Screening for androgen receptor activities in 253 industrial chemicals by in vitro reporter gene assays using AR-EcoScreen cells.
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Araki N, Ohno K, Nakai M, Takeyoshi M, Iida M
Screening for androgen receptor activities in 253 industrial chemicals by in vitro reporter gene assays using AR-EcoScreen cells.
Toxicol In Vitro. 2005 Sep;19(6):831-42.
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Recently, there has been great concern about the potential of industrial chemicals to act as endocrine disrupters. In this report, we conducted a pilot study to validate the use of AR-EcoScreen cells for tier 1 screening of androgen receptor (AR) agonist and antagonist activities. From 253 test compounds, we identified two AR agonists and nine antagonists. The two agonists, 2-tert-butylanthraquinone and benzoanthrone, were relatively weak (10% maximal activation of the positive control, 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone, at 2.54x10(-7) and 4.46x10(-6) M, respectively). The most potent antagonist was 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride (IC50 = 2.28x10(-7) M). The order of the anti-androgenic activities was 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride>4-diethylaminobenzaldehyde>4,4'-[1-[4-[1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-meth ylethyl]phenyl]ethylidene]bis[phenol]>2,4,6-trichlorophenylhydrazine = 4-(phenylpropyl)pyridine>2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone>2,2-bis(4-cyanophenyl)pr opane>4-methoxy-2-methyldiphenylamine = 2,4-diphenyl-4-methylpentene-1. These results suggest that AR-EcoScreen cell line has the potential to be used as a tool for the large scale tier 1 screening of chemicals for androgen receptor agonist and antagonist activity.
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Drug Target Kind Organism Pharmacological Action Actions Oxybenzone Androgen receptor Protein Humans UnknownAntagonistDetails