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Tang L, Liu M, Li J, Zhou B, Lam PKS, Hu C, Chen L. Isothiazolinone Disrupts Reproductive Endocrinology by Targeting the G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:1076-1087. [PMID: 38166396 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c08577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2024]
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The unintended exposure of humans and animals to isothiazolinones has led to an increasing concern regarding their health hazards. Isothiazolinones were previously found to disrupt reproductive endocrine homeostasis. However, the long-term reproductive toxicity and underlying mechanism remain unclear. In this study, life-cycle exposure of medaka to dichlorocthylisothiazolinone (DCOIT), a representative isothiazolinone, significantly stimulated the gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor (GnRHR)-mediated synthesis of follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone in the brain. Chem-Seq and proteome analyses revealed disturbances in the G-protein-coupled receptor, MAPK, and Ca2+ signaling cascades by DCOIT. The G protein αi subunit was identified as the binding target of DCOIT. Gαi bound by DCOIT had an enhanced affinity for the mitochondrial calcium uniporter, consequently changing Ca2+ subcellular compartmentalization. Stimulation of Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum and blockage of Ca2+ uptake into the mitochondria resulted in a considerably higher cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration, which then activated the phosphorylation of MEK and ERK to dysregulate hormone synthesis. Overall, by comprehensively integrating in vivo, ex vivo, in silico, and in vitro evidence, this study proposes a new mode of endocrine disrupting toxicity based on isothiazolinones, which is expected to aid the risk assessment of the chemical library and favor the mechanism-driven design of safer alternatives.
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- Lizhu Tang
- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Department of Science, School of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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Dasmahapatra AK, Williams CB, Myla A, Tiwary SK, Tchounwou PB. A systematic review of the evaluation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the Japanese medaka ( Oryzias latipes) fish. FRONTIERS IN TOXICOLOGY 2023; 5:1272368. [PMID: 38090358 PMCID: PMC10711633 DOI: 10.3389/ftox.2023.1272368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
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Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) is an acceptable small laboratory fish model for the evaluation and assessment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) found in the environment. In this research, we used this fish as a potential tool for the identification of EDCs that have a significant impact on human health. We conducted an electronic search in PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed) and Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/) using the search terms, Japanese medaka, Oryzias latipes, and endocrine disruptions, and sorted 205 articles consisting of 128 chemicals that showed potential effects on estrogen-androgen-thyroid-steroidogenesis (EATS) pathways of Japanese medaka. From these chemicals, 14 compounds, namely, 17β-estradiol (E2), ethinylestradiol (EE2), tamoxifen (TAM), 11-ketotestosterone (11-KT), 17β-trenbolone (TRB), flutamide (FLU), vinclozolin (VIN), triiodothyronine (T3), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), terephthalic acid (TPA), trifloxystrobin (TRF), ketoconazole (KTC), and prochloraz (PCZ), were selected as references and used for the identification of apical endpoints within the EATS modalities. Among these endpoints, during classification, priorities are given to sex reversal (masculinization of females and feminization of males), gonad histology (testis-ova or ovotestis), secondary sex characteristics (anal fin papillae of males), plasma and liver vitellogenin (VTG) contents in males, swim bladder inflation during larval development, hepatic vitellogenin (vtg) and choriogenin (chg) genes in the liver of males, and several genes, including estrogen-androgen-thyroid receptors in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad/thyroid axis (HPG/T). After reviewing 205 articles, we identified 108 (52.68%), 46 (22.43%), 19 (9.26%), 22 (17.18%), and 26 (12.68%) papers that represented studies on estrogen endocrine disruptors (EEDs), androgen endocrine disruptors (AEDs), thyroid endocrine disruptors (TEDs), and/or steroidogenesis modulators (MOS), respectively. Most importantly, among 128 EDCs, 32 (25%), 22 (17.18%), 15 (11.8%), and 14 (10.93%) chemicals were classified as EEDs, AEDs, TEDs, and MOS, respectively. We also identified 43 (33.59%) chemicals as high-priority candidates for tier 2 tests, and 13 chemicals (10.15%) show enough potential to be considered EDCs without any further tier-based studies. Although our literature search was unable to identify the EATS targets of 45 chemicals (35%) studied in 60 (29.26%) of the 205 articles, our approach has sufficient potential to further move the laboratory-based research data on Japanese medaka for applications in regulatory risk assessments in humans.
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- Asok K. Dasmahapatra
- RCMI Center for Environmental Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, United States
- Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, MS, United States
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- RCMI Center for Environmental Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, United States
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- RCMI Center for Environmental Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, United States
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- RCMI Center for Environmental Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, United States
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- RCMI Center for Environmental Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, United States
- RCMI Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Peivasteh-roudsari L, Barzegar-bafrouei R, Sharifi KA, Azimisalim S, Karami M, Abedinzadeh S, Asadinezhad S, Tajdar-oranj B, Mahdavi V, Alizadeh AM, Sadighara P, Ferrante M, Conti GO, Aliyeva A, Mousavi Khaneghah A. Origin, dietary exposure, and toxicity of endocrine-disrupting food chemical contaminants: A comprehensive review. Heliyon 2023; 9:e18140. [PMID: 37539203 PMCID: PMC10395372 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are a growing public health concern worldwide. Consumption of foodstuffs is currently thought to be one of the principal exposure routes to EDCs. However, alternative ways of human exposure are through inhalation of chemicals and dermal contact. These compounds in food products such as canned food, bottled water, dairy products, fish, meat, egg, and vegetables are a ubiquitous concern to the general population. Therefore, understanding EDCs' properties, such as origin, exposure, toxicological impact, and legal aspects are vital to control their release to the environment and food. The present paper provides an overview of the EDCs and their possible disrupting impact on the endocrine system and other organs.
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Safety, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Food Safety and Hygiene Division, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Nutrition, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Food and Drug Administration of Iran, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P.O. Box 1475744741, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
- Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
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- Food Safety and Hygiene Division, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies “G.F. Ingrassia,” Hygiene and Public Health, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 87, 95123, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies “G.F. Ingrassia,” Hygiene and Public Health, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 87, 95123, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Technology of Chemistry, Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, Baku, Azerbaijan
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- Department of Technology of Chemistry, Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, Baku, Azerbaijan
- Department of Fruit and Vegetable Product Technology, Prof. Wacław Dąbrowski Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology – State Research Institute, 36 Rakowiecka St., 02-532, Warsaw, Poland
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Nemesházi E, Gál Z, Ujhegyi N, Verebélyi V, Mikó Z, Üveges B, Lefler KK, Jeffries DL, Hoffmann OI, Bókony V. Novel genetic sex markers reveal high frequency of sex reversal in wild populations of the agile frog (Rana dalmatina) associated with anthropogenic land use. Mol Ecol 2020; 29:3607-3621. [PMID: 32799395 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Populations of ectothermic vertebrates are vulnerable to environmental pollution and climate change because certain chemicals and extreme temperatures can cause sex reversal during early ontogeny (i.e. genetically female individuals develop male phenotype or vice versa), which may distort population sex ratios. However, we have troublingly little information on sex reversals in natural populations, due to unavailability of genetic sex markers. Here, we developed a genetic sexing method based on sex-linked single nucleotide polymorphism loci to study the prevalence and fitness consequences of sex reversal in agile frogs (Rana dalmatina). Out of 125 juveniles raised in laboratory without exposure to sex-reversing stimuli, 6 showed male phenotype but female genotype according to our markers. These individuals exhibited several signs of poor physiological condition, suggesting stress-induced sex reversal and inferior fitness prospects. Among 162 adults from 11 wild populations in North-Central Hungary, 20% of phenotypic males had female genotype according to our markers. These individuals occurred more frequently in areas of anthropogenic land use; this association was attributable to agriculture and less strongly to urban land use. Female-to-male sex-reversed adults had similar body mass as normal males. We recorded no events of male-to-female sex reversal either in the laboratory or in the wild. These results support recent suspicions that sex reversal is widespread in nature, and suggest that human-induced environmental changes may contribute to its pervasiveness. Furthermore, our findings indicate that sex reversal is associated with stress and poor health in early life, but sex-reversed individuals surviving to adulthood may participate in breeding.
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- Edina Nemesházi
- Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Research Group Plant Protection Institute Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
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- NARIC Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Research Group Plant Protection Institute Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
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- Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Research Group Plant Protection Institute Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
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- Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Research Group Plant Protection Institute Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
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- Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Research Group Plant Protection Institute Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Institute for Conservation of Natural Resources, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Research Group Plant Protection Institute Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary
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Zhang W, Li D, Zhang J, Jiang L, Li Z, Lin JS. Preparation and Characterization of Aptamers Against O,p'-DDT. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21062211. [PMID: 32210057 PMCID: PMC7139375 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21062211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The compound 1,1,1-trichloro-2-(p-chlorophenyl)-2-(o-chlorophenyl) ethane (o,p’-DDT) has been identified as one of the endocrine-disrupting chemicals causing adverse effects on wildlife and even humans through bioaccumulation. Its detection has become increasingly important. We have obtained candidate aptamers binding to o,p’-DDT by a systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) protocol. Five out of seventeen candidate sequences were selected for preliminary characterization by SYBR Green I assay. One sequence with highest fluorescence response with o,p’-DDT, designated DDT_13, was chosen for further characterization. Its dissociation constant (Kd) was determined to be 412.3 ± 124.6 nM. DDT_13 exhibited low cross-binding activities on other tested small molecules. The good bioactivities of DDT_13 were demonstrated for the analysis of spiked lake water and tap water samples. This study provides a novel o,p’-DDT-specific probe for its future applications.
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Transcriptome-Based Identification and Molecular Evolution of the Cytochrome P450 Genes and Expression Profiling under Dimethoate Treatment in Amur Stickleback ( Pungitius sinensis). Animals (Basel) 2019; 9:ani9110873. [PMID: 31661806 PMCID: PMC6912322 DOI: 10.3390/ani9110873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Cytochrome P450s (CYPs) are a family of membrane-bound mono-oxygenase proteins, which are involved in cell metabolism and detoxification of various xenobiotic substances. In this study, we identified 58 putative CYP genes in Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis) based on the transcriptome sequencing. Conserved motif distribution suggested their functional relevance within each group. Some present recombination events have accelerated the evolution of this gene family. Moreover, a few positive selection sites were identified, which may have accelerated the functional divergence of this family of proteins. Expression patterns of these CYP genes were investigated and indicated that most were affected by dimethoate treatment, suggesting that CYPs were involved in the detoxication of dimethoate. This study will provide a foundation for the further functional investigation of CYP genes in fishes.
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Chen L, Lam JCW, Hu C, Tsui MMP, Lam PKS, Zhou B. Perfluorobutanesulfonate Exposure Skews Sex Ratio in Fish and Transgenerationally Impairs Reproduction. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:8389-8397. [PMID: 31269390 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Perfluorobutanesulfonate (PFBS) is increasingly polluting aquatic environments due to worldwide manufacturing and application. However, toxicological knowledge regarding PFBS exposure remains scarce. Here, we showed that PFBS life-cycle exposure at environmentally realistic concentrations (0, 1.0, 2.9, and 9.5 μg/L) skewed the sex ratio in fish toward male dominance, while reproductive functions of female fish were greatly impaired, as characterized by extremely small ovaries, blocked oocyte development, and decreased egg production. Endocrine disruption through the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis was induced by PFBS exposure, showing antiestrogenic activity in females but estrogenic activity in males. PFBS was found to gradually accumulate in F0 adults during continuous exposure but can be rapidly eliminated when depurated in clean water. Parental exposure also transferred PFBS pollutant to F1 offspring eggs. Although no trace of PFBS was detected in F1 adults and F2 eggs, adverse effects from parental exposure persisted in F1 and F2 offspring. These transgenerational effects implicate PFBS as an ongoing threat to the fitness and sustainability of fish populations. The dramatic impairment of fish reproduction highlights the urgency of re-evaluations of the ecological and evolutionary consequences of PFBS exposure.
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- Lianguo Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Wuhan 430072 , China
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- State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution , City University of Hong Kong , Kowloon , Hong Kong SAR , China
- Department of Science and Environmental Studies , The Education University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR , China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering , Wuhan Institute of Technology , Wuhan 430072 , China
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- State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution , City University of Hong Kong , Kowloon , Hong Kong SAR , China
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- State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution , City University of Hong Kong , Kowloon , Hong Kong SAR , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Wuhan 430072 , China
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Wang C, Zhang S, Zhou Y, Huang C, Mu D, Giesy JP, Hu J. Equol Induces Gonadal Intersex in Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes) at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations: Comparison with 17β-Estradiol. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:7852-60. [PMID: 27305592 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Equol is present in the aquatic environment via livestock waste and runoff discharge; however, it remains unclear whether it can induce gonadal intersex in fish at environmentally relevant concentrations. This study evaluated adverse effects of equol on gonadal development by exposing transgenic Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) from hatching for 100 days. Equol induced intersex incidence in male medaka in a dose-dependent manner, and the benchmark dose corresponding to 10% intersex incidence (BMD10) was 11.5 ng/L (95% confidence interval (CI): 5.8 ng/L, 19.8 ng/L), which was comparable to the required dose of 17β-estradiol (E2β) (9.0 ng/L, 95% CI: 6.6 ng/L, 11.0 ng/L). Equol exposure resulted in reduced plasma 11-ketotestosterone (11-KT) concentrations in male medaka at 1.3 ng/L, while reduced plasma 11-KT concentrations were observed at a relatively high concentration (6.4 ng/L) of E2β. Such antiandrogenic property could partly explain the comparable potency of equol with that of E2β to induce intersex at relatively low concentrations, although the binding affinity of equol to medaka estrogen receptor α (EC50 939.4 nM) was 230-fold lower than that (4.07 nM) of E2β. This study for the first time demonstrated that equol could induce intersex in medaka fish at environmentally relevant concentrations.
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- Chen Wang
- MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100871, China
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- MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100871, China
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- MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100871, China
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- MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100871, China
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- MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100871, China
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Center, University of Saskatchewan , 44 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B3, Canada
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- MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University , Beijing, 100871, China
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Lei B, Peng W, Li W, Yu Y, Xu J, Wang Y. Diethylstilbestrol at environmental levels affects the development of early life stage and target gene expression in Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes). ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2016; 25:563-573. [PMID: 26908245 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-016-1615-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this study, the biologic effects of DES on the early life and adult life stages of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) were evaluated. At the early life stage, the fertilized eggs were exposed to 1-1000 ng/L diethylstilbestrol (DES) for 15 days and the hatched larvae were continually exposed to the same concentrations for an additional 25 days. Significant adverse effects on hatchability, time to hatching and mortality rate occurred at DES concentrations of 100 and 1000 ng/L, while the abnormality (scoliosis and abdominal swelling) rate was significantly increased at 10 ng/L and above. After exposure, the fish were maintained in charcoal-dechlorinated tap water for a further 30 days. Only the male gonadosomatic index (GSI) at 1000 ng/L was significantly increased. At concentrations greater than 1 ng/L, estrogen receptor α (ERα) mRNA in both sexes and vitellogenin-I (Vtg-I) mRNA in males were significantly down-regulated; while Vtg-I mRNA in females was significantly up-regulated. When sexually mature medaka were exposed to 10 and 1000 ng/L DES for 21 days, only the GSI in females was significantly decreased at 1000 ng/L. At 10 and 1000 ng/L, ERα mRNA in both sexes was significantly down-regulated, while Vtg-I mRNA in males was significantly up-regulated. These findings showed that DES at the environmental concentration of 10 ng/L can affect the early life stage development of medaka and alter liver ERα and Vtg-I gene expression. Therefore, if we only focused on these sensitive toxicity endpoints such as ERα and Vtg-I mRNA expression, DES has a strong estrogenic effect on Japanese medaka.
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- Bingli Lei
- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Nanchen Rd 333, Baoshan District, Shanghai, 200444, China.
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Nanchen Rd 333, Baoshan District, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Nanchen Rd 333, Baoshan District, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Nanchen Rd 333, Baoshan District, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Nanchen Rd 333, Baoshan District, Shanghai, 200444, China
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Onduka T, Ojima D, Ito K, Mochida K, Koyama J, Fujii K. Reproductive toxicity of 1-nitronaphthalene and 1-nitropyrene exposure in the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2015; 24:648-656. [PMID: 25573786 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-014-1412-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/28/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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After pregnant mummichog were implanted with 1-nitronaphthalene or 1-nitropyrene via cholesterol pellet, we investigated the effects of the chemicals on embryo normality, hatchability and days to hatch of normal embryos, and growth and survival of hatched larvae from normal embryos of the implanted mummichog. Hatchability was the parameter most sensitive to the effects of both 1-nitronaphthalene and 1-nitropyrene. The 4-week lowest-observed-effect concentration (LOEC) of 1-nitronaphthalene, based on the actual concentrations in the eggs in the test, was 447 ng g(-1) wet wt.; and the LOEC and no-observed-effect concentration (NOEC) of 1-nitropyrene were 958 and 344 ng g(-1) wet wt., respectively. The 4-week LOEC of 1-nitronaphthalene, based on the concentration in the water, was estimated at 4.8 µg L(-1) by using the reported bioconcentration factor; and the LOEC and NOEC of 1-nitropyrene, based on the concentration in the water, were estimated at 3.1 and 8.6 µg L(-1), respectively. The reported environmental concentrations of 1-nitropyrene and 1-nitronaphthalene are over three magnitudes lower than the toxicity values we obtained. Therefore, the effects of environmental levels of 1-nitropyrene and 1-nitronaphthalene on fish reproduction, not including genomic effects on embryos, appear to be almost negligible. However, DNA damage has been detected in marine organisms exposed to 1-nitropyrene. Further studies of the genotoxicity of nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at environmental levels are therefore needed to evaluate their ecotoxicological risks.
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- Toshimitsu Onduka
- National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency, 2-17-5 Maruishi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, 739-0452, Japan,
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Tiedeken JA, Ramsdell JS. DDT exposure of zebrafish embryos enhances seizure susceptibility: relationship to fetal p,p'-DDE burden and domoic acid exposure of California sea lions. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2009; 117:68-73. [PMID: 19165389 PMCID: PMC2627867 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2008] [Accepted: 08/01/2008] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND California sea lions have a large body burden of organochlorine pesticides, and over the last decade they have also been subject to domoic acid poisoning. Domoic acid poisoning, previously recognized in adult animals, is now viewed as a major cause of prenatal mortality. The appearance of a chronic juvenile domoic acid disease in the sea lions, characterized by behavioral abnormalities and epilepsy, is consistent with early life poisoning and may be potentiated by organochlorine burden. OBJECTIVE We investigated the interactive effect of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) on neurodevelopment using a zebrafish (Danio rerio) model for seizure behavior to examine the susceptibility to domoic acid-induced seizures after completion of neurodevelopment. METHODS Embryos were exposed (6-30 hr postfertilization) to either o,p'-DDT or p,p'-DDE (dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene) during neurodevelopment via a 0.1% dimethyl sulfoxide solution. These larval (7 days postfertilization) fish were then exposed to either the seizure-inducing drug pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) or domoic acid; resulting seizure behavior was monitored and analyzed for changes using cameras and behavioral tracking software. RESULTS Embryonic exposure to DDTs enhanced PTZ seizures and caused distinct and increased seizure behaviors to domoic acid, most notably a type of head-shaking behavior. CONCLUSION These studies demonstrate that embryonic exposure to DDTs leads to asymptomatic animals at completion of neurodevelopment with greater sensitivity to domoic acid-induced seizures. The body burden levels of p,p'-DDE are close to the range recently found in fetal California sea lions and suggest a potential interactive effect of p,p'-DDE embryonic poisoning and domoic acid toxicity.
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- Address correspondence to J.S. Ramsdell, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, 219 Fort Johnson Rd., Charleston, SC 29412 USA. Telephone: (843) 762-8910. Fax: (843) 762-8700. E-mail:
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Kuhl AJ, Brouwer M. Antiestrogens inhibit xenoestrogen-induced brain aromatase activity but do not prevent xenoestrogen-induced feminization in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2006; 114:500-6. [PMID: 16581536 PMCID: PMC1440771 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In fish, exposure to estrogen or estrogen-mimicking chemicals (xenoestrogens) during a critical period of development can irreversibly invert sex differentiation. In medaka, a male-to-female reversal upon exposure to a xenoestrogen is accompanied by an increase in brain aromatase expression and activity. However, whether this increase is the direct cause of sex reversal is unknown. In this study we further examined the role brain aromatase plays in genesis of developmental abnormalities in response to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). Further, the effects of a mixture of apparent antagonistic environmentally relevant EDCs on development were examined to determine if their combined actions could lessen each other's impacts. To this end, hatchling medaka were subjected in a 2-week flow-through immersion exposure to an estrogen mimic [dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (o,p -DDT)] and to pharmaceutical [fadrozole (FAD)] and environmental aromatase inhibitors [tributyltin (TBT)] alone and in combination. Brain aromatase expression and enzyme activity were measured on exposure days 5, 9, and 14 by real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and tritiated water release assay, respectively. We recorded sex reversals at sexual maturity by examining the phenotypic and genotypic sex of d-rR-strain medaka. Results indicate that FAD and TBT inhibit aromatase activity in o,p -DDT-treated fish but do not prevent feminization, indicating that increased brain aromatase activity is not critical to EDC-induced male-to-female sex inversion. The observation that estradiol biosynthesis inhibitors do not block the effect of the xenoestrogen suggests that in the environment, exposure to seemingly antagonistic EDCs does not necessarily lessen the harmful impacts of these compounds.
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- Adam J Kuhl
- University of Southern Mississippi, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564, USA
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Kiparissis Y, Balch GC, Metcalfe TL, Metcalfe CD. Effects of the isoflavones genistein and equol on the gonadal development of Japanese medaka Oryzias latipes. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2003; 111:1158-63. [PMID: 12842767 PMCID: PMC1241568 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The estrogenic isoflavone compound genistein recently has been found in the effluents of sewage treatment plants and pulp mills, and the related compound equol has been detected in the runoff from agricultural fields treated with hog manure. Waterborne exposures of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) to equol from soon after hatch to approximately 100 days posthatch induced gonadal intersex (i.e., testis-ova) in males at incidences of 10 and 87% in equol treatments of 0.4 and 0.8 micro g/L, respectively. Exposure to the highest test concentration of genistein, 1,000 micro g/L, also caused a low incidence (i.e., 12%) of gonadal intersex in male medaka. The ovaries of female medaka from both equol and genistein treatments showed delayed oocyte maturation, atretic oocytes, an enlarged ovarian lumen, proliferation of somatic stromal tissue, and primordial germ cells; responses were concentration dependent. Alterations to externally visible secondary sex characteristics occurred in medaka exposed to both equol and genistein. In treatments with 1,000 micro g/L genistein, 72% of male medaka (as identified by the gonadal phenotype) showed feminized secondary sex characteristics. Gonadal intersex and alterations to secondary sex characteristics have been noted in several fish populations around the world. This laboratory study indicates that isoflavone compounds should be considered candidate estrogenic compounds that may be involved in the alteration of sexual development in feral fish populations.
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- Yiannis Kiparissis
- Environmental and Resource Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
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Qin ZF, Zhou JM, Chu SG, Xu XB. Effects of Chinese domestic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on gonadal differentiation in Xenopus laevis. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2003; 111:553-6. [PMID: 12676614 PMCID: PMC1241443 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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To determine whether polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) influence gonadal differentiation in Xenopus laevis, tadpoles were exposed to two Chinese domestic PCBs (PCB3 and PCB5 from Nieuwkoop and Faber stage 46/47 to complete metamorphosis. Gonads were characterized using a dissecting microscope. The control X. laevis had normal ovaries or testes in gross morphology, whereas obviously abnormal testes including ovotestes were found in PCB3- and PCB5-exposed groups. Ovotestes were characterized by morphologic ovaries in the cranial and caudal parts and morphologic testes in the middle part. PCBs did not alter the percentage of females but reduced the percentage of males with morphologically normal testes. The histologic structure of gonads was examined by a series of sections. Morphologically normal and abnormal testes from a few frogs exposed to PCBs were interspersed with oocytes in histologic sections. These testes exhibited looser structure with fewer seminiferous tubes, spermatogonia, and spermatozoa than in controls. The findings suggest that PCB3 and PCB5 have significant feminization effects on gonadal differentiation in X. laevis and that this species is sensitive to endocrine disruption and may be used as a good model to study endocrine disruption.
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- Zhan-Fen Qin
- Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Papoulias DM, Villalobos SA, Meadows J, Noltie DB, Giesy JP, Tillitt DE. In ovo exposure to o,p -DDE affects sexual development but not sexual differentiation in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2003; 111:29-32. [PMID: 12515675 PMCID: PMC1241302 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Despite being banned in many countries, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolites dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD) continue to be found in fish tissues at concentrations of concern. Like o,p -DDT, o,p -DDE is estrogenic and is believed to exert its effects through binding to the estrogen receptor. The limited toxicologic data for o,p -DDE suggest that it decreases fecundity and fertility of fishes. We conducted an egg injection study using the d-rR strain of medaka and environmentally relevant concentrations of o,p -DDE to examine its effects on sexual differentiation and development. The gonads of exposed fish showed no evidence of sex reversal or intersex. However, other gonad abnormalities occurred in exposed individuals. Females exhibited few vitellogenic oocytes and increased atresia. Male testes appeared morphologically normal but were very small. Gonadosomatic index values for both sexes were lower for exposed fish. Our observations of abnormal female and very small male gonads after in ovo o,p -DDE exposure may be indicative of effects on early endocrine processes important for normal ovarian and testicular development.
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- Diana M Papoulias
- U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, Missouri 65201, USA.
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Cossette LJ, Gaumond I, Martinoli MG. Combined effect of xenoestrogens and growth factors in two estrogen-responsive cell lines. Endocrine 2002; 18:303-8. [PMID: 12450323 DOI: 10.1385/endo:18:3:303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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It is now well recognized that estrogenic signaling mechanisms are far more complex than once thought. Several crosstalks between the estrogen receptor and other signaling pathways may influence the estrogenic stimulation of cell growth. Thus, the estrogenic effects of several environmental contaminants, now suspected to act as endocrine disrupters, may be influenced by a simultaneous stimulation of other signaling pathways. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the growth response of two estrogen-responsive cell lines, MCF-7 and GH3, treated with xenoestrogens might be affected by the addition of growth factors to their culture medium. Cells were treated with two known xenoestrogens, endosulfan and chlordane, alone or in the presence of insulin-like growth factor-1 and epidermal growth factor, respectively, and their growth was measured using the 2,3-bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxyanilide proliferation assay. Our results show that treatment with endosulfan or chlordane as well as treatment with growth factors increased cell growth, while the administration of xenoestrogens together with growth factors triggered a partly additive response with no antagonist or synergistic effect. These results sustain a role for xenoestrogens in cellular growth.
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- Louis J Cossette
- Department of Biochemistry, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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Turusov V, Rakitsky V, Tomatis L. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT): ubiquity, persistence, and risks. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2002; 110:125-8. [PMID: 11836138 PMCID: PMC1240724 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 349] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Due to uncontrolled use for several decades, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), probably the best known and most useful insecticide in the world, has damaged wildlife and might have negative effects on human health. This review gives a brief history of the use of DDT in various countries and presents the results of epidemiologic and experimental studies of carcinogenesis. Even though its use has been prohibited in most countries for ecologic considerations, mainly because of its negative impact on wildlife, it is still used in some developing countries for essential public health purposes, and it is still produced for export in at least three countries. Due to its stability and its capacity to accumulate in adipose tissue, it is found in human tissues, and there is now not a single living organism on the planet that does not contain DDT. The possible contribution of DDT to increasing the risks for cancers at various sites and its possible role as an endocrine disruptor deserve further investigation. Although there is convincing experimental evidence for the carcinogenicity of DDT and of its main metabolites DDE and DDD, epidemiologic studies have provided contrasting or inconclusive, although prevailingly negative, results. The presence and persistence of DDT and its metabolites worldwide are still problems of great relevance to public health. Efficient pesticides that do not have the negative properties of DDT, together with the development of alternative methods to fight malaria, should be sought with the goal of completely banning DDT.
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- Vladimir Turusov
- N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Centre, Kashirskoye 24, 115478 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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Cheek AO, Brouwer TH, Carroll S, Manning S, McLachlan JA, Brouwer M. Experimental evaluation of vitellogenin as a predictive biomarker for reproductive disruption. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2001; 109:681-90. [PMID: 11485866 PMCID: PMC1240371 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Vitellogenin (VTG) synthesis in male oviparous vertebrates is used as an indicator of environmental estrogen exposure, but the relationship between elevated VTG levels and the effects of environmental estrogens on reproductive success are poorly understood. To examine whether altered VTG expression predicts reproductive impairment, we exposed medaka (Oryzias latipes) for 2 or 8 weeks posthatch to 0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, and 7.5 ppb of the environmental estrogen o,p'-DDT. Fish were sampled 2, 4, and 8 weeks after hatch to examine VTG expression and gonad development. After exposure, fish were transferred to clean water, grown to sexual maturity, and placed in mating pairs. We collected eggs for 7 days and scored them for fecundity (number of eggs), fertility (percent fertilized), and hatching success (percent hatched). DDT had no effect on VTG expression after a 2-week exposure, whereas all doses induced VTG after 8 weeks. At both exposure durations, the highest doses of DDT caused a female-skewed sex ratio in adults. Gonadal feminization appeared to be progressive: some ovotestes were observed after 2- or 4-week exposure to the two highest doses, but the proportion of ovaries increased after 8 weeks. Both 2- and 8-week exposures significantly reduced fertility and hatching success at all doses, with lower doses having a greater effect after longer exposure. Fertility and hatching success were more sensitive to estrogenic disruption than were gonad differentiation and vitellogenin expression. We suggest that VTG expression may be interpreted as a warning of reproductive consequences, but absence of expression cannot be interpreted as absence of consequences.
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- A O Cheek
- Department of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA 70402, USA.
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Kimm-Brinson KL, Ramsdell JS. The red tide toxin, brevetoxin, induces embryo toxicity and developmental abnormalities. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2001; 109:377-81. [PMID: 11335186 PMCID: PMC1240278 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Brevetoxins are lipophilic polyether toxins produced by the red tide dinoflagellate Gymnodinium breve, and their neurotoxic effects on adult animals have been documented. In this study, we characterized adverse developmental effects of brevetoxin-1 (PbTx-1) using an exposure paradigm that parallels the maternal oocyte transfer of toxin. Medaka fish (Oryzias latipes) embryos were exposed to PbTx-1 via microinjection of toxin reconstituted in a triolein oil droplet. Embryos microinjected with doses of 0.1-8.0 ng/egg (ppm) of brevetoxin-1 exhibited pronounced muscular activity (hyperkinesis) after embryonic day 4. Upon hatching, morphologic abnormalities were commonly found in embryos at the following lowest adverse effect levels: 1.0-3.0 ppm, lateral curvature of the spinal column; 3.1-3.4 ppm, herniation of brain meninges through defects in the skull; and 3.4-4.0 ppm, malpositioned eye. Hatching abnormalities were also commonly observed at brevetoxin doses of 2.0 ppm and higher with head-first, as opposed to the normal tail-first, hatching, and doses > 4.1 ng/egg produced embryos that developed but failed to hatch. Given the similarity of developmental processes found between higher and lower vertebrates, teratogenic effects of brevetoxins have the potential to occur among different phylogenetic classes. The observation of developmental abnormalities after PbTx-1 exposure identifies a new spectrum of adverse effects that may be expected to occur following exposure to G. breve red tide events.
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- K L Kimm-Brinson
- Marine Biotoxins Program, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-National Ocean Service, Charleston, South Carolina 29412, USA
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Snedeker SM. Pesticides and breast cancer risk: a review of DDT, DDE, and dieldrin. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2001; 109 Suppl 1:35-47. [PMID: 11250804 DOI: 10.2307/3434845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Established risk factors for breast cancer explain breast cancer risk only partially. Hence, there has been interest in evaluating what role environmental chemicals, especially those with evidence of being hormonally active agents, play in breast cancer risk. Organochlorine pesticides have received the most attention because of their persistence in the environment, ability to concentrate up the food chain, continued detection in the food supply and breast milk, and ability to be stored in the adipose tissue of animals and humans. Although several early descriptive studies and a cohort study identified a strong positive association with breast cancer risk and adipose or blood levels of the organochlorine pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and/or its metabolite dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), most of the more recent case--control and nested case--control studies have not supported this association. In this review I discuss these findings and explore how exposure to different forms of DDT with varying estrogenicities may have affected the results of these studies. I also address how other factors influence the interpretation of the studies on DDT, DDE, and breast cancer risk. These include the effect of analytic methods, dietary factors, menopausal status, use of different types of control populations, lactation history, estrogen receptor status, ethnic/racial subgroups, breast tumor characteristics, and polymorphisms. I also discuss the emerging research on whether serum levels of the persistent organochlorine insecticide dieldrin are related to breast cancer risk in Danish and American women. Further research needs are also identified.
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- S M Snedeker
- Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors in New York State, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
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Snedeker SM. Pesticides and breast cancer risk: a review of DDT, DDE, and dieldrin. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2001; 109 Suppl 1:35-47. [PMID: 11250804 PMCID: PMC1240541 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109s135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Established risk factors for breast cancer explain breast cancer risk only partially. Hence, there has been interest in evaluating what role environmental chemicals, especially those with evidence of being hormonally active agents, play in breast cancer risk. Organochlorine pesticides have received the most attention because of their persistence in the environment, ability to concentrate up the food chain, continued detection in the food supply and breast milk, and ability to be stored in the adipose tissue of animals and humans. Although several early descriptive studies and a cohort study identified a strong positive association with breast cancer risk and adipose or blood levels of the organochlorine pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and/or its metabolite dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), most of the more recent case--control and nested case--control studies have not supported this association. In this review I discuss these findings and explore how exposure to different forms of DDT with varying estrogenicities may have affected the results of these studies. I also address how other factors influence the interpretation of the studies on DDT, DDE, and breast cancer risk. These include the effect of analytic methods, dietary factors, menopausal status, use of different types of control populations, lactation history, estrogen receptor status, ethnic/racial subgroups, breast tumor characteristics, and polymorphisms. I also discuss the emerging research on whether serum levels of the persistent organochlorine insecticide dieldrin are related to breast cancer risk in Danish and American women. Further research needs are also identified.
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- S M Snedeker
- Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors in New York State, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
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