Journal
MARINE DRUGS
Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages 4973-4992Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/md11124973
Keywords
17-ethynylestradiol; steroidogenic enzymes; testis; immune-related molecules; gilthead seabream
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- Fundacion Seneca, Coordination Centre for Research, CARM [04538/GERM/06]
- Spanish MICINN [AGL2011-30264-C02-01, AGL2011-30264-C02-02, AGL2010-20801-C02-01]
- European Commission (FEDER/ERDF)
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Pollutants have been reported to disrupt the endocrine system of marine animals, which may be exposed through contaminated seawater or through the food chain. Although 17-ethynylestradiol (EE2), a drug used in hormone therapies, is widely present in the aquatic environment, current knowledge on the sensitivity of marine fish to estrogenic pollutants is limited. We report the effect of the dietary intake of 5 mu g EE2/g food on different processes of testicular physiology, ranging from steroidogenesis to pathogen recognition, at both pre-spermatogenesis (pre-SG) and spermatogenesis (SG) reproductive stages, of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.), a marine hermaphrodite teleost. A differential effect between pre-SG and SG specimens was detected in the sex steroid serum levels and in the expression profile of some steroidogenic-relevant molecules, vitellogenin, double sex- and mab3-related transcription factor 1 and some hormone receptors. Interestingly, EE2 modified the expression pattern of some immune molecules involved in testicular physiology. These differences probably reflect a developmental adjustment of the sensitivity to EE2 in the gilthead seabream gonad.
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