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MulticyclicAromaticHydrocarbons rtER Vtg_Kolanczyk_A-bzkz_DataSet 20180828

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Metadata Last Checked: August 02, 2025 | Last Modified: 2018-09-18
A representative group of multicyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (MAHC) which can be further classified as bridged-ring (bridged-MAHC) or fused-ring (fused-MAHC) were examined for their ability to interact with the estrogen receptor of rainbow trout (rtER) in a hepatic cytosolic estrogen receptor competitive binding assay (cyto rtERαβ) and the vitellogenin (Vtg) mRNA gene activation liver slice assay. All five fused-MAHCs; naphthalene (NAFT), fluorene (FE), Fluoranthene (FAT), pyrene (PY), and 9,10-dihydroanthracene (DAC) had no estrogenic activity in the in vitro assays used. Five of the eight bridged-MAHCs; triphenylethylene (3PE), o-terphenyl (OTP), triphenylmethane (TPM), 1,1-diphenylethylene (DPE), and cis-stilbene (CSB) were estrogenic in these assays. The additional three bridged-MAHC’s; trans-stilbene (TSB), tetraphenylethylene (4PE), and 4,4-di-tertbutylphenyl (DtBB) were determined to be non-binders due to isomeric configuration, solubility limitation, and possible steric hinderance. This first report of the rtER-binding of bridged-MAHCs in fish demonstrates binding for a class of chemicals normally not thought of as having an affinity for the estrogen receptor and further supports the versatility or promiscuity of ER ligand selectivity. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Kolanczyk, R., J. Denny, B. Sheedy, P. Schmieder, and M. Tapper. Estrogenic activity of multicyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in vitro assays. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, USA, 207: 43-51, (2019).

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