Tricresyl phosphate inhibits fertilization in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes): Emphasizing metabolic toxicity. 2022

Ruichao Chen, and Jianwu He, and Yu Li, and Lihui An, and Jianying Hu
MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Process, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.

As tricresyl phosphate (TCrP) is commonly found in global water sources, its potential reproductive toxicity to fish is of increasing concern. Japanese medaka larvae were exposed to TCrP at 657.9, 1,511, and 4042 ng/L for 100 days. We identified significant fertilization inhibition (6.9%-12.8%) in all exposure groups. Intersex was significantly induced at 4042 ng/L, with an incidence of 22.0%. TCrP exposure also caused dilation of the efferent duct in the testes with maximum duct widths of 83.3, 93.2, and 149.7 μm in the 657.9, 1,511, and 4042 ng/L exposure groups, respectively. These widths were all significantly larger than that observed in the control group (37.7 μm) and likely contributed substantially to fertilization inhibition. The TCrP metabolites 4-OH-MDTP and 3-OH-MDTP, were detected at high concentrations in the liver and elicited 5.8-fold and 5.3-fold greater androgen receptor antagonistic activity than that elicited by TCrP (39.8 μM), which may explain the intersex observed in low exposure groups. 4-OH-MDTP and 3-OH-MDTP elicited anti-estrogenic activities by blocking the estrogen receptor, and the concentrations at which its responses were equal to the IC20 of tamoxifen were 16.1 μM and 18.9 μM, respectively, as detected using the yeast two-hybrid assay. Such anti-estrogenic activities were likely the main driver of dilation of the efferent duct. Observed adverse outcomes after exposure to TCrP all occurred under environmentally relevant concentrations, suggesting considerable ecological risk to wild fish.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009990 Oryzias The only genus in the family Oryziinae, order BELONIFORMES. Oryzias are egg-layers; other fish of the same order are livebearers. Oryzias are used extensively in testing carcinogens. Japanese Medaka,Killifish, Japanese,Medaka,Japanese Killifish,Japanese Rice Fish,Medaka Killifish,Oryzias latipes,Oryziinae,Killifish, Medaka,Medakas
D005306 Fertilization The fusion of a spermatozoon (SPERMATOZOA) with an OVUM thus resulting in the formation of a ZYGOTE. Conception,Fertilization, Delayed,Fertilization, Polyspermic,Conceptions,Delayed Fertilization,Delayed Fertilizations,Fertilizations,Fertilizations, Delayed,Fertilizations, Polyspermic,Polyspermic Fertilization,Polyspermic Fertilizations
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012734 Disorders of Sex Development In gonochoristic organisms, congenital conditions in which development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex is atypical. Effects from exposure to abnormal levels of GONADAL HORMONES in the maternal environment, or disruption of the function of those hormones by ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS are included. Disorders of Sexual Development,Sex Development Disorders,Sex Differentiation Disorders,Ambiguous Genitalia,Genital Ambiguity,Hermaphroditism,Intersex Conditions,Intersexuality,Pseudohermaphroditism,Sexual Development Disorders,Sexual Differentiation Disorders,Ambiguities, Genital,Ambiguity, Genital,Condition, Intersex,Conditions, Intersex,Differentiation Disorder, Sex,Differentiation Disorder, Sexual,Differentiation Disorders, Sex,Differentiation Disorders, Sexual,Disorder, Sex Differentiation,Disorder, Sexual Differentiation,Disorders, Sex Differentiation,Disorders, Sexual Differentiation,Genital Ambiguities,Genitalia, Ambiguous,Intersex Condition,Intersexualities,Sex Development Disorder,Sex Differentiation Disorder,Sexual Development Disorder,Sexual Differentiation Disorder
D014317 Tritolyl Phosphates A mixture of isomeric tritolyl phosphates. Used in the sterilization of certain surgical instruments and in many industrial processes. Tricresyl Phosphates,Tricresyl Phosphate,Tritolyl Phosphate,Phosphate, Tricresyl,Phosphate, Tritolyl,Phosphates, Tricresyl,Phosphates, Tritolyl
D014874 Water Pollutants, Chemical Chemical compounds which pollute the water of rivers, streams, lakes, the sea, reservoirs, or other bodies of water. Chemical Water Pollutants,Landfill Leachate,Leachate, Landfill,Pollutants, Chemical Water

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