期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
卷 55, 期 -, 页码 208-211出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2017.08.036
关键词
Mycotoxins; Alternariol; Estrogen receptor; Androgen receptor; Reporter gene assay
资金
- Leading National Research Centre (KNOW), Scientific Consortium Healthy Animal- Safe Food, Decision of Ministry of Science and Higher Education [05-1/KNOW/2015]
Alternariol (AOH) is a toxic metabolite of phytopathogenic fungi of the Alternaria spp. and important contaminant of agricultural commodities. According to the recent studies, AOH has a potential to modulate the endocrine system of humans and animals. In the view of these reports, our study addressed the effects of AOH on human estrogen receptor (hER alpha) and androgen receptor (hAR) signaling with the use of the yeast estrogen and androgen reporter bioassays. Our results show that, apart from a weak estrogenic response, AOH induces full androgenic response of the bioassay with the EC50 of 269.4 mu M. The androgenic potency of AOH relative to testosterone (T) is 0.046%. Moreover, in the presence of T, AOH at 5 mu M acts as a weak antiandrogen, whereas at higher concentrations AOH sum up with the androgenic activity of T in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting additive effect. To our knowledge it is the first report of the androgenic potency of natural, nonsteroidal substance and may have the impact on the direction of the further studies. Further research is warranted to clarify the role of AOH in disruption of AR signaling in humans and animals.
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