Journal
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 127, Issue -, Pages 137-147Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.04.006
Keywords
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs); Vitellogenin; Zona radiata protein; Intersex; European anchovy
Funding
- MEDIAS [GSA 17, GSA 18, 199/2008, 665/2008]
- Italian Ministry for University and Research [SP2_WPLAZ3_U001]
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Natural/synthetic Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) may display estrogenic activity and a lower potency than 17 beta-estradiol. Nonetheless, their concentrations and additive effects can affect the endocrine system and reproductive processes related to the Hypothalamic Pituitary Gonadal (HPG) axis. Because of their persistence in both the environment and biological systems, they ultimately target multi-level predators, including humans. We detected presence and effects of xenobiotics on wild anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus in the Western Adriatic Sea. Twenty-one PCBs and five organochlorines were detected on the order of ng g(-1); vitellogenin, vitellogenin receptor and genes encoding for the zona radiata proteins were evaluated in gonad and/or liver and found transcribed in male specimens; in addition, intersex was histologically identified in the 13% of testis. Our results have developed the understanding of the European anchovy's reproductive toxicological risk and our approach could assist the comprehension of the complex dynamics of commercially relevant Teleost species. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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