Title
Reproductive toxicity of Roundup WG® herbicide: impairments in ovarian follicles of model organism Danio rerio
Date Issued
01 March 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Davico C.E.
Pereira A.G.
Nezzi L.
de Melo M.S.
Müller Y.M.R.
Nazari E.M.
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Abstract
Glyphosate-based herbicides are widely used in global agriculture, and their effects on different non-target animal organisms have been the focus of many toxicological studies. Regarding the potential role of glyphosate-based herbicides as an endocrine disruptor, the present study aims to investigate the effects of the herbicide Roundup WG® (RWG) on female reproduction, specifically on the ovarian maturation of Danio rerio. Adult females were exposed to low concentrations of RWG (0.065, 0.65, and 6.5 mg L−1) for 15 days, and then the ovaries were submitted to structural and morphometric procedures, accompanied by analysis of the vitellin protein content. Our results showed an increase of initial ovarian follicle numbers, decrease of late ovarian follicles, and smaller diameter of ovarian follicles in fish exposed to 0.065 and 6.5 mg L−1. The thickness of vitelline envelope was reduced, and the vitellin protein content was increased in the ovarian follicle in the two highest concentrations. Ultrastructural changes in the ovarian follicular component were evident and expressed by the cell index; vacuolization in follicular cells, increase of perivitelline space, and impaired mitochondria in oocytes were observed. Therefore, RWG adversely affects the ovarian maturation in D. rerio, and these changes can lead to reproductive toxicity, compromising population dynamics.
Start page
15147
End page
15159
Volume
28
Issue
12
Language
English
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85096439047
PubMed ID
Source
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
ISSN of the container
09441344
Sponsor(s)
The authors are thankful to multi-user Laboratório de Estudos em Biologia/LAMEB and Laboratório Central de Microscopia/LCME of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.
CE Davico was recipient of Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior/CAPES/Brazil scholarship. EM Nazari is recipient of productivity fellowship of Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico/Brazil (CNPq 311429/2017-3).
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