Corticosteroid production in H295R cells during exposure to 3 endocrine disrupters analyzed with LC-MS/MS

Christina S Winther, Frederik K Nielsen, Martin Hansen, Bjarne Styrishave

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    Abstract

    The adrenocortical human cell line H295R is a valuable tool for screening endocrine disrupting compounds. In general, previous research focus has been on the production of the 2 sex steroids, 17β-estradiol and testosterone, and less attention has been paid to other important steroid end points in the steroidogenesis with a wide range of physiological functions, such as the glucocorticoids (corticosterone and cortisol). A newly developed and validated solid phase extraction (SPE) liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy (LC-MS/MS) method was used to measure the production of cortisol and corticosterone in the H295R cell line. The method was applied by studying the effects of 2 model endocrine disrupters, ketoconazole and prochloraz, the pharmaceutical budesonide, and the inducer forskolin on the steroid production in this cell line. Dose-response curves were obtained for the correlation between hormone concentrations and the concentration of the individual disruptors. Exposing cells to ketoconazole resulted in a decrease in cortisol and corticosterone concentrations in a dose-dependent manner with EC50 values of 0.24 and 0.40 μmol/L, respectively. The same applied for cells exposed to prochloraz with EC50 values of 0.06 and 0.09 μmol/L for cortisol and corticosterone, respectively. Budesonide also inhibited glucocorticoid secretion. The EC50 value for cortisol was 19.50 μmol/L, whereas the EC50 value for corticosterone was 71.42 μmol/L. Forskolin induced the secretion of both cortisol (EC50 = 4.09 μmol/L) and corticosterone (EC50 = 0.28 μmol/L). The results obtained demonstrated the validity of the method. Based on these findings, quality criteria for the production of these steroids in this cell line were suggested.

    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftInternational Journal of Toxicology
    Vol/bind32
    Udgave nummer3
    Sider (fra-til)219-27
    Antal sider9
    ISSN1091-5818
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - maj 2013

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