PMID- 22727564 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140107 LR - 20191210 IS - 1618-1433 (Electronic) IS - 0940-2993 (Linking) VI - 65 IP - 5 DP - 2013 Jul TI - Prenatal prochloraz treatment significantly increases pregnancy length and reduces offspring weight but does not affect social-olfactory memory in rats. PG - 591-3 LID - S0940-2993(12)00059-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.etp.2012.06.001 [doi] AB - Metabolites of the commonly used imidazole fungicide prochloraz are androgen receptor antagonists. They have been shown to block androgen-driven development and compromise reproductive function. We tested the effect of prochloraz on cognitive behavior following exposure to this fungicide during the perinatal period. Pregnant Wistar rats were administered a 200 mg/kg dose of prochloraz on gestational day (GD) 7, GD11, and GD15. The social recognition test (SRT) was performed on 7-week-old male rat offspring. We found an increase in pregnancy length and a significantly reduced pup weight on PND15 and PND40 but no effect of prenatal prochloraz exposure on social investigation or acquisition of social-olfactory memory. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. FAU - Dmytriyeva, Oksana AU - Dmytriyeva O AD - Protein Laboratory, Institute of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Panum Institute, Blegdamsvej 3C, Building 24.2, Copenhagen DK-2200, Denmark. mellis@sund.ku.dk FAU - Klementiev, Boris AU - Klementiev B FAU - Berezin, Vladimir AU - Berezin V FAU - Bock, Elisabeth AU - Bock E LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120621 PL - Germany TA - Exp Toxicol Pathol JT - Experimental and toxicologic pathology : official journal of the Gesellschaft fur Toxikologische Pathologie JID - 9208920 RN - 0 (Fungicides, Industrial) RN - 0 (Imidazoles) RN - 99SFL01YCL (prochloraz) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Birth Weight/drug effects MH - Body Weight/*drug effects MH - Female MH - Fungicides, Industrial/*toxicity MH - Gestational Age MH - Imidazoles/*toxicity MH - Male MH - Memory/*drug effects MH - Pregnancy MH - Pregnancy, Prolonged/*chemically induced MH - Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/*chemically induced/physiopathology/psychology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Recognition, Psychology/drug effects MH - *Social Behavior EDAT- 2012/06/26 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/08 06:00 CRDT- 2012/06/26 06:00 PHST- 2012/04/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/06/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/06/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/08 06:00 [medline] AID - S0940-2993(12)00059-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.etp.2012.06.001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Toxicol Pathol. 2013 Jul;65(5):591-3. doi: 10.1016/j.etp.2012.06.001. Epub 2012 Jun 21.