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Tracing Thyroid Hormone-Disrupting Compounds: Database Compilation and Structure-Activity Evaluation for an Effect-Directed Analysis of Sediment

Tracing Thyroid Hormone-Disrupting Compounds: Database Compilation and Structure-Activity Evaluation for an Effect-Directed Analysis of Sediment

Jana M Weiss, Patrik L Andersson, Jin Zhang, Eszter Simon, Pim E G Leonards, Timo Hamers, Marja H Lamoree

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2015 Jul;407(19):5625-34.

PMID: 25986900

Abstract:

A variety of anthropogenic compounds has been found to be capable of disrupting the endocrine systems of organisms, in laboratory studies as well as in wildlife. The most widely described endpoint is estrogenicity, but other hormonal disturbances, e.g., thyroid hormone disruption, are gaining more and more attention. Here, we present a review and chemical characterization, using principal component analysis, of organic compounds that have been tested for their capacity to bind competitively to the thyroid hormone transport protein transthyretin (TTR). The database contains 250 individual compounds and technical mixtures, of which 144 compounds are defined as TTR binders. Almost one third of these compounds (n = 52) were even more potent than the natural hormone thyroxine (T4). The database was used as a tool to assist in the identification of thyroid hormone-disrupting compounds (THDCs) in an effect-directed analysis (EDA) study of a sediment sample. Two compounds could be confirmed to contribute to the detected TTR-binding potency in the sediment sample, i.e., triclosan and nonylphenol technical mixture. They constituted less than 1% of the TTR-binding potency of the unfractionated extract. The low rate of explained activity may be attributed to the challenges related to identification of unknown contaminants in combination with the limited knowledge about THDCs in general. This study demonstrates the need for databases containing compound-specific toxicological properties. In the framework of EDA, such a database could be used to assist in the identification and confirmation of causative compounds focusing on thyroid hormone disruption.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
CS31043446	Triclosan Related Compounds Mixture A			Price

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