Journal
TOXICOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL HEALTH
Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 329-338Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0748233718760419
Keywords
Zebrafish; endocrine; cartilage; craniofacial; atrazine
Funding
- Roanoke College Biology Department
- Roanoke College Summer Scholars Program
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Atrazine is a commonly used herbicide that has previously been implicated as an endocrine-disrupting compound. Previous studies have shown that estrogenic endocrine-disrupting compounds affect the development of the heart, cartilage, and bone in zebrafish (Danio rerio). To determine whether atrazine has effects similar to other endocrine disruptors, zebrafish embryos were treated with a range of atrazine concentrations. Atrazine treatment at a low concentration of 0.1 mu M resulted in significant differences in craniofacial cartilage elements, while concentrations 1 mu M led to decreased survival and increased heart rates. Fish treated with 1 mu M atrazine also developed with delayed vertebrae mineralization. Higher concentrations of atrazine caused gross craniofacial defects and decreased hatching rates. Further studies into the molecular pathways disrupted in these developmental processes could shed light on a link between endocrine-disrupting compounds and developmental abnormalities.
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