PMID- 25461020
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150828
LR  - 20220311
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 505
DP  - 2015 Feb 1
TI  - Corticosterone, prolactin and egg neglect behavior in relation to mercury and 
      legacy POPs in a long-lived Antarctic bird.
PG  - 180-8
LID - S0048-9697(14)01446-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.008 [doi]
AB  - Seabirds often have high loads of contaminants. These contaminants have endocrine 
      disrupting properties but their relationships with some endocrine mechanisms are 
      still poorly investigated in free-living organisms. This is the case for the 
      stress response which shifts energy investment away from reproduction and 
      redirects it towards survival. In birds, this stress response is achieved through 
      a release of corticosterone and is also accompanied by a decrease in circulating 
      prolactin, an anterior pituitary hormone widely involved in regulating parental 
      cares. We measured blood concentrations of some legacy persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) and mercury (Hg) and examined their relationships with the 
      corticosterone and prolactin responses of known-age (9-46 years old) incubating 
      snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) to a standardized capture/handling stress 
      protocol. In this Antarctic seabird, we also investigated whether high 
      contaminant burden correlates with a higher occurrence of egg neglect, a 
      frequently observed behavior in snow petrels. POPs and Hg were unrelated to age. 
      Stress-induced corticosterone concentrations were positively related to POPs in 
      both sexes, and stress-induced prolactin concentrations were negatively related 
      to Hg in males. Egg-neglect behavior was not related to POPs burden, but males 
      with higher Hg concentrations were more likely to neglect their egg. This 
      suggests that in birds, relationships between age and contaminants are complex 
      and that even low to moderate concentrations of POPs and Hg are significantly 
      related to hormonal secretion. In this Antarctic species, exposure to legacy POPs 
      and Hg could make individuals more susceptible to environmental stressors such as 
      ongoing disturbances in Polar Regions.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Tartu, S
AU  - Tartu S
AD  - UMR 7372, CNRS-Universite de La Rochelle, Villiers-en-bois, France. Electronic 
      address: tartu.sabrina@gmail.com.
FAU - Angelier, F
AU  - Angelier F
AD  - UMR 7372, CNRS-Universite de La Rochelle, Villiers-en-bois, France.
FAU - Wingfield, J C
AU  - Wingfield JC
AD  - Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of CA, Davis, 
      USA.
FAU - Bustamante, P
AU  - Bustamante P
AD  - Littoral Environnement et Societes (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS-Universite de la 
      Rochelle, La Rochelle, France.
FAU - Labadie, P
AU  - Labadie P
AD  - Universite de Bordeaux, EPOC/LPTC, UMR 5805, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, 
      EPOC/LPTC, UMR 5805, F-33400 Talence, France.
FAU - Budzinski, H
AU  - Budzinski H
AD  - Universite de Bordeaux, EPOC/LPTC, UMR 5805, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, 
      EPOC/LPTC, UMR 5805, F-33400 Talence, France.
FAU - Weimerskirch, H
AU  - Weimerskirch H
AD  - UMR 7372, CNRS-Universite de La Rochelle, Villiers-en-bois, France.
FAU - Bustnes, J O
AU  - Bustnes JO
AD  - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, FRAM - High North Research Centre on 
      Climate and the Environment, NO-9296 Tromso, Norway.
FAU - Chastel, O
AU  - Chastel O
AD  - UMR 7372, CNRS-Universite de La Rochelle, Villiers-en-bois, France.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20141014
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 9002-62-4 (Prolactin)
RN  - FXS1BY2PGL (Mercury)
RN  - W980KJ009P (Corticosterone)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Behavior, Animal/*drug effects
MH  - Birds/*physiology
MH  - Corticosterone/*blood
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/blood/*toxicity
MH  - Female
MH  - Male
MH  - Mercury/blood/*toxicity
MH  - Prolactin/*blood
MH  - *Stress, Physiological
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Age
OT  - Mercury
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants
OT  - Reproduction
OT  - Snow petrel
EDAT- 2014/12/03 06:00
MHDA- 2015/09/01 06:00
CRDT- 2014/12/03 06:00
PHST- 2014/07/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/10/01 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/10/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/12/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/12/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/09/01 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0048-9697(14)01446-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.008 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2015 Feb 1;505:180-8. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.008. 
      Epub 2014 Oct 14.