RRC ID 263
著者 Hano T, Oshima Y, Oe T, Kinoshita M, Tanaka M, Wakamatsu Y, Ozato K, Honjo T.
タイトル Quantitative bio-imaging analysis for evaluation of sexual differentiation in germ cells of olvas-GFP/ST-II YI medaka (Oryzias latipes) nanoinjected in ovo with ethinylestradiol.
ジャーナル Environ Toxicol Chem
Abstract We examined the effects on sexual differentiation of nanoinjecting ethinylestradiol (EE2) into embryos of olvas-GFP/ST-II YI medaka (Oryzias latipes). This strain contains the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene fused to the regulatory region of the medaka vasa gene, and germ-cell-specific expression of GFP can be visualized in living (transparent) individuals. The number of germ cells in untreated genotypic females (XX) was approximately 10-fold that in untreated genotypic males (XY) at 10 d posthatch (dph). Germ cell proliferation was prevented in XX females that developed from embryos nanoinjected with 0.5, 2.5, or 5.0 ng of EE2. Some 10-dph XY males from embryos injected with 0.5 ng or more of EE2 showed a larger fluorescent area and more germ cells than those of pooled control groups. Males and females from embryos injected with 5.0 ng of EE2 had no significant difference in germ cell number or fluorescent area. Thus, EE2 injection into embryos caused abnormal gonadal development in both sexes. Observations of external secondary sex characteristics and histological examination of adult gonads showed complete sex reversal in some males after 0.5-, 2.5-, and 5.0-ng treatments but no changes in XX females after any treatment. Thus, quantitative bio-imaging can aid in evaluating the effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on fish within 10 dph.
巻・号 24(1)
ページ 70-7
公開日 2005-1-1
DOI 10.1897/03-610.1
PMID 15683169
MeSH Animals Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Ethinyl Estradiol / toxicity* Female Germ Cells Gonads / drug effects Gonads / embryology* Green Fluorescent Proteins Hermaphroditic Organisms Male Microinjections Oryzias / embryology* Oryzias / genetics Sex Determination Processes Sex Differentiation / drug effects*
IF 3.152
引用数 14
WOS 分野 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES TOXICOLOGY
リソース情報
メダカ STII-YI-Tg(olvas-GFP) (TG137)