التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
In Utero and Lactational Exposure to a Mixture of Environmental Contaminants Detected in Canadian Arctic Human Populations Alters Retinoid Levels in Rat Offspring with Low Margins of Exposure. |
| المؤلفون: |
Elabbas, Lubna E., Esteban, Javier, Barber, Xavier, Hamscher, Gerd, Nau, Heinz, Bowers, Wayne J., Nakai, Jamie S., Herlin, Maria, Åkesson, Agneta, Viluksela, Matti, Borg, Daniel, Håkansson, Helen |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Toxicology & Environmental Health: Part A; Mar2014, Vol. 77 Issue 5, p223-245, 23p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
POLLUTANTS, RETINOIDS, VITAMIN A, POLYCHLORINATED biphenyls |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
NORTHERN Canada |
| مستخلص: |
Arctic inhabitants are highly exposed to persistent organic pollutants (POP), which may produce adverse health effects. This study characterized alterations in tissue retinoid (vitamin A) levels in rat offspring and their dams following in utero and lactational exposure to the Northern Contaminant Mixture (NCM), a mixture of 27 contaminants including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), organochlorine (OC) pesticides, and methylmercury (MeHg), present in maternal blood of the Canadian Arctic Inuit population. Further, effect levels for retinoid system alterations and other endpoints were compared to the Arctic Inuit population exposure and their interrelationships were assessed. Sprague-Dawley rat dams were dosed with NCM from gestational day 1 to postnatal day (PND) 23. Livers, kidneys and serum were obtained from offspring on PND35, PND77, and PND350 and their dams on PND30 for analysis of tissue retinoid levels, hepatic cytochrome P-450 (CYP) enzymes, and serum thyroid hormones. Benchmark doses were established for all endpoints, and a partial least-squares regression analysis was performed for NCM treatment, hepatic retinoid levels, CYP enzyme induction, and thyroid hormone levels, as well as body and liver weights. Hepatic retinoid levels were sensitive endpoints, with the most pronounced effects at PND35 though still apparent at PND350. The effects on tissue retinoid levels and changes in CYP enzyme activities, body and liver weights, and thyroid hormone levels were associated and likely driven by dioxin-like compounds in the mixture. Low margins of exposure were observed for all retinoid endpoints at PND35. These findings are important for health risk assessment of Canadian Arctic populations and further support the use of retinoid system analyses in testing of endocrine-system-modulating compounds. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
