Soin Thomas, Smagghe Guy
Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium.
Ecotoxicology. 2007 Feb;16(1):83-93. doi: 10.1007/s10646-006-0118-9.
There is mounting evidence that a wide variety of compounds can have endocrine disrupting effects on humans and wildlife. However, investigations so far have focused primarily on exposure to human and other vertebrates, with invertebrate findings largely restricted to marine mollusks or to the ecdysteroid and juvenile hormone agonists as purposely synthesized endocrine disrupters for the pest management of insects. This article provides a brief description of the insect hormone system, a short sum-up of the relevant insect groups with aquatic life stages, and an overview of the additional evidence for endocrine disruption in aquatic insects from laboratory and field studies since 1999. In addition, the suitability of insects as sentinels for endocrine disrupting chemicals in aquatic ecosystems is discussed. Conclusions are drawn and research needs are defined.
越来越多的证据表明,各种各样的化合物会对人类和野生动物产生内分泌干扰效应。然而,迄今为止的调查主要集中在人类和其他脊椎动物的接触情况,关于无脊椎动物的研究结果大多局限于海洋软体动物,或者局限于作为专门合成的内分泌干扰物用于昆虫害虫防治的蜕皮甾体和保幼激素激动剂。本文简要描述了昆虫激素系统,简要总结了具有水生生活阶段的相关昆虫类群,并概述了自1999年以来实验室和野外研究中有关水生昆虫内分泌干扰的更多证据。此外,还讨论了昆虫作为水生生态系统中内分泌干扰化学物质哨兵的适用性。得出了结论并明确了研究需求。