p,p '-DDE Induces Gonadal Intersex in Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes) at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations: Comparison with o,p '-DDT
p,p '-DDE Induces Gonadal Intersex in Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes) at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations: Comparison with o,p '-DDT
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p,p '-DDE 在环境相关浓度下诱导日本青鳉 (Oryzias latipes) 的性腺双性:与 o,p '-DDT 的比较
DOI:
10.1021/acs.est.5b05042
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
Hu JY
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作者:
Sun Jianxian;Wang Chen;Peng Hui;Zheng Guomao;Zhang Shiyi;Hu Jianying;Hu JY
Previous studies have reported high body burdens of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolites in wild fishes worldwide. This study evaluated the adverse effects of 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl)-ethylene (p,p′-DDE) ando,p′-DDT on gonadal development and reproduction by exposing transgenic Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) from hatch for 100 days. While bothp,p′-DDE ando,p′-DDT induced intersex in male medaka, the lowest observable effective concentration (LOEC) ofo,p′-DDT was 57.7 ng/g ww, about 5-fold lower than that (272 ng/g ww) ofp,p′-DDE. Since LOECs of both chemicals were comparable to the body concentrations in wild fish, DDT contamination would likely contribute to the occurrence of intersex observed in wild fish. Exposure too,p′-DDT resulted in much higher expression of vitellogenin in liver of males thanp,p′-DDE, accordant with the higher potency ofo,p′-DDT thanp,p′-DDE to induce intersex. This phenomenon could be partly explained by the significantly elevated levels of 17β-estradiol in plasma of males exposed too,p′-DDT, in addition to its estrogenic activity via the estrogen receptor. Significantly lower fertilization (p= 0.006) and hatchability (p= 0.019) were observed in the 13 intersex males. This study for the first time demonstrated the induction of intersex and reproductive effects ofp,p′-DDE ando,p′-DDT at environmentally relevant concentrations.