An Analysis of the Structural Relationship between Thyroid Hormone-Signaling Disruption and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers: Potential Implications for Male Infertility
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Published:2023-02-07
Issue:4
Volume:24
Page:3296
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ISSN:1422-0067
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Container-title:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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language:en
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Short-container-title:IJMS
Author:
Sheikh Ishfaq Ahmad12, Beg Mohd Amin1ORCID, Hamoda Taha Abo-Almagd Abdel-Meguid3ORCID, Mandourah Hammam Mahmoud Siraj3ORCID, Memili Erdogan4
Affiliation:
1. King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia 2. Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia 3. Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia 4. College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, USA
Abstract
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a common class of anthropogenic organobromine chemicals with fire-retardant properties and are extensively used in consumer products, such as electrical and electronic equipment, furniture, textiles, and foams. Due to their extensive use, PBDEs have wide eco-chemical dissemination and tend to bioaccumulate in wildlife and humans with many potential adverse health effects in humans, such as neurodevelopmental deficits, cancer, thyroid hormone disruption, dysfunction of reproductive system, and infertility. Many PBDEs have been listed as chemicals of international concern under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. In this study, the aim was to investigate the structural interactions of PBDEs against thyroid hormone receptor (TRα) with potential implications in reproductive function. Structural binding of four PBDEs, i.e., BDE-28, BDE-100, BDE-153 and BDE-154 was investigated against the ligand binding pocket of TRα using Schrodinger’s induced fit docking, followed by molecular interaction analysis and the binding energy estimation. The results indicated the stable and tight binding of all four PDBE ligands and similarity in the binding interaction pattern to that of TRα native ligand, triiodothyronine (T3). The estimated binding energy value for BDE-153 was the highest among four PBDEs and was more than that of T3. This was followed by BDE-154, which is approximately the same as that of TRα native ligand, T3. Furthermore, the value estimated for BDE-28 was the lowest; however, the binding energy value for BDE-100 was more than BDE-28 and close to that of TRα native ligand, T3. In conclusion, the results of our study suggested the thyroid signaling disruption potential of indicated ligands according to their binding energy order, which can possibly lead to disruption of reproductive function and infertility.
Funder
Deputyship for Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis
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