Adult male mice exposure to nonylphenol alters courtship vocalizations and mating - Sorbonne Université
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Adult male mice exposure to nonylphenol alters courtship vocalizations and mating

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The neural circuitry processing male sexual behavior is tightly regulated by testosterone and its neural metabolite estradiol. The present study evaluated the effects of adult exposure to low doses of nonylphenol (NP), a widespread environmental contaminant, on the neuroendocrine regulation of testosterone and expression of sexual behavior. Oral exposure of C57BL/6J males to NP (0.5, 5 or 50 μg/kg/day) for 4 weeks did not affect circulating levels of testosterone or the kisspeptin system, a key regulator of the gonadotropic axis. In contrast, mice exposed to NP at 5 μg/kg/day emitted an increased number and duration of ultrasonic vocalizations, took longer to reach ejaculation and showed increased number of mounts, intromissions and thrusts. This was associated with normal olfactory preference and locomotor activity, and increased anxiety level. Analysis of the neural circuitry that underlies sexual behavior showed changes in the number of cells expressing androgen and estrogen receptors in males exposed to NP at 5 μg/kg/day. The neural circuitry underlying sexual behavior is thus highly sensitive to adult exposure to NP. Furthermore, almost all the observed effects were induced at 5 μg/kg/day of NP, indicating that this endocrine disrupter triggers a non-monotonic response in the adult male mouse brain.

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Ecotoxicologie
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hal-01798163 , version 1 (23-05-2018)

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Daphné Capela, Carlos Dombret, Kévin Poissenot, Manon Poignant, Aude Malbert-Colas, et al.. Adult male mice exposure to nonylphenol alters courtship vocalizations and mating. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8 (1), pp.2988. ⟨10.1038/s41598-018-21245-9⟩. ⟨hal-01798163⟩
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