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Sensitivity of brown trout reproduction to long-term estrogenic exposure

Schubert, Sara and Peter, Armin and Burki, Richard and Schönenberger, René and Suter, Marc J.-F. and Segner, Helmut and Burkhardt-Holm, Patricia. (2008) Sensitivity of brown trout reproduction to long-term estrogenic exposure. Aquatic Toxicology, 90 (1). pp. 65-72.

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Abstract

A decline in brown trout (Salmo trutta fario) catches has been reported in Switzerland, but at present the causative factors have not been clearly identified. Estrogen-active endocrine disrupters (EEDs) have been suggested as one possible explanation, since they are widespread in the aquatic environment and often found at elevated concentrations. In the present study the effects of long-term estrogenic exposure on the reproductive capability of brown trout were investigated. Adult fish were continuously exposed to an environmentally relevant mixture of the natural estrogens estrone (E1), 17beta-estradiol (E2) and the xenoestrogen 4-nonylphenol (NP); the average measured concentrations over the entire exposure time (n=9) were 14.0 ng/l (Min 8.1 and Max 20.6) for E1, 2.1 ng/l (Min 1.3 and Max 4.1) for E2 and 111.0 ng/l (Min 106.7 and Max 115.9) for NP. A solvent control served as negative control, and up to 10-fold higher mixture concentration than the environmentally relevant concentration served as positive control. The fish were exposed for 150 days from the onset of gonadal recrudescence until sexual maturation. Plasma vitellogenin (Vtg) was significantly induced by both concentrations of the estrogenic mixture, whereas effects on growth and fertility were only observed in fish exposed to the high mixture treatment. Fertilization success and offspring hatchability in brown trout exposed to the high mixture treatment were significantly reduced to 9% and 6%, respectively. Developmental time from fertilization until hatching, the percentage of larvae with malformations and survival of larvae, however, were not affected. The results suggest that a combination of estrogen-active compounds at environmentally relevant concentrations would not adversely affect those parameters of brown trout reproductive capability measured in this study. Plasma Vtg in male brown trout appeared to be more sensitive to (xeno)estrogen exposure than the measured reproductive effects.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Integrative Biologie > Aquatische Ökologie (Holm)
UniBasel Contributors:Holm, Patricia
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0166-445X
e-ISSN:1879-1514
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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