Neonatal exposure to a glyphosate-based herbicide alters the uterine differentiation of prepubertal ewe lambs
| Autor: | Mónica Muñoz-de-Toro, Paola I. Ingaramo, María V. Tschopp, Ramiro Alarcón, Oscar E. Rivera, Mercedes M. Milesi, Enrique H. Luque, Gisela H. Dioguardi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis medicine.medical_treatment Uterus Glycine Ciencias de la Salud Salud Pública y Medioambiental 010501 environmental sciences Biology Toxicology 01 natural sciences Andrology ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FEMALE FERTILITY Gene expression medicine Animals 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Sheep Cell growth Herbicides Growth factor Cell Differentiation General Medicine Pollution UTERINE DEVELOPMENT WNT5A EWE LAMBS medicine.anatomical_structure WNT7A SHEEP Animals Newborn Immunohistochemistry Female FOXA2 ANIMAL PRODUCTION |
| Zdroj: | Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). 265 |
| ISSN: | 1873-6424 |
| Popis: | The exposure to endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), such as glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs), during early life might alter female fertility. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of neonatal exposure to a GBH on sheep uterine development. To achieve this, Friesian ewe lambs were exposed to GBH (2 mg/kg of body weight/day; n = 12) or vehicle (controls; n = 10) through s.c. injections, from postnatal day (PND) 1 to PND14; on PND45, the uteri were obtained to evaluate histomorphological and molecular parameters. Morphological parameters were determined by picrosirius-hematoxylin staining. Protein expression of Ki67 (as a cell proliferation marker), p27, and molecules involved in uterine organogenetic differentiation was measured by immunohistochemistry. We also determined the mRNA expression of the IGF molecular pathway by RT-PCR. Although histomorphology was not modified, the uteri of GBH-exposed ewe lambs showed lower cell proliferation, together with higher p27 protein expression. In addition, the uteri of GBH-exposed ewe lambs showed increased gene expression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3), decreased expression of ERα in the luminal (LE) and glandular (GE) epithelia and in the subepithelial stroma (SS), and lower PR expression in the LE but higher in the GE and SS. In addition, GBH treatment decreased the uterine expression of Wnt5a in the GE, of Wnt7a in the SS, of β-catenin in the LE and GE, of Hoxa10 in the SS, and of Foxa2 in the GE as compared with controls. In conclusion, neonatal exposure to GBH decreased cell proliferation and altered the expression of molecules that control proliferation and development in the uterus. All these changes might have adverse consequences on uterine differentiation and functionality, affecting the female reproductive health of sheep. GBH may be responsible for uterine subfertility, acting as an EDC. Fil: Alarcón, Ramiro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Salud y Ambiente del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Salud y Ambiente del Litoral; Argentina Fil: Rivera, Oscar Edgardo. Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora. Facultad de Cs.agrarias. Instituto de Investigacion En Produccion Agropecuaria Ambiente y Salud. - Comision de Investigaciones Cientificas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigacion En Produccion Agropecuaria Ambiente y Salud.; Argentina Fil: Ingaramo, Paola Inés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Salud y Ambiente del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Salud y Ambiente del Litoral; Argentina Fil: Tschopp, María Virginia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Salud y Ambiente del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Salud y Ambiente del Litoral; Argentina Fil: Dioguardi, Gisela Haydeé. Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora. Facultad de Cs.agrarias. Instituto de Investigacion En Produccion Agropecuaria Ambiente y Salud. - Comision de Investigaciones Cientificas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigacion En Produccion Agropecuaria Ambiente y Salud.; Argentina Fil: Milesi, Maria Mercedes. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Salud y Ambiente del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Salud y Ambiente del Litoral; Argentina Fil: Muñoz de Toro, Monica Milagros. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Salud y Ambiente del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Salud y Ambiente del Litoral; Argentina Fil: Luque, Enrique Hugo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Salud y Ambiente del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Salud y Ambiente del Litoral; Argentina |
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