Studies on the genetic effects of phthalic acid esters on cells in culture.

Phillips, Barry; Anderson, Diana; Gangolli, S.D.

doi:10.1289/ehp.8665263

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Morphological transformation and catalase activity of syrian hamster embryo cells treated with hepatic peroxisome proliferators, TPA and nickel sulphate

1990

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The abilities of the hepatic peroxisome proliferators (HPPs) clofibrate, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), mono(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (MEHP), 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D), 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4,5-T) and tiadenol to induce morphological transformation and to increase the catalase activity of Syrian hamster embryo (SHE) cells were studied. DEHP, MEHP, clofibrate and tiadenol induced morphological transformation of SHE cells and increased the catalase activity. DEHP was more potent than clofibrate and tiadenol in both inducing catalase and morphological transformation, while MEHP seemed more potent than DEHP in inducing catalase, but not morphological transformation, 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D did not induce morphological transformation, but 2,4,5-T was more potent than clofibrate in increasing the catalase activity. These results show that several HPPs induce morphological transformation of SHE cells and an increase in the catalase activity. There is, however, no direct connection between these two parameters, as seen from the results of 2,4,5-T. The tumor promoter TPA, and the metal salt nickel sulphate, induced morphological transformation of SHE cells without any appreciable increase in the catalase activity. These results further corroborate the dissociation between induction of morphological transformation and the increase in catalase activity.

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Morphological transformation and catalase activity of syrian hamster embryo cells treated with hepatic peroxisome proliferators, TPA and nickel sulphate

1990

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Phthalates affect the in vitro expansion of human hematopoietic stem cell

et al. 2019

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Phthalates are esters of phthalic acid used industrially as plastic additives, however, these are not covalently bound to the polymer matrix and therefore can be released to the environment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of four phthalates: dibutyl phthalate (DBP), benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), diethyl phthalate (DEP) and diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) on the in vitro expansion of human hematopoietic cells from umbilical cord blood. For this, 0.5 9 10 6 cells/mL were exposure to concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 100 lg/mL and the total cell expansion was determined after 14 days of culture in IMDM-cytokines medium. The control cultures attained 1.31 ± 0.21 9 10 6 cell/mL, whereas the cultures exposed to DBP, BBP and DEHP showed a reduction from 23 to 81%, 17 to 69% and 15 to 93.5%, respectively. DEP did not affect the total cell expansion. The most significant decrease on total cell expansion was observed at 0.1 lg/mL DBP, 100 lg/mL BBP and 10 lg/mL DEHP (p \ 0.05). Additionally, the effect of these compounds on the expansion of hematopoietic progenitors was analyzed by clonogenic assays as colony forming units (CFU). The CFU decreased considerably compared with respect to the control cultures. The reduction was 74.6 and 99.1% at 10 and 100 lg/mL DBP respectively, whereas 100 lg/mL BBP and 100 lg/mL DEHP reduced the CFU expansion in 97.1% and 81%, respectively. Cultures exposed to DEP did not show significant differences. The results demonstrate the toxicity of DBP, BBP and DEHP on the human hematopoietic stem cells.

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