152 BISPHENOL A AND 17-BETA-OESTRADIOL RESULTED IN THE GENE ALTERATIONS IN OESTROGEN-RECEPTOR POSITIVE BG-1 OVARIAN CANCER CELLS
K.-A Hwang A , S.-H. Hyun A , E.-B. Jeung A and K.-C. Choi ALaboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk 361-763 Republic of Korea
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 24(1) 188-188 https://doi.org/10.1071/RDv24n1Ab152
Published: 6 December 2011
Abstract
Because endocrine disrupting chemicals may interfere with the endocrine systems of our body and have an oestrogenic activity, we evaluated the effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on the transcriptional levels of altered genes in oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive BG-1 ovarian cancer cells. A microarray and RT-qPCR were employed to detect gene alterations in these cells following treatments. In this study, treatment with 17-β-oestradiol (E2) or BPA increased mRNA levels of E2-responsive genes related to apoptosis, cancer and cell cycle, signal transduction and nucleic acid binding and so on. Parallel with the microarray data, the mRNA levels of some altered genes including RAB31_member RAS oncogene family (U59877), cyclin D1 (X59798), cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (U37022), IGF-binding protein 4 (U20982) and anti-mullerian hormone (NM_000479) were significantly induced by E2 or BPA in this cell model. These results indicate that BPA in parallel with E2 induced the transcriptional levels of E2-responsive genes in an ER-positive BG-1 cells. In conclusion, these microarray and RT-qPCR results indicate that BPA, a potential weak oestrogen, may have an oestrogenic effect by regulating E2-responsive genes in ER-positive BG-1 cells and that BG-1 cells would be the best in vitro model to detect these oestrogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals.
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (No. 2011-0015385).
