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REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY
卷 18, 期 3, 页码 399-406出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.01.007
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environmental estrogens; endocrine disruptors; developmental programming; estrogen receptor alpha; ER alpha; uterine lactoferrin; dose-response; low dose effects
Outbred CD-1 mice received subcutaneous injections on neonatal days 1-5 with DES (0.0001-1000 mug/kg per day), a model xenoestrogen. At 17 days of age, uterine wet weight increase in response to estrogen was altered in neonatally DES-treated mice compared to controls. The response varied depending on the neonatal DES dose; a low dose (0.01 mug/kg) caused an enhanced uterine response but higher neonatal doses dampened the response. Western blots and immunolocalization of estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) showed high ER levels at DES 0.01 mug/kg, but decreased levels at higher doses compared to controls. Genes responding through ER-mediated pathways (c-fos, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and lactoferrin (LF)) mirrored altered wet weight responses, i.e., enhancement at low doses and dampening at higher doses. A similar dose-response curve was seen in 4 months old ovariectomized DES-treated mice suggesting the altered response was long-term. These data suggest xenoestrogen exposure during critical developmental windows alters hormone programming so that the uterus responds abnormally to estrogen later in life, and that the response differs following high versus low doses of neonatal exposure. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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