Early Neuroendocrine Disruption in Hypothalamus and Hippocampus: Developmental Effects Including Female Sexual Maturation and Implications for Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Screening
| Autor: | Arlette Gerard, Sofie Janssen, Anneline Pinson, Delphine Franssen, Anne-Simone Parent, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Elise Naveau |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Delayed puberty
medicine.medical_specialty Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Hypothalamus Diethylstilbestrol Endocrine Disruptors Biology Hippocampus Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Endocrinology Internal medicine medicine Animals Humans Sexual maturity Endocrine system Perinatal Exposure Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Sexual Development Leptin Female medicine.symptom Hormone medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 25:1079-1087 |
| ISSN: | 0953-8194 |
| Popis: | The timing of puberty has been mainly studied in females for several reasons, including the possible evaluation of a precise timer (i.e. menarcheal age) and concerns with respect to the high prevalence of precocity in females as opposed to males. Human evidence of altered female pubertal timing after exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) is equivocal. Among the limiting factors, most studies evaluate exposure to single EDCs at the time of puberty and hardly assess the impact of lifelong exposure to mixtures of EDCs. Some rodent and ovine studies indicate a possible role of foetal and neonatal exposure to EDCs, in accordance with the concept of an early origin of health and disease. Such effects possibly involve neuroendocrine mechanisms because the hypothalamus is a site where homeostasis of reproduction, as well as control of energy balance, is programmed and regulated. In our previous studies, pulsatile gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion control via oestrogen, glutamate and aryl hydrocarbon receptors was shown to be involved in the mechanism of sexual precocity after early postnatal exposure to the insecticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Very recently, we have shown that neonatal exposure to the potent synthetic oestrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES) is followed by early or delayed puberty depending on the dose, with consistent changes in developmental increase of GnRH pulse frequency. Moreover, DES results in reduced leptin stimulation of GnRH secretion in vitro, an effect that is additive with prenatal food restriction. Thus, using puberty as an endpoint of the effects of EDC, it appears necessary to consider pre- and perinatal exposure to low doses and to pay attention to the other conditions of prenatal life, such as energy availability, keeping in mind the possibility that puberty could not only be advanced, but also delayed through neuroendocrine mechanisms. |
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