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Contaminant effects on the teleost fish thyroid

Brown, Scott B.; Adams, Bruce A.; Cyr, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6566-783X et Eales, J. Geoffrey (2004). Contaminant effects on the teleost fish thyroid Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry , vol. 23 , nº 7. pp. 1680-1701. DOI: 10.1897/03-242.

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Numerous environmentally relevant chemicals, including polychlorinated hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, organochlorine pesticides, chlorinated paraffins, organophosphorous pesticides, carbamate pesticides, cyanide compounds, methyl bromide, phenols, ammonia, metals, acid loads, sex steroids, and pharmaceuticals, exert acute or chronic effects on the thyroid cascade in the approximately 40 teleost fish species tested to date. Thyroid endpoints, therefore, serve as biomarkers of exposure to environmental pollutants. However, the mechanisms underlying thyroid changes and their physiological consequences are poorly understood because the thyroid cascade may respond indirectly and it has considerable capacity to compensate for abuses that otherwise would disrupt thyroid hormone homeostasis. Indeed, a xenobiotic-induced change in fish thyroid function has yet to be conclusively causally linked to decreased fitness or survival. Other complications in interpretation arise from the diversity of test conditions employed and the often indiscriminate use of numerous thyroid endpoints. Future work should be directed toward standardizing test conditions and thyroid endpoints and investigating causal links between thyroid changes and fish growth, reproduction, and development. Development may be particularly susceptible to thyroid disruption, and thyroid endpoints appropriate for early life stages need to be applied.

Type de document: Article
Mots-clés libres: Thyroid; Pollutants; L-Thyroxine; Triiodo-L-thyronine; Fish
Centre: Centre INRS-Institut Armand Frappier
Date de dépôt: 15 nov. 2024 20:24
Dernière modification: 15 nov. 2024 20:24
URI: https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/14443

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