雌激素受体
核受体
兴奋剂
化学
SKBR3型
受体
信号转导
雌激素相关受体γ
转录因子
探地雷达
药理学
生物化学
生物
癌细胞
遗传学
癌症
基因
乳腺癌
人体乳房
作者
Li Wang,Yu Qie,Yu Yang,Qiang Zhao
标识
DOI:10.1021/acs.est.1c08624
摘要
DDT and its metabolites (DDTs) can induce estrogenic effects. Previous mechanistic investigations mainly concentrated on activating the genomic transcription of estrogen receptor (ER) pathways. Here, we identified whether estrogen-related receptor γ (ERRγ), an orphan nuclear receptor, is a potential target of DDTs by receptor binding, transcriptional activity, and receptor-mediated pathway assays. Fluorescence polarization-based binding assays showed that all eight DDTs bound to ERRγ directly, with Kd values ranging from 0.73-168.82 μM. Among them, 2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethanol (4,4'-DDOH) exhibited the highest binding affinity, which was 2.5-fold stronger than GSK4716, a well-known ERRγ agonist. Eight DDTs exhibited agonistic activity toward the ERRγ pathway, with 4,4'-DDOH showing the strongest potency. In silico studies revealed that DDTs tended to bind with ERRγ in the agonistic conformation. Using a SKBR3 breast cancer cell model, we further found that nanomolar or micromolar levels of DDTs significantly activated the ERRγ pathway in cells and induced cell proliferation through the ERRγ-modulated cell cycle. These results indicated that the binding and activation of DDTs to ERRγ might serve as molecular initiating events for subsequent ERRγ-mediated signaling pathways and adverse outcomes. Overall, our results demonstrated that ERRγ might be a crucial pathway involved in the estrogenic disruption effects of DDTs.
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