본 연구는 Leydig 세포주와 Sertoli 세포주상에 bisphenol A(BPA)와 diethylstilbestrol(DES)의 영향을 알아보고자 수행하였다. 세포 종류에 따른 BPA의 영향을 알아보기 위해, BPA의 농도별로 두 세포주에 처리하여 세포생존율을 비교하였다. Sertoli 세포주가 Leydig 세포주에 비해서 저농도의 BPA에서 생존율이 유의하게 감소되는 것을 확인할 수 있어, Sertoli 세포가 Leydig 세포주에 비해 BPA에
The present report aimed at evaluating the effect of bisphenol A(BPA) and diethylstilbestrol(DES) on Leydig or Sertoli cell-lines. To identify the differences in the susceptibility to BPA upon different cell-types, assay of the cell viability was done on TM3(Leydig cells) and TM4(Sertoli cells) cell-lines. The result indicates that Sertoli cells are more sensitive to low dose of BPA than Leydig cells. Also, the BPA- or DES-treated Sertoli cells showed a reduction of phospholipase D(PLD) activity identically. According to the confirmation of the mRNA expression of fas receptor and fas ligand in the BPA-treated cells, fas/fasL system activated by BPA will deliver the apoptosis signal onto Sertoli TM4 cells. However, Fas/FasL system was not activated in the DES-treated cells unlike the BPA-treated cells.