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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-16
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of exposure of pregnant rats to methyl methanesulfonate (MMS), an alkylating agent, during the pregastrulation period on embryonic and placental development were investigated. SD rats were treated orally with a single dose of MMS (200 mg/kg) in the morning of gestation days 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 (GD0 to GD6 groups, respectively). The uterine contents including fetuses and placentas of the dams were examined on gestation day 20. The individual fetuses and placentas were weighed, and the fetuses were examined for external, visceral and skeletal anomalies. The progress of ossification was also evaluated. Both pre- and postimplantation embryonic mortalities were higher in the GD0 group than in the control group. The postimplantation loss was also increased for the GD3, GD4 and GD6 groups. Fetal malformations were rare in survivors of all the MMS-treated groups. Intrauterine growth retardation was apparent for fetuses in groups GD5 and GD6. In addition, placental weight was reduced in the GD6 group, but it was increased in the GD0 group. Effects of MMS on embryonic mortality or on fetal or placental growth were absent or minimal in the GD1 and GD2 groups. These results suggest that the susceptibility of rat embryos to MMS varies during the pregastrulation period.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0388-1350
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
495-503
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Abnormalities, Drug-Induced, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Blastocyst, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Bone and Bones, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Cesarean Section, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Embryo Loss, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Embryonic Development, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Fertility, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Fetal Growth Retardation, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Fetal Weight, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Gestational Age, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Methyl Methanesulfonate, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Osteogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Placenta, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:18198481-Viscera
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential susceptibility of rat embryos to methyl methanesulfonate during the pregastrulation period.
pubmed:affiliation
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan. ryohei_yokoi@pharm.kissei.co.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article