BACKGROUND We have previously reported that chemicals belonging to the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as perfluorinated compounds (PFAS) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are risk factors in Breast Cancer (BC) development in Greenlandic Inuit women. The present case-control study aimed to investigate the main effect of polymorphisms in genes involved in xenobiotic metabolism and e...

The H295R cell bioassay was used to evaluate the potential endocrine disrupting effects of 18 of the most commonly used pharmaceuticals in the United States. Exposures for 48 h with single pharmaceuticals and binary mixtures were conducted; the expression of five steroidogenic genes, 3betaHSD2, CYP11beta1, CYP11beta2, CYP17 and CYP19, was quantified by Q-RT-PCR. Production of the steroid hormon...

OBJECTIVE Literature data on the effects of CYP17 MspA1 polymorphism on age at menarche (AAM) are inconsistent. To reexamine this controversy, we performed a meta-analysis. STUDY DESIGN In total 16 studies containing more than 11000 individuals of various ethnicities were selected for the analyses. For 11 case-control studies, odds ratio (OR) was employed to evaluate the risk of late AAM for ...

Basal plasma ACTH(1-39) concentrations are elevated in long-term hypoxic (LTH) fetal sheep. This study was designed to determine whether the expression of genes regulating cortisol biosynthesis was altered after LTH. Pregnant ewes were maintained at high altitude (3,820 m) from day 30 of gestation to near term, when the animals were transported to the laboratory. Reduced PO2 was maintained by n...

Because some studies have linked polymorphic variants of the estrogen-metabolizing genes CYP17 and catechol O-methyl transferase (COMT) with risk for hormonally related cancers, we sought to determine whether selected polymorphisms of these genes differed between women with and without ovarian cancer. From a population-based study of ovarian cancer, we analyzed DNA from a total of 480 cases and...

Estrogen has been proposed to trigger breast cancer development via an initiating mechanism involving its metabolite, catechol estrogen (CE). To examine this hypothesis, we conducted a multigenic case-control study to determine whether polymorphisms of the genes responsible for CE formation via estrogen biosynthesis (CYP17) and hydroxylation (CYP1A1) and CE inactivation (COMT) are associated wi...

The sensitivity of pig cytochrome P450c17 (CYP17), an endoplasmic reticulum membrane-bound enzyme, towards heat denaturation (48 degrees C) was measured by the P450-to-P420 spectral transition indicating conformational labilization of the protein. Both sucrose and glucose have comparable and increasingly protective effects at concentrations ranging from 100 to 800 mM, while ectoine, a novel zwi...

Prochloraz is a fungicide known to cause endocrine disruption through effects on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis. To determine the short-term impacts of prochloraz on gene expression and steroid production, adult female fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) were exposed to the chemical (0 or 300 μg/L) for a time-course of 6, 12 and 24 h. Consistent with inhibition of cytochrome P4...

The Indian traditional medicine practices such as siddha and ayurveda records various medicinal plants for the betterment of human health. Recent reports shows that this system has potential formulation to treat diseases ailments. In present study, we extracted prepared Kalarchi Chooranam ratios chosen 4:1 ratio from our previous work. aqueous extract was subjected GCMS study compounds Inositol...