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Endocr Res ; 49(2): 106-116, 2024.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38597376

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BACKGROUND: Phytoestrogens have been praised for their beneficial health effects, whereas synthetic xenoestrogens have been connected to ailments. AIMS: To ascertain whether the toxicities of natural and synthetic estrogens differ, we examined the potent phytoestrogen 8-prenylnaringenin (8-PN), the common synthetic xenoestrogen tartrazine, and the physiological estrogen 17ß-estradiol (E2). METHODS: These three compounds were tested for cytotoxicity, cell proliferation and genotoxicity in human HepG2 and rat H4IIE hepatoma cells. RESULTS: All three estrogens elicited cytotoxicity at high concentrations in both cell lines. They also inhibited cell proliferation, with E2 being the most effective. They all tended to increase micronuclei formation. CONCLUSION: Natural estrogens were no less toxic than a synthetic one.


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Proliferación Celular , Estradiol , Flavanonas , Tartrazina , Humanos , Animales , Ratas , Estradiol/farmacología , Flavanonas/farmacología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Tartrazina/farmacología , Carcinoma Hepatocelular , Neoplasias Hepáticas/inducido químicamente , Células Hep G2 , Estrógenos/farmacología , Congéneres del Estradiol/farmacología , Fitoestrógenos/farmacología
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Int J Mol Sci ; 23(6)2022 Mar 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35328588

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8-prenylnaringenin (8-PN) is a prenylated flavonoid, occurring, in particular, in hop, but also in other plants. It has proven to be one of the most potent phytoestrogens in vitro known to date, and in the past 20 years, research has unveiled new effects triggered by it in biological systems. These findings have aroused the hopes, expectations, and enthusiasm of a "wonder-drug" for a host of human diseases. However, the majority of 8-PN effects require such high concentrations that they cannot be reached by normal dietary exposure, only pharmacologically; thus, adverse impacts may also emerge. Here, we provide a comprehensive and up-to-date review on this fascinating compound, with special reference to the range of beneficial and untoward health consequences that may ensue from exposure to it.


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Flavanonas , Humulus , Flavonoides , Humanos , Fitoestrógenos
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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol ; 321(4): R603-R613, 2021 10 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34405712

RESUMEN

Stress in vertebrates is mediated by the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (in mammals)/interrenal (in fish) (HPA/I) axis, which produces the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), and corticosteroids, respectively. Nesfatin-1, a novel anorexigenic peptide encoded in the precursor nucleobindin-2 (NUCB2), is increasingly acknowledged as a peptide that influences the stress axis in mammals. The primary aim of this study was to characterize the putative effects of nesfatin-1 on the fish HPI axis, using goldfish (Carassius auratus) as an animal model. Our results demonstrated that nucb2/nesfatin-1 transcript abundance was detected in the HPI tissues of goldfish, with most abundant expression in the pituitary. NUCB2/nesfatin-1-like immunoreactivity was found in the goldfish hypothalamus, pituitary, and interrenal cells of the head kidney. GPCR12, a putative receptor for nesfatin-1, was also detected in the pituitary and interrenal cells. NUCB2/nesfatin-1-like immunoreactivity was observed in ACTH-expressing pituitary corticotrophs. Acute netting and restraint stress upregulated nucb2/nesfatin-1 mRNA levels in the forebrain, hypothalamus, and pituitary, as well as crf and crf-r1 expression in the forebrain and hypothalamus. Intraperitoneal and intracerebroventricular administration of nesfatin-1 increased cortisol release and hypothalamic crf mRNA levels, respectively. Finally, we found that nesfatin-1 significantly stimulated ACTH secretion from dispersed pituitary cells in vitro. Collectively, our data provide the first evidence showing that nesfatin-1 is a stress responsive peptide, which modulates the stress axis hormones in fish.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Peces/metabolismo , Carpa Dorada/metabolismo , Hipotálamo/metabolismo , Riñón/metabolismo , Nucleobindinas/metabolismo , Hipófisis/metabolismo , Animales , Células Cultivadas , Hormona Liberadora de Corticotropina/genética , Hormona Liberadora de Corticotropina/metabolismo , Femenino , Proteínas de Peces/genética , Carpa Dorada/genética , Masculino , Nucleobindinas/genética , Receptores de Hormona Liberadora de Corticotropina/genética , Receptores de Hormona Liberadora de Corticotropina/metabolismo , Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G/metabolismo , Restricción Física
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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int ; 28(22): 27988-27997, 2021 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33527240

RESUMEN

Phytoestrogens have been widely praised for their health-promoting effects, whereas synthetic environmental estrogens are considered a toxicological risk to human health. The aim of this study was therefore to compare in vitro the estrogenic, cytotoxic, and genotoxic profiles of three common estrogen-like endocrine-disrupting chemicals: the phytoestrogens 8-prenylnaringenine (8-PN) and genistein and the synthetic xenoestrogen tartrazine. As assessed by a yeast bioreporter assay and estrogen-dependent proliferative response in human mammary gland adenocarcinoma cell line (MCF-7), 8-PN showed the highest estrogen-like activity of the three compounds, followed by tartrazine and genistein. After 24-h incubation on MCF-7 cells, all three compounds exhibited low cytotoxicity in the lactate dehydrogenase assay and no genotoxicity in the micronucleus assay. These results demonstrate that 8-PN, genistein and tartrazine possess variable estrogenic activity but display little cellular toxicity in short-term tests in vitro. No difference between phytoestrogens and a synthetic xenoestrogen could be established.


Asunto(s)
Genisteína , Tartrazina , Daño del ADN , Estrógenos , Genisteína/toxicidad , Humanos , Fitoestrógenos/toxicidad , Tartrazina/toxicidad
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