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Assessing Estrogenic Activity of Phytochemicals Using Transcriptional Activation and Immature Mouse Uterotrophic Responses

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Publisher Elsevier
Date 2002 Sep 25
PMID 12270211
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Abstract

The estrogenic responses of several phytoestrogens including genistein, daidzein, coumestrol, alpha-zearalanol, zearalenone, naringenin, taxifolin and biochanin A were compared over a wide dose range using an in vitro assay that measures transcriptional activation of the estrogen receptor (ER) and an in vivo immature mouse uterotrophic assay consisting of measuring uterine wet weight increase plus sensitive morphological and biochemical endpoints in the uterus. The transcriptional activation assay showed activation of the ER by all compounds tested except taxifolin with varying magnitudes of response as compared to estradiol or diethylstilbestrol. Results from the uterotropic bioassay showed that genistein, coumestrol, zearalanol, and zearalenone caused an increase in uterine wet weight, while naringenin, taxifolin, daidzein and biochanin A failed to do so over the dose range tested. However, sensitive morphological and biochemical parameters such as uterine epithelial cell height increase, uterine gland number increase, and induction of the estrogen-responsive protein lactoferrin demonstrated that all compounds tested in this study gave some measure of estrogenicity although a wide range of estrogenic responses across compounds was shown. Use of multiple in vitro and in vivo estrogenic endpoints as described in this paper will be useful in developing estrogenic profiles for individual compounds and ultimately mixtures of compounds. Furthermore, having an estrogenic "fingerprint" for each phytochemical is an essential first step in determining potential adverse effects of exposure to phytoestrogens.

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