ToxSci Advance Access originally published online on August 17, 2005
Toxicological Sciences 2005 88(1):52-59; doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfi287
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Effects of 2,4-D and DCP on the DHT-Induced Androgenic Action in Human Prostate Cancer Cells
School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Korea University, 1, 5-Ka, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-ku, Seoul 136-701, Korea
Received June 13, 2005; accepted August 11, 2005
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and its metabolite 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) are used extensively in agriculture as herbicides, and are suspected of potential endocrine disruptor activity. In a previous study, we showed that these compounds exhibited synergistic androgenic effects by cotreatment with testosterone in the Hershberger assay. To elucidate the mechanisms of the synergistic effects of these compounds on the androgenicity of testosterone, the androgenic action of 2,4-D and DCP was characterized using a mammalian detection system in prostate cancer cell lines. In in vitro assay systems, while 2,4-D or DCP alone did not show androgenic activity, 2,4-D or DCP with 5
-dihydroxytestosterone (DHT) exhibited synergistic androgenic activities. Cotreatment of 10 nM 2,4-D or DCP with 10 nM DHT was shown to stimulate the cell proliferation by 1.6-fold, compared to 10 nM DHT alone. In addition, in transient transfection assays, androgen-induced transactivation was also increased to a maximum of 32-fold or 1.28-fold by cotreatment of 2,4-D or DCP with DHT, respectively. However, 2,4-D and DCP exerted no effects on either mRNA or protein levels of AR. In a competitive AR binding assay, 2,4-D and DCP inhibited androgen binding to AR, up to 50% at concentrations of approximately 0.5 µM for both compounds. The nuclear translocation of green fluorescent protein-AR fusion protein in the presence of DHT was promoted as the result of the addition of 2,4-D and DCP. Collectively, these results that 2,4-D and DCP enhanced DHT-induced AR transcriptional activity might be attributable, at least in part, to the promotion of AR nuclear translocation.
Key Words: 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D); 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP); androgen receptor (AR); 22Rv1; endocrine disruptor.
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