Endocrine disrupting effects of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane analogues on gonadotropin hormones in pituitary gonadotrope cells
Endocrine disrupting effects of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane analogues on gonadotropin hormones in pituitary gonadotrope cells
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二氯二苯基三氯乙烷类似物对垂体促性腺激素细胞的内分泌干扰作用
DOI:
10.1016/j.etap.2014.04.018
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Liu Jing
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作者:
Zhou Jinghua;Yang Ye;Xiong Kang;Liu Jing
It has been shown that exposure to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) analogues leads to disharmony of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). However, the effects and mechanisms of DDT analogues on the expression of gonadotropin genes (FSHβ, LHβ and Cgα), which is the rate-limiting step of FSH and LH biosynthesis, remain unknown. In this study, we assessed the effects ofp,p′-DDT,o,p′-DDT,p,p′-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p′-DDE) and methoxychlor (MXC) on gonadotropin genes expression and hormones synthesis in gonadotrope cells.p,p′-DDT and MXC at test concentrations ranging from 10−9to 10−7mol/L, stimulated gonadotropin genes expression and hormones synthesis in a dose-dependent manner. The activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) was required for the induction of gonadotropin genes expression and hormones synthesis byp,p′-DDT or MXC exposure. This study showed for the first time thatp,p′-DDT and MXC regulated gonadotropin genes expression and hormones synthesis through ERK pathway in gonadotrope cells.