| An endocrine disruptor, bisphenol A, affects development in the protochordate Ciona intestinalis: Hatching rates and swimming behavior alter in a dose-dependent manner. | |
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PMID: 23207495 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Bisphenol A (BPA) is widely used industrially to produce polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. Numerous studies document the harmful effects caused by low-dose BPA exposure especially on nervous systems and behavior in experimental animals such as mice and rats. Here, we exposed embryos of a model chordate, Ciona intestinalis, to seawater containing BPA to evaluate adverse effects on embryonic development and on the swimming behavior of subsequent larvae. Ciona is ideal because its larva develops rapidly and has few cells. The rate of larval hatching decreased in a dose-dependent manner with exposures to BPA above 3 μM; swimming behavior was also affected in larvae emerging from embryos exposed to 1 μM BPA. Adverse effects were most severe on fertilized eggs exposed to BPA within 7 h post-fertilization. Ciona shares twelve nuclear receptors with mammals, and BPA is proposed to disturb the physiological functions of one or more of these. |
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Ayami Matsushima; Kerrianne Ryan; Yasuyuki Shimohigashi; Ian A Meinertzhagen |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-11-29 |
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Title: Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) Volume: 173C ISSN: 1873-6424 ISO Abbreviation: Environ. Pollut. Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-12-4 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8804476 Medline TA: Environ Pollut Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 257-263 Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Laboratory of Structure-Function Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty and Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan; Risk Research Education Center, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan. Electronic address: ayami@chem.kyushu-univ.jp. |
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