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GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 133, Issue 2, Pages 189-198Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00188-6
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endocrine disrupters; amphibian; development; metamorphosis; bisphenol A; thyroid hormone receptor
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Effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on embryonic and larval development were investigated. In Xenopus laevis blastulae treated with 2.5-3.0 x 10(-5) M BPA or with 10(-5) M 17beta estradiol (E-2), malformation of the head region, scoliosis (curved vertebrate), and suppression of organogenesis were observed. In addition, 10(-5)-10(-4) M BPA blocked tri-iodothyronine (T-3)-inducible resorption of the tail segments from premetamorphic (stage 52-54) larvae in vitro. When stage 52 tadpoles were immersed in 1.0-2.5 x 10(-5) M BPA, deceleration of both spontaneous and thyroxin (T-4)-induced metamorphic changes occurred. Furthermore, BPA suppressed thyroid hormone receptor (TR.) beta gene expression both in vivo and in vitro. Thus, we concluded that BPA at the concentrations examined affects both embryonic development and larval metamorphosis. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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