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Here, the effects of BPA at 10 ng\/mL and 1 \u00b5g\/mL, concentrations found in human samples, were analyzed on HT29 human colon adenocarcinona cell line and Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC). Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) transcriptional analysis of the Long Interspersed Element-1 (LINE-1) retroelement showed that BPA induces global transcription deregulation in both cell lines, although with more pronounced effects in HUVEC cells. Whereas there was an increase in global transcription in HT29 exclusively after 24 h of exposure, this chemical had prolonged effects on HUVEC. Immunoblotting revealed that this was not accompanied by alterations in the overall content of H3K9me2 and H3K4me3 epigenetic marks. Importantly, cell viability assays and transcriptional analysis indicated that prolonged BPA exposure affects aging processes in senescent HUVEC. To our knowledge this is the first report that BPA interferes with senescence in primary vascular endothelial cells,  therefore, suggesting its association to the etiology of age-related human pathologies,  such as atherosclerosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms150915791","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,9,9]],"date-time":"2014-09-09T09:51:28Z","timestamp":1410256288000},"page":"15791-15805","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Bisphenol A Disrupts Transcription and Decreases Viability in Aging Vascular Endothelial Cells"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Edna","family":"Ribeiro-Varandas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Bot\u00e2nica Aplicada \u00e0 Agricultura (CBAA), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"H.","family":"Pereira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Bot\u00e2nica Aplicada \u00e0 Agricultura (CBAA), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Sara","family":"Monteiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Bot\u00e2nica Aplicada \u00e0 Agricultura (CBAA), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Elsa","family":"Neves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Bot\u00e2nica Aplicada \u00e0 Agricultura (CBAA), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gest\u00e3o Jean Piaget do Litoral Alentejano (ESTGJPLA),  Instituto Piaget, Campus Acad\u00e9mico de Santo Andr\u00e9, Ap. 38,  7500-999 Vila Nova de Santo Andr\u00e9, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Lu\u00edsa","family":"Brito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Bot\u00e2nica Aplicada \u00e0 Agricultura (CBAA), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Ricardo","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Bot\u00e2nica Aplicada \u00e0 Agricultura (CBAA), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"Instituto de Tecnologia Qu\u00edmica e Biol\u00f3gica (ITQB), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL),  Av. da Rep\u00fablica, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Wanda","family":"Viegas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Bot\u00e2nica Aplicada \u00e0 Agricultura (CBAA), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Margarida","family":"Delgado","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Bot\u00e2nica Aplicada \u00e0 Agricultura (CBAA), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,9,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"90","DOI":"10.1016\/j.talanta.2012.07.078","article-title":"Analysis of synthetic endocrine-disrupting chemicals in food: A review","volume":"100","author":"Mezcua","year":"2012","journal-title":"Talanta"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"449","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chroma.2008.06.037","article-title":"Analytical methods for the determination of bisphenol A in food","volume":"1216","author":"Rubio","year":"2009","journal-title":"J. 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