Changes in thyroid peroxidase activity in response to various chemicals
- Authors
- Song, Mee; Kim, Youn-Jung; Park, Yong-Keun; Ryu, Jae-Chun
- Issue Date
- Aug-2012
- Publisher
- ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, v.14, no.8, pp.2121 - 2126
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
- Volume
- 14
- Number
- 8
- Start Page
- 2121
- End Page
- 2126
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/107776
- DOI
- 10.1039/c2em30106g
- ISSN
- 1464-0325
- Abstract
- Thyroperoxidase (TPO) is a large heme-containing glycoprotein that catalyzes the transfer of iodine to thyroglobulin during thyroid hormone (TH) synthesis. Previously, we established an in vitro assay for TPO activity based on human recombinant TPO (hrTPO) stably transfected into human follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC-238) cells. It is important to determine whether environmental chemicals can disrupt TPO activity because it is an important factor in the TH axis. In this study, we used our assay to examine the changes in TPO activity in response to various chemicals, including benzophenones (BPs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Overall, BPs, PAHs, and POPs slightly altered TPO activity at low doses, as compared with the positive controls methimazole (MMI), genistein, and 2,2',4,4'-tetrahydroxy BP. Benzophenone, benzhydrol, 3-methylchloranthracene, pyrene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, benzo(e)pyrene, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and heptachlor decreased TPO activity, while 2,4-dihydroxy BP, 2,2'-dihydroxy-4-methoxy BP, and dibenzo(a, h) anthracene increased TPO activity. From these data, we can predict the disruption of TPO activity by various chemicals as a sensitive TH end point. TPO activity should be considered when enacting measures to regulate environmental exposure to thyroid-disrupting chemicals.
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