The Effect on the Expression of Testicular Steroidogenic Enzymes in Fetal Mouse by Maternal Exposure to TCDD

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  • Mutoh Junpei
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University | School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University of Health and Welfare
  • Ishida Takumi
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Ishii Yuji
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Yamada Hideyuki
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University

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  • ダイオキシン類母体曝露がマウス胎仔精巣の性ステロイドホルモン生合成系発現に及ぼす影響
  • ダイオキシンルイ ボタイ バクロ ガ マウス タイシ セイソウ ノ セイ ステロイド ホルモン セイゴウセイケイ ハツゲン ニ オヨボス エイキョウ

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Abstract

A number of studies have reported that reproductive and developmental disorders are produced by prenatal or postnatal exposure to dioxins such as 2,3,7,8-tertachlorodibenzo-pdioxin (TCDD). These effects would be more serious compared with other toxicities with dioxins,because those injuries appear at much lesser doses than those needed for acute toxicity. Although the mechanisms regulating reproductive and developmental disorders are still unclear, we have recently reported that maternal exposure to TCDD causes the suppression of fetal testicular steroidogenic enzymes in rats. In the present study,we examined whether the same occurs in mice, using C57BL/6J and DBA/2N strains. The result showed that TCDD does not show any effect on the expression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein mRNA in both strains. To the best of our knowledge, abnormal sexual behavior by fetal exposure to TCDD has never been reported in mice. Therefore,our result supports a possibility that abnormal sex behavior by exposure to TCDD at the fetal stages occurs in rats but not in mice. In addition, the data obtained suggest that the suppression of fetal testicular steroidogenic enzymes is, at least, one of the key mechanisms for impaired sex behavior induced by dioxin.

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  • 福岡醫學雜誌

    福岡醫學雜誌 98 (5), 203-207, 2007-05-25

    Fukuoka Medical Association

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