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1 May 2001 INHIBITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGEN–INDUCED PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN BREAST CARCINOMA MCF-7 CELLS BY FLAVONOIDS
DAL-HO HAN, HIROFUMI TACHIBANA, KOJI YAMADA
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Abstract

In the present study, we evaluated the individual and combined effects of environmental estrogens and flavonoids on the proliferation of human breast carcinoma MCF-7 cells. These compounds are as follows: (1) pharmaceutical chemicals such as diethylstilbestrol, 17α-ethynylestradiol (17ES), tamoxifen, mestranol, and clomiphene, (2) industrial chemicals such as bisphenol A (BisA), 4-octylphenol (OP), 4-nonylphenol (NP), and p,p′-biphenol, and (3) flavonoids such as daidzein (D), genistein (G), quercetin (Q), and luteolin (L). We found that nanomolar concentrations of 17ES, BisA, OP, and NP were sufficient to stimulate the proliferation of MCF-7 cells. Among them, 1 μM BisA exhibited cell proliferation–stimulating activity as strong as 10 nM 17β-estradiol; and D and G exhibited cell proliferation–stimulating activity at 10 nM. On the other hand, Q and L exhibited cell proliferation–inhibiting activity. We also found that 10 nM flavonoids, such as D, G, Q, and L, were able to inhibit the proliferation-stimulating activity in MCF-7 cells by 1 μM environmental estrogens.

DAL-HO HAN, HIROFUMI TACHIBANA, and KOJI YAMADA "INHIBITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGEN–INDUCED PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN BREAST CARCINOMA MCF-7 CELLS BY FLAVONOIDS," In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal 37(5), 275-282, (1 May 2001). https://doi.org/10.1290/1071-2690(2001)037<0275:IOEEIP>2.0.CO;2
Received: 31 August 2000; Accepted: 1 March 2001; Published: 1 May 2001
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KEYWORDS
17β-estradiol
environmental estrogens
flavonoids
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