Department of Physiological Sciences and Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States.
Department of Physiological Sciences and Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States.
Aquat Toxicol. 2014 Nov;156:148-60. doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.08.008. Epub 2014 Aug 27.
17Alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2), used for birth control in humans, is a potent estrogen that is found in wastewater at low concentrations (ng/l). EE2 has the ability to interfere with the endocrine system of fish, affecting reproduction which can result in population level effects. The objective of this study was to determine if dietary exposure to EE2 would alter gene expression patterns and key pathways in the liver and ovary and whether these could be associated with reproductive endpoints in female largemouth bass during egg development. Female LMB received 70ng EE2/g feed (administered at 1% of body weight) for 60 days. EE2 dietary exposure significantly reduced plasma vitellogenin concentrations by 70%. Hepatosomatic and gonadosomatic indices were also decreased with EE2 feeding by 38.5% and 40%, respectively. Transcriptomic profiling revealed that there were more changes in steady state mRNA levels in the liver compared to the ovary. Genes associated with reproduction were differentially expressed, such as vitellogenin in the liver and aromatase in the gonad. In addition, a set of genes related with oxidative stress (e.g. glutathione reductase and glutathione peroxidase) were identified as altered in the liver and genes associated with the immune system (e.g. complement component 1, and macrophage-inducible C-type lectin) were altered in the gonad. In a follow-up study with 0.2ng EE2/g feed for 60 days, similar phenotypic and gene expression changes were observed that support these findings with the higher concentrations. This study provides new insights into how dietary exposure to EE2 interferes with endocrine signaling pathways in female LMB during a critical period of reproductive oogenesis.
17α-乙炔基雌二醇(EE2),用于人类避孕,是一种有效的雌激素,在低浓度(ng/L)下存在于废水中。EE2 能够干扰鱼类的内分泌系统,影响繁殖,从而导致种群水平的影响。本研究的目的是确定饮食暴露于 EE2 是否会改变肝脏和卵巢中的基因表达模式和关键途径,以及这些途径是否与雌鲈在卵发育过程中的生殖终点有关。雌鲈接受 70ng EE2/g 饲料(按体重的 1%给药)60 天。EE2 饮食暴露使血浆卵黄蛋白原浓度显著降低了 70%。肝体比和性腺体比也分别因 EE2 喂养而降低了 38.5%和 40%。转录组谱分析表明,肝脏中稳定态 mRNA 水平的变化比卵巢中更多。与生殖相关的基因表达差异,如肝脏中的卵黄蛋白原和性腺中的芳香化酶。此外,还鉴定出一组与氧化应激相关的基因(如谷胱甘肽还原酶和谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶)在肝脏中发生改变,与免疫系统相关的基因(如补体成分 1 和巨噬细胞诱导型 C 型凝集素)在性腺中发生改变。在后续的 60 天 0.2ng EE2/g 饲料的研究中,观察到类似的表型和基因表达变化,支持了这些高浓度研究的结果。本研究为 EE2 饮食暴露如何在雌鲈生殖卵发生的关键时期干扰内分泌信号通路提供了新的见解。