Effects of androgen disruption by DDE on the development and functioning of the immune system in Japanese quail

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 535-544

  Quinn Jr , Michael J ^a   Summitt, Cassie Lynn ^b   Ottinger, Mary Ann ^b  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiandrogen; Bursa of Fabricius; DDE; Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals; Immune Function

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURSA FABRICII; CELL VACUOLE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX COTURNIX JAPONICA; EMBRYO; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SPLEEN; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; COTURNIX; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INSECTICIDES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; ORGAN SIZE; SPLEEN;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA;

EID: 33749016225     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08923970600927850     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Bustnes, J.O.; Hanssen, S.A.; Folstad, I.; Erikstad, K.E.; Hasselquist, D.; Skaare, J.U. Immune function and organochlorine pollutants in arctic breeding glaucous gulls. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2004, 47, 530-541.
2. Glick, B. Interrelation of the avian immune and neuroendocrine systems. J. Exp. Zool. 1984, 232, 671-682.
3. Marsh, J.A.; Scanes, C.G. Neuroendocrine-immune interractions. Poult. Sci. 1994, 73, 1049-1061.
4. Weseloh, D.V.; Teeple, S.M.; Gilbertson, M. Double-crested cormorants of the Great Lakes: egg-laying parameters, reproductive failure, and contaminant residues in eggs, Lake Huron 1972-1973. Can. J. Zool. 1983, 61, 427-436.
5. Custer, T.W.; Custer, C.M.; Hines, R.K.; Stromborg, K.L.; Allen, P.D.; Melancon, M.J.; Henshel, D.S. Organochlorine contaminants and biomarker response in double-crested cormorants nesting in Green Bay and Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, USA. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2000, 40, 89-100.
6. Custer, T.W.; Custer, C.M.; Hines, R.K.; Gutreuter, S.; Stromborg, K.L.; Allen, P.D.; Melancon, M.J. Organochlorine contaminants and reproductive success of double-crested cormorants from Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 1999, 16, 1441-1449.
7. Grasman, K.A.; Fox, G.A. Associations between altered immune function and organochlorine contamination in young Caspian terns (Sterna caspia) from Lake Huron, 1997-1999. Ecotoxicology 1999, 10, 101-14.
8. Glick, B. In Avian Biology; Farner, D.S., King, J.R., Parkes, K.C., Eds., Academic Press: New York, 1983; 443-500.
9. Al-Afaleq, A.I.; Homeida, A.M. Effects of low doses of oestradiol, testosterone, and dihydrotestosterone on the immune response of broiler chicks. Immunopharmacol, Immunotoxicol. 1998, 20, 315-327.
10. Glick, B. In Avian Endocrinology; Epple, A., Stetson, M.H., Eds., Academic Press: New York, 1980; 209-230.
11. Olah, I.; Glick, B.; Toro, I. Bursal development in normal and testosterone-treated chick embryos. Poult. Sci. 1986, 65, 574-588.
12. LeDouarin, N.M.; Michel, G.; Baulieu, E.E. Studies of testosterone-induced involution of the bursa of Fabricius. Dev. Biol. 1980, 75, 288-302.
13. Fair, J.M.; Hansen, E.S.; Rickllefs, R.E. Growth, developmental stability, and immune response in juvenile Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Proc. Roy. Soc. London B. 1999, 266, 1735-1742.
14. Pardue, S.L.; Thaxton, J.P.; Morgan, G.W. Humoral immunity in Japanese quail following surgical bursectomy at various ages. Poult. Sci. 1981, 60, 2713-2719.
15. Nisbet, I.C.T. In Raptors of the Modern World; Meyburg, B.U., Chancellor, R.D., Eds., WWGBP, Berlin, 1989; 483-489.
16. Henny, C.J.; Herron, G.B. DDE, selenium, mercury, and white-faced ibis reproduction at Carson Lake, Nevada. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 1989, 53, 1032-1045.
17. White, D.H.; Fleming, W.J.; Ensor, K.L. Pesticide contamination and hatching success of waterbirds in Mississippi. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 1988, 52, 724-729.
18. Custer, T.W.; Mitchell, C.A. Organochlorine contaminants and reproductive success of black skimmers in south Texas. J. Field Ornithol. 1987, 58, 480-489.
19. Henny, C.J.; Blus, L.J.; Krynitsky, A.J.; Bunck, C.M. Current impact of DDE on black-crowned night-herons in the Intermountain West. J. Wildlife Mgmt. 1984, 48, 1-13.
20. Custer, T.W.; Hensler, G.L.; Kaiser, T.E. Clutch size, reproductive success, and organochlorine contaminants in Atlantic coast black-crowned night-herons. Auk. 1983, 100, 699-710.
21. Addison, W.H., Ed. Piersol's Normal Histology; L.B. Lippincott Co. 1929.
22. Benton, E.H.; Morgan, G.W.; Thaxton, P. Antibody responses to xenogenic red blood cell challenge in the Japanese quail. Immunol. Com. 1977, 6, 259-265.
23. Grasman, K.A..; Fox, G.A.; Scanlon, P.F.; Ludwig JP. Organochlorine- associated immunosuppression in prefledgling Caspian terns and herring gulls from the Great Lakes: an ecoepidemiological study. Environ. Health Persp. 1996, 104, 829-842.
24. Meyer, K.R.; Rao, M.A.; Aspinall, R.L. Inhibition of the development of the bursa of Fabricius in the embryos of the common fowl by 19-nortestosterone. Endocrinology 1959, 64, 890-897.
25. Bruggeman, V.; Room, G.; Vanmontfort, D.; Verhoeven, G.; Decuypere, E. Effect of embryonic 19-nortestosterone treatment and surgical bursectomy on plasma concentrations of reproductive hormones, on inhibin content in adrenals and gonads and on the histological appearance of the gonads in the young chicken. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 2003, 131, 106-116.
26. Burke, W.H. Effects of an in ovo injection of an anti-androgen on embryonic and posthatching growth of broiler chicks. Poult. Sci. 1996, 75, 648-655.
27. Deyhim, F.; Moreng, R.E.; Kienholz, E.W. The effect of testosterone propionate on growth of broiler chickens. Poult Sci. 1992, 71, 1921-1926.