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ArticleToxicology and applied pharmacology2016

Disruption of estrogen homeostasis as a mechanism for uterine toxicity in Wistar Han rats treated with tetrabromobisphenol A.

J Michael Sanders, Sherry J Coulter, Gabriel A Knudsen, June K Dunnick, Grace E Kissling, Linda S Birnbaum

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Article in Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J Michael SandersLaboratory of Toxicology and Toxicokinetics, National Cancer Institute at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States. Electronic address: sander10@mail.nih.gov.
Sherry J CoulterLaboratory of Toxicology and Toxicokinetics, National Cancer Institute at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States.
Gabriel A KnudsenLaboratory of Toxicology and Toxicokinetics, National Cancer Institute at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States.
June K DunnickNational Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States.
Grace E KisslingNational Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States.
Linda S BirnbaumLaboratory of Toxicology and Toxicokinetics, National Cancer Institute at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · US

Funding

Toxicological Assessments for the National Toxicology ProgramZIAES103316 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WALKER, NIGEL J · 2016 to 2019
$31.9M
Studies of the fate of environmental contaminants in humans and animalsZIABC011476 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI BIRNBAUM, LINDA · 2013 to 2019
$5.8M
NTP Database Summarization And EvaluationZIAES045004 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KISSLING, GRACE E · 2009 to 2017
$1.2M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011476
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic oral treatment of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) to female Wistar Han rats resulted in increased incidence of cell proliferation at 250mg/kg and tumor formation in the uterus at higher doses. The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that disruption of estrogen homeostasis was a major mode-of-action for the observed effects. Biological changes were assessed in serum, liver, and the proximal (nearest the cervix) and distal (nearest the ovaries) sections of the uterine horn of Wistar Han rats 24h following administration of the last of five daily oral doses of 250mg/kg. Expression of genes associated with receptors, biosynthesis, and metabolism of estrogen was altered in the liver and uterus. TBBPA treatment also resulted in changes in expression of genes associated with cell division and growth. Changes were also observed in the concentration of thyroxine in serum and in expression of genes in the liver and uterus associated with thyroid hormone receptors. Differential expression of some genes was tissue-dependent or specific to tissue location in the uterus. The biological responses observed in the present study support the hypothesis that perturbation of estrogen homeostasis is a major mode-of-action for TBBPA-mediated cell proliferation and tumorigenesis previously observed in the uterus of TBBPA-treated Wistar Han rats.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell ProliferationDose-Response Relationship, DrugEnvironmental PollutantsEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogen Receptor betaEstrogensFemaleGene ExpressionHomeostasisLiverPolybrominated BiphenylsRats, WistarUterusEnvironmental PollutantsEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogen Receptor betaEstrogensPolybrominated Biphenylstetrabromobisphenol AEstrogen homeostasisGene expressionRatsTBBPATetrabromobisphenol AUterine toxicity

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PMID26988606
PMCPMC4825186
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