with two concentrations of 17beta-estradiol (E2) in the MVLN cell assay to measure the potency of the isomers to compete with E2. No significant differences were found between the nonylphenol isomer binding affinities for the hERalpha. The IC(50) were in the range of 2.1-8.1x10(-6)M and the binding affinity relative to estradiol (set to 1) were between 2.6 and 6.7x10(-3). Only two test items (p353-NP and p-NP) were able to increase the estrogenic response of 100pM estradiol. The response of the other isomers co-incubated with 100pM E2 showed varying degrees of inhibition of the response in the MVLN reporter gene assay. Thus, it appears that all isomers bind to the ER but some are partial agonists while others are antagonists in the MVLN reporter gene assay.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Environmental Research (Biology V), Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. thomas.preuss@bio5.rwth-aachen.de
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Preuss
authors.forename: Hande
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gurer-Orhan
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meerman
authors.forename: Hans Toni
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Ratte
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D052244:Endocrine Disruptors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D017930:Genes, Reporter / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007536:Isomerism; D008024:Ligands; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D052244:Endocrine Disruptors; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; D008024:Ligands; D010636:Phenols; D004958:Estradiol; C025256:nonylphenol