Cent Eur J Public Health 2016, 24(3):241-244

Estrogen Receptor Binding Affinity of Food Contact Material Components Estimated by QSAR

Jitka Sosnovcová, Marián Rucki, Hana Bendová
National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic

Aim: The presented work characterized components of food contact materials (FCM) with potential to bind to estrogen receptor (ER) and cause adverse effects in the human organism.

Methods: The QSAR Toolbox, software application designed to identify and fill toxicological data gaps for chemical hazard assessment, was used. Estrogen receptors are much less of a lock-and-key interaction than highly specific ones. The ER is nonspecific enough to permit binding with a diverse array of chemical structures. There are three primary ER binding subpockets, each with different requirements for hydrogen bonding.

Results: More than 900 compounds approved as of FCM components were evaluated for their potential to bind on ER. All evaluated chemicals were subcategorized to five groups with respect to the binding potential to ER: very strong, strong, moderate, weak binder, and no binder to ER. In total 46 compounds were characterized as potential disturbers of estrogen receptor.

Conclusion: Among the group of selected chemicals, compounds with high and even very high affinity to the ER binding subpockets were found. These compounds may act as gene activators and cause adverse effects in the organism, particularly during pregnancy and breast-feeding. It should be considered to carry out further in vitro or in vivo tests to confirm their potential to disturb the regulation of physiological processes in humans by abnormal ER signaling and subsequently remove these chemicals from the list of approved food contact materials.

Keywords: QSAR, estrogen receptor, chemicals, food contact materials

Received: April 27, 2016; Revised: September 2, 2016; Accepted: September 2, 2016; Published: September 1, 2016  Show citation

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Sosnovcová J, Rucki M, Bendová H. Estrogen Receptor Binding Affinity of Food Contact Material Components Estimated by QSAR. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2016;24(3):241-244. PubMed PMID: 27743518.
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