Permeability characteristics of endocrine-disrupting chemicals using an in vitro cell culture model, Caco-2 cells.
Curr Drug Metab
; 3(5): 551-7, 2002 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the permeability characteristics of endocrine disrupting chemicals utilizing epithelial monolayers of Caco-2 cells. The drugs tested in this study were bisphenol A (BPA), tert-octylphenol (tOP), tert-butylphenol (tBP), di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DOP), dibutylphthalate (DBP), and butylbenzylphthalate (BBP), all of which are used in plastic materials. The Caco-2 cell line was grown on cell culture inserts with polyethylene terephthalate membranes, and Hank's balanced salt solution (HBSS, pH 7.4) was used for the transport experiments. The barrier properties were assessed by measuring transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) using a volt ohmmeter, and transport of these endocrine disrupting chemicals was examined in both directions. The permeated amounts of these chemicals within 180 min in the apical to basolateral (A-to-B) and the basolateral to apical (B-to-A) directions without verapamil, a P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitor, were in the rank order of tBP > tOP > BPA > DOP > DBP > BBP and BPA >> tBP > tOP > DOP > DBP > BBP, respectively. In the presence of 100 microM verapamil, the permeated amounts of BPA, tOP and tBP within 180 min in the B-to-A direction decreased by 12-, 2.6- and 3.1-fold, respectively. In the case of phthalate esters, the permeated amount of DOP within 180 min in the B-to-A direction decreased by 1.6-fold, while that of DBP and BBP showed no significant changes. The ratios of apparent permeability coefficient of B-to-A against A-to-B, P(app) ratios, for BPA, tOP and tBP were markedly decreased in the presence of 100 microM verapamil. These findings indicated that both BPA and alkyl phenols are substrates of the P-gp located in the apical side of Caco-2 cells, and suggested that the P-gp in the small intestine may act as an organic barrier against BPA and alkyl phenols.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Células CACO-2
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Sistema Endócrino
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Congêneres do Estradiol
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2002
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