Developing a biosensor for estrogens in water samples: Study of the real-time response of live cells of the estrogen-sensitive yeast strain RMY/ER-ERE using fluorescence microscopy

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1654-1658

  Wozei, E ^a,b   Hermanowicz, S W ^b   Holman, H Y N ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Environmental monitoring; Estrogen; Fluorescence; Live cell response; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; HORMONES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; YEAST;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGEN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIVE CELL RESPONSE;

BIOSENSORS;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYMIC BIOSENSOR; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; WATER SAMPLING; YEAST CELL;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ESTROGENS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 31044439841     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2005.07.021     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. K.H. Baronian The use of yeast and moulds as sensing elements in biosensors Biosens. Bioelectron. 19 9 2004 953 962
2. E.R. Bennett, and C.D. Metcalfe Distribution of degradation products of alkylphenol ethoxylates near sewage treatment plants in the lower Great Lakes, North America Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 19 4 Part 1 2000 784 792
3. N.G. Coldham, M. Dave, S. Sivapathasundaram, D.P. McDonnell, C. Connor, and M.J. Sauer Evaluation of a recombinant yeast cell estrogen screening assay Environ. Health Perspect. 105 7 1997 734 742
4. D.B. DeFranco Navigating steroid hormone receptors through the nuclear compartment Mol. Endocrinol. 16 7 2002 1449 1455
5. C. Desbrow, E.J. Routledge, G.C. Brighty, J.P. Sumpter, and M. Waldock Identification of estrogenic chemicals in STW effluent-1 - chemical fractionation and in vitro biological screening Environ. Sci. Technol. 32 11 1998 1549 1558
6. S. Gimeno, H. Komen, A.G.M. Gerritsen, and T. Bowmer Feminisation of young males of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, exposed to 4-tert-pentylphenol during sexual differentiation Aquat. Toxicol. 43 2-3 1998 77 92
7. J.L. Hargrove, M.G. Hulsey, and E.G. Beale The kinetics of mammalian gene expression Bioessays 13 12 1991 667 674
8. K.O. Klein, J. Baron, M.J. Colli, D.P. McDonnell, and G.B. Cutler Estrogen levels in childhood determined by an ultrasensitive recombinant cell bioassay J. Clin. Invest. 94 6 1994 2475 2480
9. J.W. Liu, and D. Picard Bioactive steroids as contaminants of the common carbon source galactose FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 159 2 1998 167 171
10. R. Losel, and M. Wehling Nongenomic actions of steroid hormones Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 4 1 2003 46 56
11. R.M. Losel, E. Falkenstein, M. Feuring, A. Schultz, H.C. Tillmann, K. Rossol-Haseroth, and M. Wehling Nongenomic steroid action: controversies, questions, and answers Physiol. Rev. 83 3 2003 965 1016
12. S.S. Muddana, and B.R. Peterson Fluorescent cellular sensors of steroid receptor ligands Chembiochem 4 9 2003 848 855
13. S. Nilsson, and J.A. Gustafsson Estrogen receptor transcription and transactivation - basic aspects of estrogen action [Review] Breast Cancer Res. 2 5 2000 360 366
14. S. Nilsson, and J.A. Gustafsson Biological role of estrogen and estrogen receptors [Review] Crit. Rev. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 37 1 2002 1 28
15. T.A. Pham, Y.P. Hwung, D. Santiso-Mere, D.P. McDonnell, and B.W. O'Malley Ligand-dependent and -independent function of the transactivation regions of the human estrogen receptor in yeast Mol. Endocrinol. 6 7 1992 1043 1050
16. I. Rogatsky, J.M. Trowbridge, and M.J. Garabedian Glucocorticoid receptor-mediated cell cycle arrest is achieved through distinct cell-specific transcriptional regulatory mechanisms Mol. Cell. Biol. 17 6 1997 3181 3193
17. C. Rories, and T.C. Spelsberg Ovarian steroid action on gene expression: mechanisms and models Annu. Rev. Physiol. 51 1989 653 681
18. S. Shapiro Risks of estrogen plus progestin therapy: a sensitivity analysis of findings in the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial - reply Climacteric 6 4 2003 313