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Title: | Evidence suggesting that di-n-butyl phthalate has anti-androgenic effects in fish |
Authors: | Aoki, KA Harris, CA Katsiadaki, I Sumpter, JP |
Keywords: | Phthalates;Stickleback;Spiggin;Antiandrogen;Plasticizer |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Citation: | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 30(6), 1338-1345, 2011 |
Abstract: | Phthalate ester plasticizers are anti-androgenic in mammals. High doses of certain phthalates consistently interfere with the normal development of male offspring exposed in utero, causing disrupted sperm production, abnormal development of the genitalia, and in some cases infertility. In the environment, phthalates are considered ubiquitous and are commonly measured in aquatic ecosystems at low ng to mu g per litre concentrations. Given the similarity between mammalian and teleost endocrine systems, phthalate esters may be able to cause anti-androgenic endocrine disruption in fish in the wild. In the present study, adult male three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculetaus) (n = 8) were exposed to di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) (0, 15, and 35 mu g DBP/L) for 22 d and analyzed for changes in nesting behavior, plasma androgen concentrations, spiggin concentrations, and steroidogenic gene expression. Plasma testosterone concentrations were significantly higher in males from the 35 mu g DBP/L group compared with the solvent control, whereas plasma 11-ketotestosterone concentrations were not significantly affected. Expression of steroid acute regulatory protein and 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase remained unchanged. Spiggin concentrations were significantly lower in the males exposed to 35 mu g DBP/L. Nest building appeared to be slower in some males exposed to DBP, but this was not statistically significant. These results suggest that DBP has anti-androgenic effects in fish. However, further research is required to firmly establish the consequences of chronic DBP exposure in fish. |
Description: | This article is the pre-print version of the full and final published article. |
URI: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.502/abstract http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5626 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.502 |
ISSN: | 0730-7268 |
Appears in Collections: | Environment Institute for the Environment |
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