• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.512-519
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• 2018

Phthalates widely used in the manufacture of plastics have deeply penetrated into our everyday lives. Recently, a concern over the toxicity of phthalates on thyroid, has been raised but in most of cases, the doses employed were unrealistically high. To investigate the effects of phthalates on thyroid, we investigated the effects of the repeated oral exposure to low to high doses (0.3, 3, 30 and 150 mg/kg) di-2-ethylhexylphthalate (DEHP) from weaning to maturity for 90 days in juvenile rats on the thyroid. The histological examination revealed that DEHP significantly induced hyperplasia in the thyroid from the doses of 30 mg/kg, which was confirmed with Ki67 staining. In line with this finding, increased mRNA expression of thyrotropin releasing hormone (Trh) was observed in the thyroid of female at 0.3 mg/kg and 150 mg/kg as determined by RNAseq analysis. Moreover, significantly increased expression of parathyroid hormone (Pth) in the female at 0.3 mg/kg, and thyroglobulin (Tg) and thyroid hormone responsive (Thrsp) in the male at 0.3 mg/kg were noted in the blood, of which changes were substantially attenuated at 150 m/kg, alluding the meaningful effects of low dose DEHP on the thyroid hormone regulation. Urinary excretion of mono-2-ethylhexyl-phthalate (MEHP), a major metabolite of DEHP was determined to be 4.10 and 12.26 ppb in male, 6.65 and 324 ppb in female at 0.3 and 30 mg/kg DEHP, respectively, which fell within reported human urine levels. Collectively, these results suggest a potential adverse effects of low dose phthalates on the thyroid.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2007

The term, "food safety", has traditionally been viewed as a practical science aimed at assuring the prevention acute illnesses caused by biological microorganisms, and only to a minor extent, chronic diseases cause by chronic low level exposures to natural and synthetic chemicals or pollutants. "food safety" meant to prevent microbiological agents/toxins in/on foods, due to contamination any where from "farm to Fork", from causing acute health effects, especially to the young, immune-compromised, genetically-predisposed and elderly. However, today a broader view must also include the fact that diet, perse (nutrients, vitamins/minerals, calories), as well as low level toxins and pollutant or supplemented synthetic chemicals, can alter gene expressions of stem/progenitor/terminally-differentiated cells, leading to chronic inflammation and other mal-functions that could lead to diseases such as cancer, diabetes, atherogenesis and possibly reproductive and neurological disorders. Understanding of the mechanisms by which natural or synthetic chemical toxins/toxicants, in/on food, interact with the pathogenesis of acute and chronic diseases, should lead to a "systems" approach to "food safety". Clearly, the interactions of diet/food with the genetic background, gender, and developmental state of the individual, together with (a) interactions of other endogenous/exogenous chemicals/drugs; (b) the specific biology of the cells being affected; (c) the mechanisms by which the presence or absence of toxins/toxicants and nutrients work to cause toxicities; and (d) how those mechanisms affect the pathogenesis of acute and/or chronic diseases, must be integrated into a "system" approach. Mechanisms of how toxins/toxicants cause cellular toxicities, such as mutagenesis; cytotoxicity and altered gene expression, must take into account (a) irreversible or reversal changes caused by these toxins or toxicants; (b)concepts of thresholds or no-thresholds of action; and (c) concepts of differential effects on stem cells, progenitor cells and terminally differentiated cells in different organs. This brief Commentary tries to illustrate this complex interaction between what is on/in foods with one disease, namely cancer. Since the understanding of cancer, while still incomplete, can shed light on the multiple ways that toxins/toxicants, as well as dietary modulation of nutrients/vitamins/metals/ calories, can either enhance or reduce the risk to cancer. In particular, diets that alter the embryo-fetal micro-environment might dramatically alter disease formation later in life. In effect "food safety" can not be assessed without understanding how food could be 'toxic', or how that mechanism of toxicity interacts with the pathogenesis of any disease.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.379-384
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• 1996

본 연구는 생쥐 1-세포기 수정란의 초자화 동결과 동결액 노출에 따른 수정란의 배발달율과 SCE 빈도를 조사하고자 실시하였다. 체외수정된 생쥐 1-세포기 수정란의 동결은 EFS40 (40% ethylene glycol, 30% Ficoll, 0.3 M sucrose)의 초자화동결법을 이용하였으며, $25^{\circ}C$에서 30 초동안 EFS40에 노출시킨 다음, 곧바로 액체질소에 침투시키거나, 동결액의 독성 검사를 위해 동결없이 배양하여 다음과 같은 결과를 보였다. 융해후, 2-세포기 까지 생존율은 EFS40에 노출 혹은 초자화동결시 각각 95.2, 98.5% 로서 대조군의 100%와 비교했을때 큰 차이가 없었다. 그러나 배반포와 탈출배반포까지의 배발달율에 있어서 초자화 동결된 군 66.7, 50.0%는 동결액에 노출만된 군 94.0 78.8%와 대조군 93.9, 81.8%에 비해 낮았다 (p<0.05). 동결액에 노출 혹은 초자화동결된 생쥐 1-세포기의 체외 발달에 따른 SCE 빈도를 조사한 결과, 동결액 노출 ($20.2{\pm}2.1$) 혹은 초자화동결시 ($21.4{\pm}3.2$) SCE 빈도가 대조군 ($16.8{\pm}1.5$)에 비해 증가하였다. 이러한 결과를 종합하여 고찰할 때, 초자화동결된 1-세포기 수정란의 배반포 또는 탈출 배반포까지의 낮은 배발달율은 동결액의 영향을 받지 않았으나, SCE 빈도는 동결액에 노출 혹은 초자화 동결시 증가 된다는 것을 알수 있다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.217-224
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• 2019

프탈레이트는 내분비계 교란 물질로서 성호르몬과 구조가 유사하여 주로 생식독성과 발달독성을 나타낸다. 이번 연구에서는 우리나라 화장품규제 물질인 3종 프탈레이트 이외 어린이제품 안전공통기준, EU 화장품 기준(EC No. 1223/2009) 등에서 규제하고 있는 프탈레이트 종류를 추가하여 총 11종 프탈레이트에 관하여 분석을 실시하였다. GC-MS/MS를 이용하여 분석조건을 설정하였고 분석방법에 대한 유효성 검증 결과 특이성, 직선성, 회수율, 정밀성, 정량한계 등을 만족하였다. 유효성이 검증된 시험방법을 이용하여 네일 화장품 및 네일 관련 제품 82건을 대상으로 분석을 실시하였다. 네일 폴리시에서는 DBP, BBP, DEHP, DPP, DIBP, DIDP 등 6종의 프탈레이트가 $1.0{\sim}59.8{\mu}g/g$의 농도로 검출되었으나 우리나라 화장품기준에 적합하였다. 인조손톱에서는 DIBP, DBP 2종에서 $1.1{\sim}2.6{\mu}g/g$, 글루에서 DBP, DEHP 2종 $1.4{\sim}2.5{\mu}g/g$, 스티커 DIBP, DBP, DEHP 3종에서 $2.5{\sim}33.3{\mu}g/g$ 의 결과가 나왔고 '어린이제품 공통안전기준'을 적용시 모두 적합하였다. DIBP는 우리나라에는 규제물질이 아니지만 DBP (86.6%), DEHP (63.4%)에 이어 14.6%의 검출률을 나타내었다. 현재 우리나라 기준으로는 네일제품이 프탈레이트에 대해 안전하다고 판단되지만 비규제물질에 대한 지속적인 감시와 연구도 필요할 것으로 사료된다.