内分泌扰乱化学品活性筛选和测试方法

对近年来对内分泌扰乱化学品(EDCs)的筛选和测试方法进行了述评。目前倾向于采用包括与激素受体结合的亲和力测试、体外和活体测试在内的层式检测法对EDCs的活性进行筛选和测试,并评价人体和野生动物内分泌扰乱的性质、可能性和剂量-反应关系。目前也致力于EDCs的结构-效应关系特别是定量关系的研究,旨在提供一种简便低廉的筛选方法。总的说来,稳定可靠的标准化筛选和检测方法的建立仍待努力。      

Das Pinealorgan der Wirbeltiere: ein Modell für Untersuchungen von Rezeptor-und Effektormechanismen in neuronalen Systemen

Cell and molecular biological investigations have greatly contributed to our understanding of receptor and effector mechanisms in sensory, neuronal, and endocrine cells. A fascinating aspect of this line of research is how such mechanisms have evolved and how they interact with each other. As shown in this contribution, the vertebrate pineal organ is an interesting model to study these problems, because it undergoes a conspicuous transformation during phylogeny, comprises two well-chraracterized receptor mechanisms (photoreception and adrenoreception), and acts upon its targets via neuronal and neuroendocrine signals.

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双酚A诱导人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞上皮间质化的研究

双酚A(BPA)是一类典型的环境雌激素,能干扰机体正常内分泌系统.作为一种激素相关疾病,乳腺癌的发生发展与BPA暴露的关系已引起人们的关注.本研究旨在探讨BPA对人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞上皮细胞间质化(EMT)的诱导作用.经BPA处理的MCF-7细胞,采用MTT试验检测BPA对细胞活力的影响,Transwell试验检测BPA对细胞迁移能力的影响,Real-time RT-PCR、Western Blot检测BPA对上皮型蛋白标志物E-cadherin、间质型蛋白标志物Vimentin及EMT相关转录因子Snail表达的影响.结果发现,低浓度BPA能够促进MCF-7细胞的增殖,显著增强细胞的迁移能力.BPA处理能抑制E-cadherin的表达,促进Vimentin及Snail的表达.研究结果提示,BPA处理可能通过促进Snail的表达而调控EMT相关蛋白标志物的表达,进而增强乳腺癌MCF-7细胞的迁移能力.     

乙炔基雌二醇对真鲷幼鱼的雌激素效应研究

采用静态暴露方式研究17α-乙炔基雌二醇(EE_2)对真鲷(Pagrosomus major)幼鱼的雌激素效应.当真鲷幼鱼暴露于0.01、0.1、0.5 μg/L EE_2,42 d后,真鲷幼鱼的肥满度极显著下降;血浆中卵黄蛋白原(Vtg)被诱导产生,肝胰脏指数(HSI)和血浆蛋白总量极显著升高;血浆雌二醇(E_2)和睾酮(T)水平显著降低,其中血浆雌二醇受EE_2的干扰更显著,降低的幅度更大.结果提示,真鲷幼鱼的肥满度、肝胰脏指数、血浆蛋白总量、血浆性激素水平等可作为评估EE_2等环境内分泌干扰物毒性效应的生物指标;真鲷幼鱼血浆中的Vtg具有作为生物标志物,用于监测海洋水体中EE_2等环境内分泌干扰物的潜力.     

环境激素类有机氯农药的用途和危害

介绍了世界自然基金会<环境中被报告具有生殖和内分泌干扰作用的化学物质清单>中16种环境激素类有机氯农药的污染状况、基本概况、用途、危害以及针对有机氯农药污染的治理措施.     

DEHP、DBP内分泌干扰活性的实验研究

利用MCF-7细胞增殖实验、细胞周期分析、细胞雌激素受体水平测定和断乳大鼠子宫增重实验探讨了邻苯二甲酸二乙基己酯(DEHP)和邻苯二甲酸二丁酯(DBP)内分泌干扰活性及其可能的作用机制.结果表明,DEHP和DBP可诱导MCF-7细胞增殖、细胞内雌激素受体水平增高,对细胞周期无明显影响,DEHP不引起断乳大鼠子宫增重.推断DEHP和DBP可能并不是通过模拟雌激素而是引起体内天然激素受体水平改变等其他机制影响机体内分泌系统.     

Was sind hormone?

Historically, the meaning of the term hormone has changed during the last decades. Morphological studies of secreting cells lead Feyrter to the concept of paracrine action of some hormones. While endocrine regulators are blood-borne, paracrine messengers reach their target cells through the diffusion in the intracellular space. Though it is rather difficult to draw a line between true hormones and hormone-like substances, valid definitions for endocrine and paracrine regulatory systems can be given. The term "hormonal control' should be restricted to endocrine systems. For effectors acting by paracrine mechanisms, the term paramone is proposed in this article.     

水中的环境内分泌干扰物

环境内分泌干扰物能通过生物富集作用进入生物体内,对生物和人体的内分泌机能造成影响。介绍了环境内分泌干扰物的定义、作用机理及特性。重点阐明了水中环境内分泌干扰物的检测,分布及去除。提出纳滤去除水中环境内分泌干扰物必将成为今后的研究方向。     

环境雌激素的男性生殖健康效应

概述了近年来国内外学者对内分泌干扰物健康效应的解释，及其对环境雌激素作用的新认识和男性生殖健康的影响。重点讨论了环境雌激素对男性生殖系统结构和功能的影响，以及造成男性生殖健康不良效应的可能作用机理及其最新研究进展，并简要介绍了对环境雌激素健康机制的进一步研究方向。根据报道，环境雌激素可以通过模拟天然雌激素的受体结合机制，干扰生物体内正常的内分泌生物机制，并使生殖系统的肿瘤发病率上升。     

壬基酚异构体的雌激素效应研究进展

壬基酚是一种内分泌干扰物,可以对人类和动物机体正常的内分泌功能产生影响。以往进行的壬基酚雌激素效应研究多以工业壬基酚为研究对象,很少以单一的壬基酚异构体作为受试化合物。而工业壬基酚是由不同异构体组成的混合物,不同结构壬基酚异构体的雌激素活性存在差异。文章综述了国内外壬基酚及异构体雌激素效应研究的现状,包括各种雌激素活性体外测定方法与结果、壬基酚异构体结构与雌激素活性的相关性等,分析了文献中不同实验条件下壬基酚雌激素活性测定结果产生差异的原因,提出了壬基酚雌激素效应研究的展望。     

环境激素研究进展探讨

环境激素是一种外源性物质,能干扰生物体正常的内分泌,主要对生物体的生理过程产生很大的影响。目前已知的环境激素大概有70种左右,已经成为世界重大环境问题之一。对环境激素的概念、种类、来源、影响、作用方式以及研究现状等进行了初步的介绍。     

Screening of agonistic activities against four nuclear receptors in wastewater treatment plants in Japan using a yeast two-hybrid assay

To assess the potential endocrine disruptive effects through multiple nuclear receptors(NRs),especially non-steroidal NRs,in municipal wastewater,we examined the agonistic activities on four NRs(estrogen receptor α,thyroid hormone receptor α,retinoic acid receptor α and retinoid X receptor α) of untreated and treated wastewater from municipal wastewater treatment plants(WWTPs) in Japan using a yeast two-hybrid assay.Investigation of the influent and effluent of seven WWTPs revealed that agonistic activities...     

河水及底质中内分泌干扰物的分析方法研究

使用SDB-XC膜进行萃取,使用多种溶剂依次进行洗脱并收集脱液后进行GC/MS分析测定,从测定结果的准确度和精密度看,本文提出的前处理及分析测定方法对液体及固体中的多种内分泌的测定均可行。     

In vitro fluorescence displacement investigation of thyroxine transport disruption by bisphenol A

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical with high production volume and wide applications in many industries. Although BPA is known as an endocrine disruptor, its toxic mechanisms have not been fully characterized. Due to its structural similarity to thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), one possible mechanism of BPA toxicity is disruption of hormone transport by competitive binding with the transport proteins. In this study, the binding interactions of BPA, T4, and T3 with three thyroid hormone transport proteins, human serum albumin (HSA), transthyretin (TTR), and thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG) were investigated by fluorescence measurement. Using two site-specific fluorescence probes dansylamide and dansyl-L-proline, the binding constants of BPA with HSA at drug site I and site II were determined as 2.90 104 and 3.14 104 L/mol, respectively. By monitoring the intrinsic fluorescence of tryptophan, a binding constant of 4.70 103 L/mol was obtained. Similarly, by employing 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid as fluorescence probe, the binding a nity of BPA with TTR and TBG was measured to be 3.10 105 and 5.90 105 L/mol, respectively. In general, BPA showed lower binding a nity with the proteins than T3 did, and even lower a nity than T4. Using these binding constants, the amount of BPA which would bind to the transport proteins in human plasma was estimated. These results suggest that the concentrations of BPA commonly found in human plasma are probably not high enough to interfere with T4 transport.     

Efficacy assessment of peracetic acid in the removal of synthetic 17α-ethinyl estradiol contraceptive hormone in wastewater

Increasing concerns have been raised on endocrine disrupting chemicals like the sex hormone 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), the more since traditional wastewater (WW) treatments appear to be ineffective for their removal. The efficacy of the relatively novel disinfectant peracetic acid (PAA) in EE2 removal was evaluated, as well as its potential effects on WW quality parameters. The treatments tested for EE2 removal were also evaluated in terms of toxicity, through the determination of biochemical responses (antioxidant enzymes, lipid peroxidation and vitellogenin induction) using zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a biological model. PAA contact times less than 20 min appeared insufficient regardless of the PAA dose tested, but a 100% EE2 removal was attained at a PAA concentration of 15 mg/L with a contact time of 20 min. Total suspended solids, chemical oxygen demand and pH in PAA treatments remained well within levels set in European legislation for WW discharge. EE2 induced significant increased vitellogenin (VTG) levels in both female and male fish, indicating increased estrogenic activity, especially in males suggesting an endocrine disruption effect. With the addition of PAA (15 mg/L), however, VTG levels in both sexes returned to control values. Although this PAA treatment showed increased levels of the antioxidant enzyme catalase, the lipid peroxidation levels were similar or even lower than in controls. Overall the results suggest that the use of PAA appears a promising way forward as a less toxic alternative to chlorine disinfection with high efficiency in the removal of EDC like EE2.     

A novel function for the pineal organ in the control of swim depth in the Atlantic halibut larva

The pineal organ of vertebrates is a photo-sensitive structure that conveys photoperiod information to the brain. This information influences circadian rhythm and related metabolic processes such as thermoregulation, hatching time, body growth, and the timing of reproduction. This study demonstrates extra-ocular light responses that control swim depth in the larva of the Atlantic halibut, Hyppoglosus hyppoglosus. Young larvae without a functional eye (<29 days) swim upwards after an average delay of 5 s following the onset of a downwelling light stimulus, but sink downwards a few seconds later. Older larvae (₉ days), which possess a functional eye, swim immediately downwards (microsecond delay) following the onset of the light stimulus, but proceed to swim upwards several seconds later. These two response patterns are thus opposite in polarity and have different time kinetics. Because the pineal organ of the Atlantic halibut develops during the embryonic stage, and because it is the only centre in the brain that expresses functional visual pigments (opsins) at early larval stages, it is the only photosensory organ capable of generating the extra-ocular responses observed.     

稀有鮈鲫HMGR基因全长克隆及雄鱼经五氯酚暴露基因表达的分析

3-羟基-3-甲基戊二酰辅酶A还原酶(3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase,HMGR)是甲羟戊酸(mevalonic acid,MVA)途径中的第一个关键限速酶.克隆稀有鮈鲫HMGR基因全长,分析该基因在不同组织及雄鱼经不同浓度五氯酚(pentachlorophenol,PCP)暴露的表达差异,探索PCP对类固醇激素前体(胆固醇)合成水平基因转录调控的内分泌干扰机制.采用同源克隆策略及cDNA末端快速扩增技术(rapid-amplification of cDNA ends,RACE),从稀有鮈鲫肝脏中首次克隆得到3 101碱基(bp)的HMGR基因cDNA全长,基因命名为GrHMGR(GenBank accession No:KF885724).GrHMGR编码884个氨基酸,系统发育树分析表明,GrHMGR编码的蛋白与其他鱼类来源的HMGR氨基酸序列同源性较高.Real-time PCR分析表明GrHMGR的表达有组织特异性,在大脑,性腺和肝脏中均有表达,性腺中表达量最高.稀有鮈鲫雄鱼经不同浓度PCP暴露后,GrHMGR在大脑和性腺的表达随PCP浓度的增加显著下降,然而在肝脏组织中表达趋势有所不同.HMGR的表达下降会减少胆固醇的合成.说明PCP暴露会通过干扰稀有鮈鲫的胆固醇合成途径,进而对内分泌系统产生影响.     

Isolation and characterization of melanopsin and pinopsin expression within photoreceptive sites of reptiles

Non-mammalian vertebrates have multiple extraocular photoreceptors, mainly localised in the pineal complex and the brain, to mediate irradiance detection. In this study, we report the full-length cDNA cloning of ruin lizard melanopsin and pinopsin. The high level of identity with opsins in both the transmembrane regions, where the chromophore binding site is located, and the intracellular loops, where the G-proteins interact, suggests that both melanopsin and pinopsin should be able to generate a stable photopigment, capable of triggering a transduction cascade mediated by G-proteins. Phylogenetic analysis showed that both opsins are located on the expected branches of the corresponding sequences of ortholog proteins. Subsequently, using RT-PCR and RPA analysis, we verified the expression of ruin lizard melanopsin and pinopsin in directly photosensitive organs, such as the lateral eye, brain, pineal gland and parietal eye. Melanopsin expression was detected in the lateral eye and all major regions of the brain. However, different from the situation in Xenopus and chicken, melanopsin is not expressed in the ruin lizard pineal. Pinopsin mRNA expression was only detected in the pineal complex. As a result of their phylogenetic position and ecology, reptiles provide the circadian field with some of the most interesting models for understanding the evolution of the vertebrate circadian timing system and its response to light. This characterization of melanopsin and pinopsin expression in the ruin lizard will be important for future studies aimed at understanding the molecular basis of circadian light detection in reptiles.     

氧化处理水中典型酚类污染物研究进展

环境激素是一类能干扰人类和动物正常内分泌的外源性物质,对生物体的生理过程产生很大的危害。本文介绍了水处理中,典型酚类污染物氧化剂降解技术的机理、特点、应用以及局限性,主要介绍了Fenton试剂、O3、二氧化氯等氧化剂及高铁酸钾新型氧化剂在酚类废水处理中的应用。并指出了复合氧化剂、新型氧化剂与其他水处理技术的联合应用将是酚类废水氧化处理的发展方向。     

改性松果粉对罗丹明B染料废水的吸附性能研究

将天然松果粉分别用乙二胺四乙酸(EDTA)、硫酸、氢氧化钠进行改性,以改性松果粉为吸附剂,探究了不同pH、投加量、吸附时间对罗丹明B吸附性能的影响.实验结果表明,经硫酸改性的松果粉对罗丹明B染料废水的最佳吸附条件为:硫酸质量浓度为2 mol·L-1,pH为6,罗丹明B初始质量浓度50 mg·L-1,吸附剂投加量4 g·L-1,吸附时间150 min,此条件下脱色率达到97.72%,吸附量达到12.22 mg·g-1.吸附动力学研究表明,此吸附过程符合准二级动力学方程,属于化学吸附.