Protein Information

Name progesterone receptor
Synonyms NR3C3; PGR; PR; Progesterone receptor; Progesterone receptors

Compound Information

Name DDT
CAS 1,1′-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene)bis[4-chlorobenzene]

Reference List

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14579009 Scippo ML, Argiris C, Van De Weerdt C, Muller M, Willemsen P, Martial J, Maghuin-Rogister G: Recombinant human estrogen, androgen and progesterone receptors for detection of potential endocrine disruptors. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2004 Feb;378(3):664-9. Epub 2003 Oct 25.

Except for phytoestrogens, most of the tested chemicals (DDT and its metabolites, aldrin, alpha- and beta-endosulfan, toxaphen, trans-nonachlor) show higher affinities for hPR than for hERalpha, indicating that the interaction with the progesterone receptor could contribute to the endocrine-disrupting effects imputed to these chemicals.
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18262749 Chatterjee S, Kumar V, Majumder CB, Roy P: Screening of some anti-progestin endocrine disruptors using a recombinant yeast based in vitro bioassay. Toxicol In Vitro. 2008 Apr;22(3):788-98. Epub 2007 Dec 25.


The present study was aimed to develop a sensitive, fast and user friendly progesterone receptor transactivation assay using recombinant yeast cells, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, modified to express human progesterone receptor (PR) and progesterone response element (PRE) driving the expression of green fluorescent protein.
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18992306 Li J, Li N, Ma M, Giesy JP, Wang Z: In vitro profiling of the endocrine disrupting potency of organochlorine pesticides. Toxicol Lett. 2008 Dec 15;183(1-3):65-71. Epub 2008 Oct 17.


The objectives of this study were to determine and compare the ability of p,p'-dichlorodiphenylethane (p,p'-DDE), p,p'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (p,p'-DDT), hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and r-hexachlorocyclohexane (r-HCH) to interact with ERalpha, androgen receptor (AR), progesterone receptor (PR) and estrogen-related receptor (ERRgamma) using a set of recombined yeast strains expressing beta-galactosidase, under control of ERalpha, AR, PR or ERRgamma.
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15541753 Villa R, Bonetti E, Penza ML, Iacobello C, Bugari G, Bailo M, Parolini O, Apostoli P, Caimi L, Ciana P, Maggi A, Di Lorenzo D: Target-specific action of organochlorine compounds in reproductive and nonreproductive tissues of estrogen-reporter male mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2004 Dec 1;201(2):137-48.


Induction was confirmed in the liver by determining the expression of the endogenous progesterone receptor (PR) gene, at the dose and time point at which the luciferase gene was maximally induced.
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