Atrazine Induced Morphological Alterations in Spermatocytes of Goat in vitro

Sharma, R. K.; Chauhan, Priyanka; Fulia, A.

doi:10.3923/jms.2011.177.184

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“…ATZ has a lot of adverse effect on health such as tumors, breast, ovarian, and uterine cancers as well as leukemia and lymphoma. It is an endocrine disrupting chemical interrupting regular hormone function and alters reproductive function not only in human [10] , but also in many other species such as developing alligators [11] , birds [12] , goat [13] , and as most vulnerable amphibians [14] , [15] and fish [16] , causing birth defects, reproductive tumors, and weight loss in amphibians as well as humans. It also causes induction of the detoxifying hepatic microsomal oxidative enzymes, continual synthesis of esterases, physiological adaptation to decreased esterase levels, and adaptation of cholinergic receptors [17] .…”

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Which exposure stage (gestation or lactation) is more vulnerable to atrazine toxicity? Studies on mouse dams and their pups

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Either during gestation or lactation, the experimental mouse dams received one of the following treatments: (a) diet free of pesticide; (b) diet enriched with atrazine (ATZ); 31.0 μg kg−1; (c) diet free of pesticide + oral vitamin E (α-tocopherol; 200 mg kg−1 per mouse); and (d) diet enriched with ATZ (31.0 μg kg−1) + oral vitamin E (200 mg kg−1 per mouse). At the weaning, pups and dams were killed and selected organs and blood samples were collected for analyses. Compared with the control results, ATZ induced alteration in a number of biochemical and histopathological parameters either in the dams or their offspring. The ameliorative effect of vitamin E, based on estimating the “Ameliorative Index; AI” to malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) ranged between 0.95 and 1.06 (≈1.0) for the dams and the pups either in gestational or lactational exposure routes. In general, the mouse pups were more vulnerable to ATZ toxicity than their mothers and exposure during gestation was suggested to be more effective than during lactation. The findings may support the need to further investigating the adverse effects of exposure to low doses of commonly used pesticides, especially during pregnancy and breast-feeding as well as effects on newborn child.

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