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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2018

Evaluation of Bisphenol A (BPA) Exposures on Prostate Stem Cell Homeostasis and Prostate Cancer Risk in the NCTR-Sprague-Dawley Rat: An NIEHS/FDA CLARITY-BPA Consortium Study.

Gail S Prins, Wen-Yang Hu, Lishi Xie, Guang-Bin Shi, Dan-Ping Hu, Lynn Birch, Maarten C Bosland

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Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gail S PrinsDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Wen-Yang HuDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Lishi XieDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Guang-Bin ShiDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Dan-Ping HuDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Lynn BirchDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Maarten C BoslandChicago Center for Health and Environment, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
University of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Pilot Program CoreP30ES027792 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Gokhan M. Mutlu, Gail S Prins · 2017 to 2026
$13.6M
Estrogen Receptors in Human Prostate Stem-Progenitor CellsR01CA172220 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI PRINS, GAIL S · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
Prostatic Effects of Chronic Exposure to Bisphenol A in a Rat ModelU01ES020886 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI PRINS, GAIL S · 2011 to 2014
$878k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA172220NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES027792NIEHS NIH HHS U01 ES020886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrevious work determined that early life exposure to low-dose Bisphenol A (BPA) increased rat prostate cancer risk with aging. Herein, we report on prostate-specific results from CLARITY-BPA (Consortium Linking Academic and Regulatory Insights on BPA Toxicity), which aims to resolve uncertainties regarding BPA toxicity.

objectivesWe sought to

methodsSprague-Dawley rats were gavaged daily with vehicle, ethinyl estradiol (EE) or [Formula: see text] BPA/kg-BW during development or chronically, and prostate pathology was assessed at one year. One developmentally exposed cohort was given testosterone plus estradiol ([Formula: see text]) implants at day 90 to promote carcinogenesis with aging. Epithelial stem and progenitor cells were isolated by prostasphere (PS) culture from dorsolateral prostates (DLP) of rats continuously exposed for six months to [Formula: see text] BPA/kg-BW. Gene expression was analyzed by quantitative real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).

resultsExposure to BPA alone at any dose did not drive prostate pathology. However, rats treated with EE, 2.5, 250, or [Formula: see text] BPA/kg-BW plus [Formula: see text] showed greater severity of lateral prostate intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), and DLP ductal adenocarcinoma multiplicity was markedly elevated in tumor-bearing rats exposed to [Formula: see text]-BW. DLP stem cells, assessed by PS number, doubled with chronic EE and [Formula: see text] exposures. PS size, reflecting progenitor cell proliferation, was greater at 25 and [Formula: see text] BPA doses, which also shifted lineage commitment toward basal progenitors while reducing luminal progenitor cells.

conclusionsTogether, these results confirm and extend previous evidence using a rat model and human prostate epithelial cells that low-dose BPA augments prostate cancer susceptibility and alters adult prostate stem cell homeostasis. Therefore, we propose that BPA exposures may contribute to the increased carcinogenic risk in humans that occurs with aging. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP3953.

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AdenocarcinomaAgingAnimalsBenzhydryl CompoundsBisphenol A CompoundsEstradiolGene ExpressionHomeostasisMalePhenolsProstateProstatic Intraepithelial NeoplasiaProstatic NeoplasmsRats, Sprague-DawleyStem CellsTestosteroneBenzhydryl Compoundsbisphenol ABisphenol A CompoundsEstradiolPhenolsTestosterone

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PMCPMC6371765
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