In Utero and Lactational Exposure to TCDD; Steroidogenic Outcomes Differ in Male and Female Rat Pups
| Autor: | Tapio Haavisto, Leon J. S. Brokken, S. A. Myllymäki, Matti Viluksela, Jorma Paranko, Jorma Toppari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins medicine.drug_class Biology Toxicology Rats Sprague-Dawley Follicle-stimulating hormone Pregnancy Internal medicine Testis medicine Animals Lactation RNA Messenger Ovarian follicle reproductive and urinary physiology Dose-Response Relationship Drug Cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme Ovary Abnormalities Drug-Induced Gene Expression Regulation Developmental Phosphoproteins Hormones Enzymes Rats Gonadotropin secretion Teratogens Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Animals Newborn Maternal Exposure Sex steroid Female Gonadotropin Luteinizing hormone Hormone |
| Zdroj: | Toxicological Sciences. 88:534-544 |
| ISSN: | 1096-0929 1096-6080 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/toxsci/kfi308 |
| Popis: | TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) has a potency to induce decreased fertility and structural reproductive anomalies in male and female mammals. While the activity profile of sex steroid hormone production distinctly differs in developing males and females, we wanted to analyze sex-specific effects of TCDD introduced in utero and via lactation on gonadal steroidogenesis and gonadotropin levels in male and female rat infant pups. One oral dose of TCDD (0, 0.04, 0.2, or 1.0 microg/kg) was given to dams on gestational day (GD) 13. Plasma testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), and gonadal mRNA levels for steroid acute regulatory protein (StAR), cytochrome P-450 cholesterol side-chain cleavage (P450scc), 3beta-hydroxy-steroid-dehydrogenase/Delta(5)-Delta(4) isomerase type I (3beta-HSD1), P-450 17alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase (P450-17alpha), and cytochrome P-450 aromatase (P450arom) were determined on postnatal days (PND) 10-16. TCDD 1.0 mug/kg reduced body weights but did not affect relative testis weight or alter testicular and ovarian histology. Plasma estradiol levels in dams and female pups were reduced on PND 14 and 16. Progesterone levels remained unaltered, and FSH levels were increased in female pups. In males, testosterone levels were elevated on PND 10. Gonadal mRNA levels for StAR and steroidogenic enzymes increased during the postnatal growth. TCDD caused no changes in relatively low testicular mRNA levels. However, significant reductions in StAR and P450arom mRNA levels were seen in PND 14 ovaries, and P450arom activity was decreased in isolated ovarian follicles. We conclude that developing testis and male gonadotropin secretion are resistant to TCDD-induced toxicity. In female pups, reduced estradiol, ovarian P450arom expression and enzyme activity levels, and elevated FSH levels may have a role in the development of ovarian dysfunction reported in TCDD-exposed females. |
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