PMID- 31388950 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231006 LR - 20231006 IS - 1614-7499 (Electronic) IS - 0944-1344 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 28 DP - 2019 Oct TI - Maternal exposure to environmentally relevant doses of bisphenol A causes reproductive dysfunction in F1 adult male rats: protective role of melatonin. PG - 28940-28950 LID - 10.1007/s11356-019-06153-3 [doi] AB - This study investigated the protective effects of melatonin (MLT), a potent antioxidant, in male Wistar rats exposed to environmentally relevant doses of bisphenol A (BPA) in utero. Pregnant Wistar rats were randomly assigned into five groups. Group 1 (control) received 0.2 mL 1% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)/99% canola oil as vehicle; group 2 received BPA at 25 mug/kg/day; group 3 received BPA at 250 mug/kg/day; group 4 received BPA at 25 mug/kg/day with concurrent MLT 1 mg/kg/day while group 5 received BPA at 250 mug/kg/day with concurrent MLT 1 mg/kg/day. Treatments were by gavage from gestational day (GD) 10-21. The BPA-treated rats showed dose-dependent significant reduction in body weight, gonosomatic index, sperm motility, livability and count. Also, BPA caused significant reduction in the levels of serum testosterone and luteinizing hormone while it caused significant increases in the levels of follicle stimulating hormone as well as estradiol. Furthermore, BPA induced testicular oxidative stress including significant decreases in the activities of testicular SOD, GSH and GPx as well as GST, increasing the levels of testicular MDA and H(2)O(2). It further induced interstitial necrosis and germinal cell degeneration in the testis with a subsequent diminution of the tubular and luminal diameter. However, co-treatment with MLT offered protection against testicular damage induced by BPA. Melatonin is likely to protect against alterations of the male reproductive system caused by BPA through a direct action on the mechanism of anti-oxidants as well as through the inhibition of necrosis. FAU - Olukole, Samuel Gbadebo AU - Olukole SG AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2260-3286 AD - Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. deborolukole@yahoo.com. FAU - Lanipekun, Damilare Olaniyi AU - Lanipekun DO AD - Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. FAU - Ola-Davies, Eunice Olufunke AU - Ola-Davies EO AD - Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. FAU - Oke, Bankole Olusiji AU - Oke BO AD - Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190806 PL - Germany TA - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int JT - Environmental science and pollution research international JID - 9441769 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Benzhydryl Compounds) RN - MLT3645I99 (bisphenol A) RN - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol) RN - 9002-68-0 (Follicle Stimulating Hormone) RN - BBX060AN9V (Hydrogen Peroxide) RN - 9002-67-9 (Luteinizing Hormone) RN - JL5DK93RCL (Melatonin) RN - 0 (Phenols) RN - 0 (Protective Agents) RN - 3XMK78S47O (Testosterone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Female MH - Male MH - Pregnancy MH - Rats MH - *Antioxidants/pharmacology MH - *Benzhydryl Compounds/chemistry/toxicity MH - Estradiol/chemistry/pharmacology MH - Follicle Stimulating Hormone/blood MH - *Hydrogen Peroxide/analysis/chemistry/pharmacology MH - *Luteinizing Hormone/blood MH - Maternal Exposure MH - *Melatonin/chemistry/pharmacology MH - *Phenols/chemistry/toxicity MH - *Protective Agents/chemistry/pharmacology MH - Random Allocation MH - Rats, Wistar MH - *Sperm Motility/drug effects MH - Testis/drug effects MH - *Testosterone/blood OTO - NOTNLM OT - Antioxidant OT - Gestational BPA OT - Melatonin OT - Oxidative stress OT - Testicular damage EDAT- 2019/08/08 06:00 MHDA- 2020/01/17 06:00 CRDT- 2019/08/08 06:00 PHST- 2019/02/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/07/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/08/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/01/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/08/08 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11356-019-06153-3 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11356-019-06153-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2019 Oct;26(28):28940-28950. doi: 10.1007/s11356-019-06153-3. Epub 2019 Aug 6.