Impact of environmental pollutants on the male: Effects on germ cell differentiation

Veeramachaneni, DNR

HERO ID

531427

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2008

Language

English

PMID

18155861

HERO ID 531427
In Press No
Year 2008
Title Impact of environmental pollutants on the male: Effects on germ cell differentiation
Authors Veeramachaneni, DNR
Journal Animal Reproduction Science
Volume 105
Issue 1-2
Page Numbers 144-157
Abstract A variety of so-called innocuous chemicals can have insidious and long lasting effects on the developing male reproductive system. Developmental exposures of male rabbits to common industrial contaminants in drinking water (a mixture of arsenic, chromium, lead, benzene, chloroform, phenol, and trichloroethylene); alkyl phenols (e.g. octylphenol); water disinfection by-products (e.g. dibromoacetic acid); anti-androgenic pesticides (e.g. pp'-DDT and vinclozolin); and plasticizers (e.g. dibutyl phthalate) produce testicular dysgenesis. The lesions include testicular carcinoma in situ, also called intratubular germ cell neoplasia - the precursor lesion of germ cell tumors in men, and acrosomal dysgenesis - characterized by sharing of a dysplastic acrosome by two or more spermatids resulting in characteristic sperm acrosomal-nuclear malformations. Certain manifestations of testicular dysgenesis arch across environmental agents, and sequelae of intentional developmental exposures of rabbits duplicate what has been encountered in deer, horses, and humans for which the etiology is uncertain. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Doi 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.11.020
Pmid 18155861
Wosid WOS:000254725800013
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Keyword pesticides; phthalates; chemical pollutants; water disinfection; by-products; testicular dysgenesis; carcinoma in situ; acrosomal dysgenesis
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