The developmental toxicity of bisphenol A in rats and mice. 1987

R E Morrissey, and J D George, and C J Price, and R W Tyl, and M C Marr, and C A Kimmel

Bisphenol A (BPA) was evaluated for developmental toxicity in CD rats (0, 160, 320, or 640 mg/kg/day) and CD-1 mice (0, 500, 750, 1000, or 1250 mg/kg/day) dosed daily by gastric intubation on Gestational Days 6 through 15. Timed-pregnant dams were sacrificed 1 day prior to parturition, the uterine contents were examined, and all fetuses were examined for external, visceral, and skeletal malformations. In rats, maternal weight gain during gestation, weight gain corrected for gravid uterine weight, and weight gain during treatment were significantly reduced at all BPA doses. Gravid uterine weight and average fetal body weight per litter were not affected by BPA. No increase in percentage resorptions per litter or percentage fetuses malformed per litter was detected. In mice, maternal mortality occurred at all BPA doses, reaching 18% at the high dose, which also produced a significant decrease in maternal body weight gain during gestation and treatment. Weight gain corrected for gravid uterine weight was not affected by BPA. Reductions in gravid uterine weight and average fetal body weight were observed with the 1250 mg/kg dose of BPA. Relative maternal liver weight was increased at all doses of BPA. There was a significant increase in the percentage of resorptions per litter with 1250 mg BPA/kg/day. Malformation incidence was not altered by BPA. Thus, BPA treatment at maternally toxic dose levels during organogenesis produced fetal toxicity in mice but not in rats and did not alter fetal morphologic development in either species.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009929 Organ Size The measurement of an organ in volume, mass, or heaviness. Organ Volume,Organ Weight,Size, Organ,Weight, Organ
D010064 Embryo Implantation Endometrial implantation of EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN at the BLASTOCYST stage. Blastocyst Implantation,Decidual Cell Reaction,Implantation, Blastocyst,Nidation,Ovum Implantation,Blastocyst Implantations,Decidual Cell Reactions,Embryo Implantations,Implantation, Embryo,Implantation, Ovum,Implantations, Blastocyst,Implantations, Embryo,Implantations, Ovum,Nidations,Ovum Implantations
D010636 Phenols Benzene derivatives that include one or more hydroxyl groups attached to the ring structure.
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
D012098 Reproduction The total process by which organisms produce offspring. (Stedman, 25th ed) Human Reproductive Index,Human Reproductive Indexes,Reproductive Period,Human Reproductive Indices,Index, Human Reproductive,Indexes, Human Reproductive,Indices, Human Reproductive,Period, Reproductive,Periods, Reproductive,Reproductive Index, Human,Reproductive Indices, Human,Reproductive Periods
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
D005260 Female Females
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
D001559 Benzhydryl Compounds Compounds which contain the methyl radical substituted with two benzene rings. Permitted are any substituents, but ring fusion to any of the benzene rings is not allowed. Diphenylmethyl Compounds,Compounds, Benzhydryl,Compounds, Diphenylmethyl
D013045 Species Specificity The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species. Species Specificities,Specificities, Species,Specificity, Species

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