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Steroid hormones are known to affect the humoral immune response to a variety of antigens. However, the mechanisms regulating these effects are poorly understood. The immunotoxic chemical propanil and estrogen have similar effects on the immune system including augmentation of humoral immune responses. Propanil enhances the number of phosphorylcholine (PC)-specific IgG2b, IgG3, and IgM antibody-secreting cells (ASCs) in the spleen four- to sixfold 7 days after vaccination of female C57BL/6 mice with heat-killed Streptococcus pneumoniae. Several experiments were performed to test the hypothesis that propanil increases the response via an estrogenic pathway. Ovariectomy abrogated the effect of propanil on the PC-specific ASC response. Both in vitro and in vivo assays indicate that propanil does not bind either estrogen receptor (ER) alpha or beta. Exogenous estradiol administration in ovariectomized mice failed to restore the effect of propanil on the PC response. Treatment of female mice with a pure ER antagonist, ICI 182,780, or the progesterone antagonist RU486 did not inhibit the increase in ASCs. These data suggest that estrogen and progesterone do not regulate the effect of propanil. However, complete inhibition of steroid synthesis with the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist antide abrogated the increased response in propanil-treated mice, indicating a necessary role for steroid synthesis. Experiments in male mice demonstrated that propanil increased the number of ASCs comparable to female mice. However, orchiectomy did not inhibit this effect, suggesting that androgens do not regulate the amplification of the humoral response. These data suggest a novel role for the ovarian hormones in the regulation of the PC-specific antibody response.

Evidence for a Novel Endocrine Disruptor: The Pesticide Propanil Requires the Ovaries and Steroid Synthesis to Enhance Humoral Immunity