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ArticlePloS one2012

3D models of MBP, a biologically active metabolite of bisphenol A, in human estrogen receptor α and estrogen receptor β.

Michael E Baker, Charlie Chandsawangbhuwana

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael E BakerDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America. mbaker@ucsd.edu
Charlie Chandsawangbhuwana
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bisphenol A [BPA] is a widely dispersed environmental chemical that is of much concern because the BPA monomer is a weak transcriptional activator of human estrogen receptor α [ERα] and ERβ in cell culture. A BPA metabolite, 4-methyl-2,4-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)pent-1-ene [MBP], has transcriptional activity at nM concentrations, which is 1000-fold lower than the concentration for estrogenic activity of BPA, suggesting that MBP may be an environmental estrogen. To investigate the structural basis for the activity of MBP at nM concentrations and the lower activity of BPA for human ERα and ERβ, we constructed 3D models of human ERα and ERβ with MBP and BPA for comparison with estradiol in these ERs. These 3D models suggest that MBP, but not BPA, has key contacts with amino acids in human ERα and ERβ that are important in binding of estradiol by these receptors. Metabolism of BPA to MBP increases the spacing between two phenolic rings, resulting in contacts between MBP and ERα and ERβ that mimic those of estradiol with these ERs. Mutagenesis of residues on these ERs that contact the phenolic hydroxyls will provide a test for our 3D models. Other environmental chemicals containing two appropriately spaced phenolic rings and an aliphatic spacer instead of an estrogenic B and C ring also may bind to ERα or ERβ and interfere with normal estrogen physiology. This analysis also may be useful in designing novel chemicals for regulating the actions of human ERα and ERβ.

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Models, MolecularAmino AcidsBenzhydryl CompoundsBinding, CompetitiveBinding SitesBisphenol A CompoundsEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogen Receptor betaHumansMolecular ConformationMolecular StructurePhenolsProtein ConformationProtein Structure, TertiaryThermodynamics4-methyl-2,4-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)pent-1-eneAmino AcidsBenzhydryl Compoundsbisphenol ABisphenol A CompoundsESR1 protein, humanEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogen Receptor betaPhenols

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PMID23056236
PMCPMC3464279
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