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21094999

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
Female and male individuals of the same species often differ with respect to their susceptibility to toxicant stress. In the present study, sea urchins (Psammechinus miliaris) of both sexes were exposed to high (150 ?g L?¹) and environmentally relevant (5 ?g L?¹) concentrations of phenanthrene over 10 days. While food intake was significantly decreased following exposure to 150 ?g L?¹ phenanthrene, histological indices (lipofuscin accumulation, fibrosis, oocyte atresia), energetic status (energy charge, sum adenylates, AMP/ATP ratio) as well as ascorbate levels in the gonads showed either little or no effect upon phenanthrene exposure. However, most parameters (vitamin C, energy charge, sum adenylates, AMP/ATP ratio, ATP and ADP concentrations, lipofuscin content, fibrosis) significantly differed between male and female animals. This study illustrates the difficulties to identify toxic injury in reproductive tissue as it may be superimposed by gametogenesis and spawning of gametes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1879-0291
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
70-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Sex-specific biochemical and histological differences in gonads of sea urchins (Psammechinus miliaris) and their response to phenanthrene exposure.
pubmed:affiliation
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research within the Helmholtz Association, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany. Sabine.Schaefer@bafg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't