Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety (한국식품위생안전성학회지)

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Histopathologic Changes to Additive Effect of Endocrine Disruptors in Mice

마우스에서의 환경호르몬물질의 상가작용에 대한 조직학적인 변화

  • Jung, Ji-Youn (Department of Companion and Laboratory Animal Science, Kongju National University)
  • 정지윤 (공주대학교 산업과학대학 특수동물학과)
  • Published : 2006.12.30
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Abstract

To investigate additive effects of endocrine disruptors, we have histopathologically studied the exchanges of the reproductive organ to ovariectomized ICR mice. Female ICR mice were ovariectomized and then treated with endocrine disruptors after two weeks. Macroscopic exchanges, which were body weight, feed and water intake, of all groups were not seen during experiment period. Histopathological changes of uterine epithelial cells, vaginal epithelial cells, mammary glands and the diameter in uterine tubles were observed. In the results, the histopathological sensitivity to endocrine disruptors effect was more seen to the vaginal epithelial cell height than others. The additive estrogenic effects of endocrine disruptors, which were combinations of DEHP, DBP and BPA, were seen with E2 and BPA treatments. These results offers a sysmatic and mechanistically informative approach to assessing estrogenicity. It provides a useful profile of activity using a reasonable amount of resources and is compatible with the study of individual chemicals as well as the investigation of interactions among combinations of chemicals.

환경호르몬 물질의 생체내에서의 상호작용에 의한 상자 또는 상승 작용을 알아보기 위하여 환경호르몬 물질들을 조합하여 마우스에 처치한 후 생체내에서 생식기의 변화 정도를 조직병리학적으로 관찰하였다. 암컷 ICR마우스에 난소적출술을 실시하고 2주 후에 DEHP, DBP, BPA의 환경호르몬 물질을 단독 또는 두개씩 조합하여 마우스에 피하로 주입하였다. 육안적인 변화에서는 모든 군에서 이상이 관찰 되지 않았으며, 부검 후 자궁의 무게를 측정한 결과에 있어서도 유의적인 변화를 관찰할 수 없었으나, 자궁 내 fluid존재에 있어서는 E2 단독 투여 군과 E2와 함께 투여한 모든 그룹(E2+DEHP, E2+DBP, E2+BPA)에서 관찰되었다. 조직병리학적인 관찰에 있어서는.자궁상피세포, 질 상피세포, 유선의 변화 그리고 난관 직경의 변화를 관찰하였다. 그 결과 민감도에 있어서 가장 유의적인 변화를 보인 항목은 질 상피세포의 변화였으며, 환경호르몬 물질을 두개씩 혼합하여 처치한 그룹에 있어 단독으로 처치한 그룹과 비교 시 변화의 정도가 심한 것이 일부 관찰 되었으나 통계학적으로 유의성을 가지고 있다고 결론을 내리기 는 힘들었다. 결론적으로 환경호르몬물질간의 생체내에서 상가 혹은 상승작용에 대한 명확한 결과는 도출할 수 없었으나, 환경호르몬물질이 생체내 작용하는 데에 있어서 서로 간에 상승작용을 할 수 있다는 가능성은 충분한 것으로 판단되어진다.

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