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- Title
Trenbolone causes mortality and altered sexual differentiation in Xenopus tropicalis during larval development.
- Authors
Olmstead, Allen W.; Kosian, Patricia A.; Johnson, Rodney; Blackshear, Pamela E.; Haselman, Jonathan; Blanksma, Chad; Korte, Joseph J.; Holcombe, Gary W.; Burgess, Emily; Lindberg-Livingston, Annelie; Bennett, Blake A.; Woodis, Kacie K.; Degitz, Sigmund J.
- Abstract
Trenbolone is an androgen agonist used in cattle production and has been measured in aquatic systems associated with concentrated animal-feeding operations. In this study, the authors characterized the effects of aqueous exposure to 17β-trenbolone during larval Xenopus tropicalis development. Trenbolone exposure resulted in increased mortality of post-Nieuwkoop-Faber stage 58 tadpoles at concentrations ≥100 ng/L. Morphological observations and the timing of this mortality are consistent with hypertrophy of the larynx. Development of nuptial pads, a male secondary sex characteristic, was induced in tadpoles of both sexes at 100 ng/L. Effects on time to complete metamorphosis or body sizes were not observed; however, grow-outs placed in clean media for six weeks were significantly smaller in body size at 78 ng/L. Effects on sex ratios were equivocal, with the first experiment showing a significant shift in sex ratio toward males at 78 ng/L. In the second experiment, no significant effects were observed up to 100 ng/L, although overall sex ratios were similar. Histological assessment of gonads at metamorphosis showed half with normal male phenotypes and half that possessed a mixed-sex phenotype at 100 ng/L. Hypertrophy of the Wolffian ducts was also observed at this concentration. These results indicate that larval 17β-trenbolone exposure results in effects down to 78 ng/L, illustrating potential effects from exposure to androgenic compounds in anurans. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2012; 31: 2391-2398. © 2012 SETAC
- Subjects
XENOPUS; SEX differentiation (Embryology); ANDROGENS; TADPOLES; AMPHIBIAN metamorphosis; HYPERTROPHY
- Publication
Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 2012, Vol 31, Issue 10, p2391
- ISSN
0730-7268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/etc.1965