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. 2020 Oct 23;128(10):107008. doi: 10.1289/EHP6498

Figure 5.

Figures 5A to 5G are clustered bar graphs, depicting agonistic activity of the Tetrabromobisphenol A mono-ether structural analogs by plotting relative cell proliferation compared with Dimethyl sulfoxide (percentage), ranging from 0 to 400 in increments of 50; 0 to 270 in increments of 30, 0 to 500 in increments of 50, 0 to 160 in increments 20; 0 to 160 in increments of 20; 0 to 160 in increments of 20; and 0 to 160 in increments of 20 (y-axis) across Tetrabromobisphenol A-mono(glycidyl ether) (micromolar), Tetrabromobisphenol A-mono(allyl ether) (micromolar), Tetrabromobisphenol A-mono(2,3-dibromopropyl ether) (micromolar), Tetrabromobisphenol A (micromolar), Tetrabromobisphenol A-bis(glycidyl ether) (micromolar), Tetrabromobisphenol A-bis(allyl ether) (micromolar), and Tetrabromobisphenol A-bis(2,3-dibromopropyl ether) (micromolar), ranging from 0 to 0.6 in increments of 0.3, 0.6 to 1.2 in increments of 0.6, 1.2 to 2.5 in increments of 1.3, 2.5 to 5 in increments of 2.5, and 5 to 10 in increments of 5 (x-axis) for without amiodarone and with 2 micromolar amiodarone, respectiviely.

Agonistic activity of the tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) mono-ether structural analogs [(A) TBBPA-mono(glycidyl ether) (TBBPA-MGE), (B) TBBPA-mono(allyl ether) (TBBPA-MAE), and (C) TBBPA-mono(2,3-dibromopropyl ether) (TBBPA-MDBPE)], (D) TBBPA, and the TBBPA bis-ether derivatives [(E) TBBPA-bis(glycidyl ether) (TBBPA-BGE), (F) TBBPA-bis(allyl ether) (TBBPA-BAE), and (G) TBBPA-bis(2,3-dibromopropyl ether) (TBBPA-BDBPE)] determined by the GH3 cell proliferation assay. GH3 cells were treated with different concentrations of the tested chemicals in the presence or absence of 2.0μM amiodarone. Three replicated wells were included for each group in a 96-well plate. Error bars represent the standard deviation of three replicates. Relative cell proliferation values were calculated by dividing the absorbance value at 450 nm of the control group (0.1% DMSO) by that of each cell sample based on the Cell Counting Kit-8 assay. *p<0.05, compared with cell samples of the control group (0.1% DMSO). #p<0.05, compared with cell samples treated without 2.0μM amiodarone. The p-values of the experimental data were analyzed using a one-way analysis of variance, followed by a least significant difference multiple comparisons test (IBM SPSS Statistics 20). See the summary data in Table S9. Note: DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide.