PMID- 29627429 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181102 LR - 20181102 IS - 1873-1708 (Electronic) IS - 0890-6238 (Linking) VI - 78 DP - 2018 Jun TI - Gestational exposure to tetrabutyltin blocks rat fetal Leydig cell development. PG - 111-119 LID - S0890-6238(17)30648-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.reprotox.2018.04.001 [doi] AB - Tetrabutyltin is a stable organotin and may exhibit endocrine disrupting properties. Herein, we investigated effects of tetrabutyltin on the development of rat fetal Leydig cells, which support differentiation of the male reproductive tract in late gestation. Female pregnant Sprague Dawley rats were gavaged with tetrabutyltin (0, 100, 200, and 500 mg/kg) from gestational day (GD) 12 to GD 21. Tetrabutyltin dose-dependently decreased testicular testosterone levels (0.756 +/- 0.208 and 0.813 +/- 0.277 ng/testis at the 200 and 500 mg/kg doses, respectively) compared to control (1.692 +/- 0.218 ng/testis) at GD 21. Furthermore, tetrabutyltin induced fetal Leydig cell aggregation, decreased fetal Leydig cell size and cytoplasmic size at the >/=100 mg/kg doses, and downregulated the expression levels of Scarb1, Cyp17a1, and Insl3 at doses >/=100 mg/kg and Star expression at 200 mg/kg. Taking together, the present results indicated that prenatal exposure of male rats to tetrabutyltin affected fetal Leydig cell development. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Dong, Yaoyao AU - Dong Y AD - The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China. FAU - Zhao, Yu AU - Zhao Y AD - The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China. FAU - Zhu, Qiqi AU - Zhu Q AD - The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China. FAU - Wang, Zhe AU - Wang Z AD - The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China. FAU - Shan, Yuanyuan AU - Shan Y AD - The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China. FAU - Akingbemi, Benson T AU - Akingbemi BT AD - Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, Auburn University, Auburn AL 36849, USA. FAU - Chen, Ruijie AU - Chen R AD - The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China. Electronic address: CRJ@wzhealth.com. FAU - Zhu, Lihe AU - Zhu L AD - Department of Pathology, Wenzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, Wenzhou 325000, China. Electronic address: Zhulihe2013@163.com. FAU - Ge, Ren-Shan AU - Ge RS AD - The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China. Electronic address: r_ge@yahoo.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180405 PL - United States TA - Reprod Toxicol JT - Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) JID - 8803591 RN - 0 (Endocrine Disruptors) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (LHCGR protein, rat) RN - 0 (Leydig insulin-like protein) RN - 0 (Organotin Compounds) RN - 0 (Phosphoproteins) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, LH) RN - 0 (Scarb1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Scavenger Receptors, Class B) RN - 0 (steroidogenic acute regulatory protein) RN - 1461-25-2 (tetrabutyltin) RN - 3XMK78S47O (Testosterone) RN - EC 1.14.14.19 (CYP17A1 protein, rat) RN - EC 1.14.14.19 (Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Endocrine Disruptors/*toxicity MH - Female MH - Fetal Development/drug effects MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/drug effects MH - Insulin/genetics/metabolism MH - Male MH - *Maternal-Fetal Exchange MH - Organotin Compounds/*toxicity MH - Phosphoproteins/genetics MH - Pregnancy MH - Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, LH/genetics MH - Scavenger Receptors, Class B/genetics MH - Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase/genetics MH - Testis/cytology/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Testosterone/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Fetal Leydig cells OT - Leydig cell aggregation OT - Testosterone OT - Tetrabutyltin EDAT- 2018/04/09 06:00 MHDA- 2018/11/06 06:00 CRDT- 2018/04/09 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/03/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/04/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/04/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/11/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/09 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0890-6238(17)30648-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.reprotox.2018.04.001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Reprod Toxicol. 2018 Jun;78:111-119. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2018.04.001. Epub 2018 Apr 5.