Imposex induction in the Mud Snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta by three tin compounds

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 581-588

  McClellan Green, P ^a,b   Romano, J ^b   Rittschof, D ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOCTYLTIN CHLORIDE; STANNIC CHLORIDE; TIN; TIN DERIVATIVE; TRIOCTYLTIN CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; SNAIL; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA;

ANIMALS; HERMAPHRODITISM; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; SNAILS; TIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33745267037     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-0959-1     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Blaber SJM (1970) The occurrence of a penis-like outgrowth behind the right tentacle in spent females of Nucella lapillus. Proc Malac Soc Lond 39:231-233
2. Bryan GW, Gibbs PE, Hummerstone LG, Burt GR (1986) The decline of the gastropod Nucella lapillus around south-west England: Evidence for the effect of tributyltin from antifouling paints. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 66:611-640
3. Cooney JJ (1988) Microbial transformations of tin and tin compounds. J Ind Microbiol 3:195-204
4. Eng G, Tierney ES, Bellama SM, Brinckman FE (1988) Correlation of total molecular surface area with organotin toxicity for biological and physiochemical applications. Appl Organomet Chem 2:171-175
5. Fent K (1996) Organotin compounds in municipal wastewater and sewage sludge: contamination, fate in treatment process and ecotoxicological consequences. Sci Total Environ 185:151-159
6. Gibbs PE, Bryan GW, Pascoe PL, Burt GR (1987) The use of the dog whelk, Nucella lapillus, as an indicator of TBT contamination. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 67:507-523
7. Gibbs PE, Bryan GW, Pascoe P, Burt GR (1990) Reproductive abnormalities in female Ocenebra erinacea (Gastropoda) resulting from TBT-induced imposex. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 70:639-656
8. Jenner MG (1979) Pseudohermaphroditism in Ilyanassa obsoleta (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Science 205:1407-1409
9. Matthiessen, P. and Gibbs, P. E. (1998) Critical appraisal of the evidence for tributyltin-mediated endocrine disruption in mollusks. Environ Toxicol Chem 17:37-43
10. Oberdörster E, Rittschof D, McClellan-Green P (1998) Testosterone metabolism in imposex and normal Ilyanassa obsoleta: Comparison of field and TBT-Cl induced imposex. Mar Pollut Bull 36:144-151
11. Oberdörster E, McClellan-Green P (2000) The neuropeptide APGWamide induces imposex in the mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta. Peptides 21:1323-1330
12. Oehlmann J, Fioroni P, Stroben E, Markert B (1996) TBT effects on Ocinobrina aciculata (Gastropoda: Mericidae) imposex development, sterilization, sex change, and population decline. Sci Total Environ 188:205-233
13. Omae I (2003) Organotin antifouling paints and their alternatives. Appl Organometallic Chem 17:81-105
14. Ramaswamy BR, Tao H, Hojo M (2004) Contamination and Biomethylation of Organotin Compounds in Pearl/fish culture areas in Japan. Anal Sci 29:45-53
15. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ (1981) Comparing numerical taxonomic studies. Sys Zool 30:459-485
16. Tas JW, Keizer A, Opperhuizen A (1996) Bioaccumulation and lethal body burden of four triorganic compounds. Bull Environ Cont Toxicol 57:146-156
17. White JS, Tobin JM, Cooney JJ (1999) Organotin compounds and their interactions with microorganisms. Can J Microbiol 45:541-554