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Nonylphenol and Cetyl Alcohol Polyethoxylates Disrupt Thyroid Hormone Receptor Signaling to Promote Metabolism Disrupting Effects

ABSTRACT: Surfactants are molecules with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic structural groups that adsorb at the air-water or oil-water interface and serve to decrease the surface tension. Surfactants combine to form micelles that surround and break down or remove oils, making them ideal for detergents and cleaners. Two of the most important classes of nonionic surfactants are alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEOs) and alcohol ethoxylates (AEOs). APEOs and AEOs are high production-volume chemicals that are used for many industrial and residential purposes, including laundry detergents, hard-surface cleaners, paints, and pesticide adjuvants. Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEOs) comprise ~80% of the total annual production of nonionic surfactants. Commensurate with better appreciation of the toxicity of APEOs and the base alkylphenols, use of AEOs has increased, and both sets of compounds are now ubiquitous environmental contaminants. Using a well-established in vitro model of adipogenesis, we recently demonstrated that diverse APEOs and AEOs induce triglyceride accumulation and/or pre-adipocyte proliferation. Both sets of contaminants have also been demonstrated as obesogenic in a developmental exposure zebrafish model, promoting increased body weights, increased adiposity (preferentially in visceral depots), and/or disrupting energy expenditure or behavioral responses. While these metabolic health effects are consistent across models and species, the mechanisms underlying these effects are less clear. This study sought to evaluate causal mechanisms through reporter gene assay assessments, relative binding affinity assays, co-exposure experiments, and use of both human cell and zebrafish models. We report that antagonism of thyroid hormone receptor signaling appears to mediate at least a portion of the polyethoxylate-induced metabolic health effects. These results suggest further evaluation is needed, given the ubiquitous environmental presence of these thyroid hormone system disrupting contaminants and reproducible effects in human cell models and vertebrate animals.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE280008 | GEO | 2024/11/27

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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