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ArticleEnvironmental toxicology and pharmacology2018

Hydroxylated and sulfated metabolites of commonly occurring airborne polychlorinated biphenyls inhibit human steroid sulfotransferases SULT1E1 and SULT2A1.

Victoria S Parker, Edwin J Squirewell, Hans-Joachim Lehmler, Larry W Robertson, Michael W Duffel

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Article in Environmental toxicology and pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Victoria S ParkerDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
Edwin J SquirewellDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
Hans-Joachim LehmlerDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
Larry W RobertsonDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
Michael W DuffelDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States. Electronic address: michael-duffel@uiowa.edu.
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Viral VectorP30CA086862 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Douglas Robert Spitz · 2000 to 2026
$70.0M
Training CoreP42ES013661 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI HANS-JOACHIM LEHMLER · 2006 to 2026
$60.3M
Pulmonary Toxicology Facility CoreP30ES005605 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Brandi Janssen · 1990 to 2026
$40.5M
UI INITIATIVE FOR MINORITY STUDENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMR25GM058939 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI ADAMS-PHILLIPS, LORI C, FORBES, TORI · 1999 to 2021
$6.9M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005605NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES013661NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM058939
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants that are associated with varied adverse health effects. Lower chlorinated PCBs are prevalent in indoor and outdoor air and can be metabolized to their hydroxylated derivatives (OH-PCBs) followed by sulfation to form PCB sulfates. Sulfation is also a means of signal termination for steroid hormones. The human estrogen sulfotransferase (SULT1E1) and alcohol/hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase (SULT2A1) catalyze the formation of steroid sulfates that are inactive at steroid hormone receptors. We investigated the inhibition of SULT1E1 (IC50s ranging from 7.2 nM to greater than 10 μM) and SULT2A1 (IC50s from 1.3 μM to over 100 μM) by five lower-chlorinated OH-PCBs and their corresponding PCB sulfates relevant to airborne PCB-exposure. Several congeners of lower chlorinated OH-PCBs relevant to airborne PCB exposures were potent inhibitors of SULT1E1 and SULT2A1 and thus have the potential to disrupt regulation of intracellular concentrations of the receptor-active steroid substrates for these enzymes.

Indexed as

Air PollutantsEstradiolHumansHydroxylationPolychlorinated BiphenylsRecombinant ProteinsSulfatesSulfotransferasesAir Pollutantsalcohol sulfotransferaseEstradiolestrone sulfotransferasePolychlorinated BiphenylsRecombinant ProteinsSulfatesSulfotransferasesDehydroepiandrosteroneEndocrine disruptionEstradiolHydroxylated polychlorinated biphenylsPolychlorinated biphenylsSulfotransferaseSULT1E1SULT2A1

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PMID29408762
PMCPMC6078096
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