ArticleEndocrinology2011
Endocrine disruption of brain sexual differentiation by developmental PCB exposure.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 139 citations in OpenAlex.
- Perinatal Exposure to Environmental Endocrine Disruptors in the Emergence of Neurodevelopmental Psychiatric Diseases: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Single-cell transcriptomics showed that maternal polychlorinated biphenyl exposure dysregulated cell type-specific metabolic responses in the livers of female mouse offsprings.Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals · 2026Article
- Disruption of estrogen signaling by developmental exposure to BPA and TBT causes long term functional deficits in zebrafish retina.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on the peripheral and central auditory systems.Hearing research · 2025Review
- Transcriptomic profiling of hypothalamic development in female rats.Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2025Article
- Transcriptomic analysis of effects of developmental PCB exposure in the hypothalamus of female rats.Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2025Article
- In-utero exposure to real-life environmental chemicals disrupts gene expression within the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis of prepubertal and adult rams.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Neuroendocrine and Developmental Impacts of Early Life Exposure to EDCs.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2024Article
- Microglial responses to inflammatory challenge in adult rats altered by developmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls in a sex-specific manner.Neurotoxicology · 2024Article
- Ancestral lineages of dietary exposure to an endocrine disrupting chemical drive distinct forms of transgenerational subfertility in an insect model.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Pre- and postnatal developmental exposure to the polychlorinated biphenyl mixture aroclor 1221 alters female rat pituitary gonadotropins and estrogen receptor alpha levels.Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Developmental Exposure to DDT Disrupts Transcriptional Regulation of Postnatal Growth and Cell Renewal of Adrenal Medulla.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Gene×environment interactions in autism spectrum disorders.Current topics in developmental biology · 2023Review
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- Early programming of reproductive health and fertility: novel neuroendocrine mechanisms and implications in reproductive medicine.Human reproduction update · 2022Review
- Prenatal Exposure to an EDC Mixture, NeuroMix: Effects on Brain, Behavior, and Stress Responsiveness in Rats.Toxics · 2022Article
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- Two Hits of EDCs Three Generations Apart: Effects on Social Behaviors in Rats, and Analysis by Machine Learning.Toxics · 2022Article
- Roles of estrogens, estrogen-like compounds, and endocrine disruptors in adipocytes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
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Abstract
In mammals, sexual differentiation of the hypothalamus occurs during prenatal and early postnatal development due in large part to sex differences in hormones. These early organizational processes are critically important for the attainment and maintenance of adult reproductive functions. We tested the hypothesis that perinatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that disrupt hormonal pathways would perturb reproductive maturation and the sexually dimorphic development of neuroendocrine systems in the preoptic area (POA). Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were injected on gestational d 16 and 18 with vehicle (dimethylsulfoxide), Aroclor 1221 (A1221, an estrogenic PCB mix), a reconstituted PCB mixture representing those highest in human body burden (PCBs 138, 153, 180), or estradiol benzoate, an estrogenic control. Male and female pups were monitored for somatic and reproductive development. In adulthood, some rats were perfused and used for immunohistochemistry of estrogen receptor α, kisspeptin, and coexpression of Fos in GnRH neurons. Other rats were used to obtain fresh-frozen POA dissections for use in a PCR-based 48-gene expression array. Pubertal onset was advanced and estrous cyclicity irregular in endocrine-disrupted females. Furthermore, sexual differentiation of female neuroendocrine systems was masculinized/defeminized. Specifically, in the adult female anteroventral periventricular nucleus, estrogen receptor α-cell numbers and kisspeptin fiber density were significantly decreased, as was GnRH-Fos coexpression. PCR analysis identified androgen receptor, IGF-I, N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor subunit NR2b, and TGFβ1 mRNAs as significantly down-regulated in endocrine-disrupted female POAs. These data suggest that developmental PCBs profoundly impair the sexual differentiation of the female hypothalamus.
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