Effects of perinatal combined exposure to 1,4-dichlorobenzene and 1,1-dichloro-2, 2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethylene on rat male offspring.
Effects of perinatal combined exposure to 1,4-dichlorobenzene and 1,1-dichloro-2, 2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethylene on rat male offspring.
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围产期联合暴露于 1,4-二氯苯和 1,1-二氯-2, 2-双(对氯苯基)乙烯对大鼠雄性后代的影响。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1742-7843.2004.950306.x
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发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Y. Makita
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作者:
Y. Makita
1,4-Dichlorobenzene (DCB) is used as an air deodorant or a moth repellent and 1, 1-dichloro-2, 2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethylene (p,p'-DDE) is a persistent metabolite of 1, 1, 1-trichloro-2, 2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) which was used as a pesticide before. DCB concentrations of residential air and oral p,p'-DDE intake through marine products are demonstrated to be very high in Japan and consequently, foetuses and neonates may be exposed much more to DCB and/or p,p'-DDE via the maternal body. It has recently been reported that DCB is oestrogenic and that p,p'-DDE is antiandrogenic. Therefore, the combined effects of perinatal exposure to DCB and p,p'-DDE have been investigated in rat male offspring of dams ingesting these contaminants during the perinatal period from gestational day 1 to postpartum day 21 for 42 days. In this study, no obvious developmental effects on male offspring have been recognized until 6 weeks of age, following oral administration of 25 ppm DCB (approximately 2 mg/kg) and/or 125 ppm p,p'-DDE (approximately 10 mg/kg) to dams. In contrast to female offspring, the thymus weight in male offspring was not affected by DCB at 6 weeks of age, but there might be sexual differences concerning the effects of DCB on the thymus.