Modulation of MCF-7 cell proliferative responses by manipulation of assay conditions

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 769-773

  Jones, P A ^a   Baker, V A ^a   Irwin, A ^a   Earl, L K ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030784713     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2333(97)00032-5     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Ashby J., Houthoff E., Kennedy S. J., Stevens J., Bars R., Jekat F. W., Campbell P., Van Miller J., Carpanini F. M. and Randall G. (1997) The challenge posed by endocrine disrupting chemicals. Environmental Health Perspectives 105, 164-169.
2. Berthois Y., Katzenellenbogen J. A. and Katzenellenbogen B. S. (1986) Phenol red in tissue culture medium is a weak oestrogen: implications concerning the study of oestrogen-responsive cells in culture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 83, 2496-2500.
3. Colborn T., vom Saal F. S. and Soto A. M. (1993) Developmental effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in wildlife and humans. Environmental Health Perspectives 101, 378-384.
4. ECETOC (1996) Environmental oestrogens. A compendium of test methods. ECETOC Document No. 33. ECETOC, Brussels.
5. Guillete L. J., Jr, Gross T. S., Masson G. R., Matter J. M., Percival H. F. and Woodward A. R. (1994) Developmental abnormalities of the gonads and abnormal sex hormone concentrations in juvenile alligators from contaminated and control lakes in Florida. Environmental Health Perspectives 102, 680-688.
6. Horwitz K. B. and McGuire W. L. (1978) Nuclear mechanisms of oestrogen action: effects of oestradiol and antioestrogens on oestrogen receptors and nuclear receptor processing. Journal of Biological Chemistry 253, 8185-8191.
7. Katzenellenbogen B. S., Kendra K. L., Norman M. J. and Berthois Y. (1987) Proliferation, hormonal responsiveness and oestrogen receptor content of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells grown in the short-term and long-term absence of oestrogens. Cancer Research 47, 4355-4360.
8. Klotz D. M., Beckman B. S., Hill S. M., McLachlan J. A., Walters M. R. and Arnold S. F. (1996) Identification of environmental chemicals with estrogenic activity using a combination of in vitro assays. Environmental Health Perspectives 104, 1084-1089.
9. McLachlan J. A. (1993) Functional toxicology: A new approach to detect biologically active xenobiotics. Environmental Health Perspectives 101, 386-387.
10. Osborne C. K., Hobbs K. and Trent J. M. (1987) Biological differences amoung MCF-7 human breast cancer cell lines from different laboratories. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 9, 111-121.
11. Pink J. J. and Jordan V. C. (1996) Models of oestrogen receptor regulation by oestrogens and anti-oestrogens in breast cancer cell lines. Cancer Research 56, 2321-2333.
12. Reel J. R., Lamb C. L. and Neal B. H. (1996) Survey and assessment of mammalian estrogen biological assays for hazard characterisation. Fundamental and Applied Toxicology 34, 288-305.
13. Ruedl C., Cappelletti V., Coradini D., Granata G. and Di Fronzo G. (1990) Influence of culture conditions on the oestrogenic cell growth stimulation of human breast cancer cells. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 37, 195-200.
14. Scatchard G. S. (1949) The attraction of proteins for small molecules and ions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 51, 660-672.
15. Sharpe R. M. and Skakkebaek N. E. (1993) Are oestrogens involved in falling sperm counts and disorders of the male reproductive tract? Lancet 341, 1392-1395.
16. Shelby M. D., Newbold R. R., Tully D. B., Chae K. and Davis V. L. (1996) Assessing environmental chemicals for estrogenicity using a combination of in vitro and in vivo assays. Environmental Health Perspectives 104, 1296-1300.
17. Soto A. M., Lin T.-M., Justicia H., Silvia R. M. and Sonnenschein C. (1992) An "in culture" assay to assess the oestrogenicity of xenobiotics (E-Screen). Advances in Modern Environmental Toxicology 21, 295-309.
18. Soto A. M., Sonnenschein C., Chung K. L., Fernandez M. F., Olea N. and Serrano F. O. (1995) The E-SCREEN assay as a tool to identify oestrogens: An update on oestrogenic environmental pollutants. Environmental Health Perspectives 103 (Suppl. 7), 113-122.
19. Toniolo P. G., Levitz M., Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A., Banerjee S., Koenig K. L., Shore R. E., Strax P. and Pasternack B. S. (1995) A prospective study of endogenous oestrogens and breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 78, 190-197.
20. Welshons W. V. and Jordan V. C. (1987) Adaptation of oestrogen-dependent MCF-7 cells to low oestrogen (phenol red-free) culture. European Journal of Cancer and Clinical Oncology 23, 1935-1939.
21. Welshons W. V., Rottinghaus G. E., Nonneman D. J., Dolan-Timpe M. and Ross P. F. (1990) A sensitive bioassay for the detection of dietary oestrogens in animal feeds. Journal of Veterinary Diagnosis and Investigation 2, 268-273.
22. Villalobos M., Olea N., Brotons J. A., Olea-Serrano M. F., de Almodovar J. M. R. and Pedraza P. (1995) The E-Screen assay: A comparison of different MCF7 cell stocks. Environmental Health Perspectives 103, 844-850.