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In utero and lactational exposures to low doses of polybrominated diphenyl ether-47 alter the reproductive system and thyroid gland of female rat offspring (2008)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Talsness, Chris E

Kuriyama, Sergio N

Sterner-Kock, Anja

Schnitker, Petra

Wichert Grande, Simone

Shakibaei, Mehdi

Andrade, Anderson

Grote, Konstanze

Chahoud, Ibrahim

Quelle

Environmental health perspectives

Bandzählung: 116

Heftzählung: 3

Seiten: 308 – 314

ISSN: 1552-9924

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10536

Pubmed: 18335096

Kontakt

Institut für Tierpathologie

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14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 62450
pathologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are capable of disrupting thyroid hormone homeostasis. PBDE-47 (2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether) is one of the most abundant congeners found in human breast adipose tissue and maternal milk samples.

We evaluated the effects of developmental exposure to low doses of PBDE-47 on the female reproductive system.

Pregnant Wistar rats were administered vehicle (peanut oil) or PBDE-47 [140 or 700 microg/kg body weight (bw)] on gestation day (GD) 6, or 5 mg 6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil (PTU)/L in the drinking water from GD7 through postnatal day (PND) 21.

In female offspring sacrificed on PND38, there was a significant decrease in ovarian weight after exposure to PTU or 140 microg/kg PBDE-47. Alterations in folliculogenesis were apparent: we observed a decrease in tertiary follicles and serum estradiol concentrations in the offspring exposed to either PTU or 700 microg/kg PBDE-47. PTU exposure also resulted in a decrease in primordial follicles. On PND100, persistent effects on the thyroid glands included histologic and morphometric changes after exposure to either PTU or PBDE-47. No relevant changes in reproductive indices were observed after mating the exposed F1 females with nontreated males.

Administration of PBDE-47 at doses relevant to human exposure led to changes in the rat female reproductive system and thyroid gland.