Oral exposure of rats to dienestrol during gestation and lactation: Effects on the reproductive system of male offspring. 2019

Elga Schreiber, and Oscar Alfageme, and Tania Garcia, and Neus González, and Juan José Sirvent, and Margarita Torrente, and Mercedes Gómez, and José L Domingo
Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Catalonia, Spain.

This study was aimed at determining whether dienestrol (DIES) affects reproduction in male offspring of rats following oral maternal exposure during gestation and lactation. Pregnant rats were treated from GD 6 to PND 21. Animals received 0 (control-vehicle), 0.75, 1.5, 3.12, 6.25, 12.5, 50, 75 μg/kg bw/d of DIES. A control group -without vehicle-was also included. High DIES concentrations caused abortions at 75 and 50 μg/kg bw/d, while at 12.5 μg/kg bw/d had still miscarriages. Ten male rats per group were kept alive until PND 90 to ensure sexual maturity. Body and organ weights, anogenital distance (AGD) at PNDs 21 and 90, biochemical and sperm parameters like motility, viability, morphology, spermatozoa and resistant spermatid counts, and histopathology for sexual organs and liver were determined. An increase in organ weight (liver and sexual organs) and a decrease in AGD due to vehicle were found. A reduction of sperm motility and viability, and an increase of abnormal sperm morphology were caused by DIES, which provoked a dose-dependent prostatitis. Maternal exposure to DIES induced toxicity on the reproductive system of the male offspring, which could affect the capacity of fertilization.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009929 Organ Size The measurement of an organ in volume, mass, or heaviness. Organ Volume,Organ Weight,Size, Organ,Weight, Organ
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011472 Prostatitis Infiltration of inflammatory cells into the parenchyma of PROSTATE. The subtypes are classified by their varied laboratory analysis, clinical presentation and response to treatment. Acute Bacterial Prostatitis,Asymptomatic Inflammatory Prostatitis,Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis,Chronic Prostatitis with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome,Acute Bacterial Prostatitides,Asymptomatic Inflammatory Prostatitides,Bacterial Prostatitides, Acute,Bacterial Prostatitides, Chronic,Bacterial Prostatitis, Acute,Bacterial Prostatitis, Chronic,Chronic Bacterial Prostatitides,Inflammatory Prostatitis, Asymptomatic,Prostatitides,Prostatitides, Chronic Bacterial
D001835 Body Weight The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms. Body Weights,Weight, Body,Weights, Body
D004028 Dienestrol A synthetic, non-steroidal estrogen structurally related to stilbestrol. It is used, usually as the cream, in the treatment of menopausal and postmenopausal symptoms. 4,4'-(Diethylideneethylene)diphenol,Dienestrol, (E,E)-Isomer,Dienestrol, (Z,E)-Isomer,Dienestrol, (Z,Z)-Isomer,Dienoestrol,Oestrasid,Ortho Dienestrol,Synestrol
D004305 Dose-Response Relationship, Drug The relationship between the dose of an administered drug and the response of the organism to the drug. Dose Response Relationship, Drug,Dose-Response Relationships, Drug,Drug Dose-Response Relationship,Drug Dose-Response Relationships,Relationship, Drug Dose-Response,Relationships, Drug Dose-Response
D004968 Estrogens, Non-Steroidal Non-steroidal compounds with estrogenic activity. Estrogens, Nonsteroidal,Estrogens, Non Steroidal,Non-Steroidal Estrogens,Nonsteroidal Estrogens
D005260 Female Females
D005837 Genitalia, Male The male reproductive organs. They are divided into the external organs (PENIS; SCROTUM; and URETHRA) and the internal organs (TESTIS; EPIDIDYMIS; VAS DEFERENS; SEMINAL VESICLES; EJACULATORY DUCTS; PROSTATE; and BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS). Accessory Sex Organs, Male,Genital Organs, Male,Sex Organs, Accessory, Male,Genitals, Male,Reproductive System, Male,Genital, Male,Male Genital,Male Genital Organs,Male Genitalia,Male Genitals,Male Reproductive System,Male Reproductive Systems,Reproductive Systems, Male

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