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Table 1 Summary of effect-based methods used in this study

From: Glass-bottled drinking water: a time capsule to study the historic presence of hazardous chemicals using effect-based methods

Endpoint

Cell line

Reference compound

Estrogen receptor activation

Stably transfected T47D

17β-Estradiol (E2)

Androgen receptor activation

AR EcoScreen GR-KO M1

Dihydrotestosterone (DHT)

Androgen receptor antagonism

AR EcoScreen GR-KO M1

Hydroxyflutamide (OHF) in addition to a fixed concentration of 200 pM DHT to stimulate the receptor

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation

DR EcoScreen

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD)

Oxidative stress, Nrf2 activity

MCF-7/AREc32

Tert-Butylhydroquinone (tBHQ)