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Effects of sub-lethal teratogen exposure during larval development on egg laying and egg quality in adult Caenorhabditis elegans
Background: Acute high dose exposure to teratogenic chemicals alters the proper development of an embryo leading to infertility, impaired fecundity, and few viable offspring. However, chronic exposure to sub-toxic doses of teratogens during early development may also have long-term impacts on egg qu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5247790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163903 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.8934.1 |
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author | Killeen, Alexis Marin de Evsikova, Caralina |
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description | Background: Acute high dose exposure to teratogenic chemicals alters the proper development of an embryo leading to infertility, impaired fecundity, and few viable offspring. However, chronic exposure to sub-toxic doses of teratogens during early development may also have long-term impacts on egg quality and embryo viability. Methods: To test the hypothesis that low dose exposure during early development can impact long-term reproductive health, Caenorhabditis elegans larvae were exposed to 10 teratogens during larval development, and subsequently were examined for the pattern of egg-laying and egg quality (hatched larvae and embryo viability) as gravid adults. After the exposure, adult gravid worms were transferred to untreated plates and the numbers of eggs laid were recorded every 3 hours, and the day following exposure the numbers of hatched larvae were counted. Re sults: While fecundity and fertility were typically impaired by teratogens, unexpectedly, many teratogens initially increased egg-laying at the earliest interval compared to control but not at later intervals. However, egg quality, as assessed by embryo viability, remained the same because many of the eggs (<50%) did not hatch. Conclusions: Chronic, low dose exposures to teratogens during early larval development have subtle, long-term effects on egg laying and egg quality. |
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spelling | pubmed-52477902017-02-02 Effects of sub-lethal teratogen exposure during larval development on egg laying and egg quality in adult Caenorhabditis elegans Killeen, Alexis Marin de Evsikova, Caralina F1000Res Research Article Background: Acute high dose exposure to teratogenic chemicals alters the proper development of an embryo leading to infertility, impaired fecundity, and few viable offspring. However, chronic exposure to sub-toxic doses of teratogens during early development may also have long-term impacts on egg quality and embryo viability. Methods: To test the hypothesis that low dose exposure during early development can impact long-term reproductive health, Caenorhabditis elegans larvae were exposed to 10 teratogens during larval development, and subsequently were examined for the pattern of egg-laying and egg quality (hatched larvae and embryo viability) as gravid adults. After the exposure, adult gravid worms were transferred to untreated plates and the numbers of eggs laid were recorded every 3 hours, and the day following exposure the numbers of hatched larvae were counted. Re sults: While fecundity and fertility were typically impaired by teratogens, unexpectedly, many teratogens initially increased egg-laying at the earliest interval compared to control but not at later intervals. However, egg quality, as assessed by embryo viability, remained the same because many of the eggs (<50%) did not hatch. Conclusions: Chronic, low dose exposures to teratogens during early larval development have subtle, long-term effects on egg laying and egg quality. F1000Research 2016-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5247790/ /pubmed/28163903 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.8934.1 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Killeen A and Marin de Evsikova C http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Killeen, Alexis Marin de Evsikova, Caralina Effects of sub-lethal teratogen exposure during larval development on egg laying and egg quality in adult Caenorhabditis elegans |
title | Effects of sub-lethal teratogen exposure during larval development on egg laying and egg quality in adult
Caenorhabditis elegans
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title_full | Effects of sub-lethal teratogen exposure during larval development on egg laying and egg quality in adult
Caenorhabditis elegans
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title_fullStr | Effects of sub-lethal teratogen exposure during larval development on egg laying and egg quality in adult
Caenorhabditis elegans
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title_full_unstemmed | Effects of sub-lethal teratogen exposure during larval development on egg laying and egg quality in adult
Caenorhabditis elegans
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title_short | Effects of sub-lethal teratogen exposure during larval development on egg laying and egg quality in adult
Caenorhabditis elegans
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title_sort | effects of sub-lethal teratogen exposure during larval development on egg laying and egg quality in adult
caenorhabditis elegans |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5247790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163903 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.8934.1 |
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