| Title: | Suppression of sexual behavior in male Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) exposed to 17beta-estradiol |
| Author(s): | Oshima Y; Kang IJ; Kobayashi M; Nakayama K; Imada N; Honjo T; |
| Address: | "Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Division of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Graduate School, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan. yoshima@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0045-6535(02)00494-0 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0045-6535 (Print) 0045-6535 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Mating pairs of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) received 17beta-estradiol (E2; dose, 3 and 30 microg/g body weight daily) in their diet and E2-free diet (control) for two weeks. The effect on reproductive success was assessed in the mating pairs, and sexual and nonsexual behaviors in the male were quantified. The fecundities of the E2-treated groups were reduced significantly (p < 0.05) compared with those of control, and the sexual behaviors (following, dancing, floating, and crossing) of male fish in response to prostaglandin F2alpha (PG)-injected E2-unexposed females were suppressed dramatically. While the fertility of spawned eggs and the frequencies of the nonsexual behaviors of resting and swimming in a straight line performed by male were unchanged in E2-exposed groups. Therefore, sexual behavior in male may be linked with reproductive success in mating pair of madaka exposed to E2. This assay for sexual behavior using PG may provide a useful tool for assessing the effect of endocrine-disrupting chemicals" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Estradiol/*pharmacology Male Oryzias/*physiology Reproduction/drug effects Sexual Behavior, Animal/*drug effects;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineOshima, Yuji Kang, Ik Joon Kobayashi, Makito Nakayama, Kei Imada, Nobuyoshi Honjo, Tsuneo eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2003/03/27 Chemosphere. 2003 Jan; 50(3):429-36. doi: 10.1016/s0045-6535(02)00494-0" |
