The potential endocrine disruption mechanism of anthelmintic drug niclosamide by activating estrogen receptors and estrogen-related receptors.

Toxicology
Sen HeLin-Ying Cao

Abstract

Niclosamide (NIC), a helminthic drug used widely for controlling schistosomiasis, can reportedly disrupt the endocrine system. However, its underlying mechanisms are still unclear. In this study, we revealed the potential endocrine disruption mechanism of NIC by activating estrogen receptors (ERs) and estrogen-related receptors (ERRs). The binding potency of NIC with ERα, ERβ and ERRγ were determined by fluorescence competitive binding assays, which shows an IC50 (the concentration of NIC needed to displace 50 % of the probe from the receptor) of 90 ± 4.1, 10 ± 1.7 nM and 0.59 ± 0.07 nM respectively. The IC50 for ERRγ is the lowest one among the three detected receptors, which is three orders of magnitude lower than the known agonist GSK4716.The transcriptional activities of NIC on ERs and ERRs were detected by MVLN cells (stably transfected with ERs reporter gene) and HeLa cells (transiently transfected with ERRs reporter gene)-based luciferase reporter gene assay. The lowest observable effective concentration (LOEC) ranked as follows: ERRγ (0.5 nM) < ERRα (10 nM) < ERs (100 nM). The maximum observed induction rate for ERRγ (294 %) was higher than that for ERRα (191 %). The maximum observed induction rate of NIC for ERs was 30...Continue Reading

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