• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.175-182
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• 2022

Previous studies, including our own, indicate that distinct morphological changes in rodent adrenal cortex could be induced by exposure of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC). In the present study, we conducted histological analyses of adrenocortical substructure using a nonylphenol-treated F1 rat model. The adrenal weight of NP-5000 group was significantly declined in female rats (p<0.001), while the adrenal weights of NP-treated groups were not significantly changed in male rats. The thickness of zona glomerulosa layers of female rats in NP-5000 group was significantly declined (p<0.001) but zona fasciculata layers were not changed. The zona reticularis layers of NP-treated group were significantly thinner than those of control group (NP-50, p<0.05; NP-5000, p<0.01). In male adrenal glands, there was no significant change of zona glomerulosa layers in NP-treated groups while the thickness of zona fasciculata in NP-5000 group was significantly decreased (p<0.01). Like female rats, the thickness of zona reticularis in NP-treated groups was significantly decreased (NP-50, p<0.001; NP-5000, p<0.05). Present study demonstrated that the adrenal histology could be altered by low-dose NP exposure in F1 rats, and the effect might be sexually dimorphic. Further study will be helpful for understanding possible adrenal pathophysiology induced by EDC exposure, and EDC-related sexually dimorphic phenomena in rodent adrenals.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.220-227
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• 2005

The estrogenic phenolic compounds, nonylphenol (NP), octylphenol(OP), bisphenol A (BPA) and nonylphenol mono- and diethoxylate ($NP_{1-2}EO$) were analyzed in 24 surface water samples from six rivers flowing into Masan Bay. All of the phenolic compounds were detected in all six rivers in high concentrations. The most abundant compound was $NP_{1-2}EO$ (86.0%), followed by NP ($10.1 \%$), BPA ($3.6\%$) and OP ($0.3\%$). The levels of phenolic compounds were 1.42-22.70 ${\mu}g$/L for $NP_{1-2}EO$, 0.15-1.68 ${\mu}g$/L for NP, 0.024-0.610 ${\mu}g$/L for BPA and 0.003-0.067 ${\mu}g$/L for OP. Especially, high concentrations were recorded in the rivers that pass through industrial complexes. The concentrations of phenolic compounds observed in these river waters were 1-2 orders of magnitude lower than the reported acute toxicity levels (hundreds of micrograms per liter). However, they were only slightly lower than the chronic toxicity levels. Most of the water samples also exceeded the Canadian nonylphenolic compounds water quality guideline, 1 ${\mu}g$/L, for the protection of aquatic life and the maximum permissible concentrations (MPC), 0.33 ${\mu}g$/L for NP and 0.12 ${\mu}g$/L for $NP_{1-2}EO$.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.239-244
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• 2006

Caenorhabditis elegans(C. elegans) is a free-living soil nematode that commonly used as a biological model and recently, much work has been done using C. elegans as a toxicity model. To evaluate the acute toxicity of phenols to C. elegans, worms were subsequently exposed to nine different xenobiotics. This study described lethal toxicity, reproductive toxicity and movement inhibition using 2-propylphenol, 4-propylphenol, 2-tert-butylphenol, 3-tert-butylphenol, 4-tert-butylphenol, 2-phenylphenol, 4-phenylphenol, nonylphenol and 4-dodecylphenol to C. elegans for 24 hr or 72 hr. We found that phenols used in this study were very toxic to C. elegans. The order of lethal toxicity, reproductive toxicity and movement inhibition is as follows. 4-propylphenol > 2-phenylphenol > 2-tert-butylphenol > 2-propylphenol > nonylphenol > B-tert-butylphenol > 4-dodefylphenol > 4-tert-butylphenol > 4-phenylphenol.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.275-281
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 해산어를 이용하여 bisphenol A(BPA)와 nonylphenol(NP)이 난모세포 성숙 과정에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 조사하기 위해 성숙단계에 있는 노래미(Hexagrammos agrammus) 난모세포(난경 약 1.88 mm)를 대상으로 in vitro에서 BPA와 NP 처리에 의한 난모세포의 성스테로이드 생성농도를 조사하였다. 난모세포에 BPA와 NP를 농도구별(0.1, 1, 10, 100, 1,000 ng/$m{\ell}$)로 첨가하고, 50 IU의 human chorionic gonadotropin(HCG)를 농도구별 BPA 또는 NP와 함께 첨가하거나 하지 않고 48시간 동안 배양하였다. 배양 후 배양액 내의 $17{\alpha},20{\beta}$-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one($17{\alpha}20{\beta}OHP$), estradiol-$17{\beta}(E_2)$ 그리고 testosterone(T)의 농도를 방사면역측정법(RIA)을 통해 정량하였다. BPA 처리구에서는 100 ng/$m{\ell}$의 농도구에서 HCG 처리 유무에 상관없이 $E_2$ 생성이 촉진되었다. HCG 처리하에서 0.1 ng/㎖의 농도구에서 T 생성은 촉진 되었으나, HCG를 처리하지 않은 실험구의 모든 농도구에서 T 생성은 저해되었다. NP 처리구에서는 HCG를 처리하지 않은 실험구의 10 ng/$m{\ell}$의 농도구에서 $17{\alpha}20{\beta}OHP$와 T 생성이 촉진되었고, 1 ng/$m{\ell}$의 농도구에서는 $E_2$ 생성이 억제되었다. 이상의 결과를 종합하면, 노래미의 성숙단계의 난모세포에서 BPA는 약한 estrogen-agonistic 효과를, NP는 estrogenantagonistic 효과를 지니는 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.1277-1284
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• 2005

낙동강중류에 있어서 APE(Alkylphenol Polyethoxylate) 및 APE의 분해산물인 NPnEO(Nonylphenol polyethoxylates), NPnEC(Nonylphenol carboxylic acid), NP(Nonylphenol)의 농도 분포를 조사하였다. 각 지점에 있어서 APE의 농도분포는 낙동강과 금호강에서는 $0.62{\sim}11.70\;{\mu}g/L$의 범위를 나타내었고, 공장폐수 및 가정하수가 유입되는 3공단천과 달서천에서는 $70.00{\sim}212.50\;{\mu}g/L$로 조사되었다. 하수처리장에서 APE는 생물분해와 흡착 등에 의해 87% 이상의 제거율을 나타내었다. APE의 분해생성물인 NPnEO와 NPnEC는 생물처리에 의해 NP($n=4{\sim}10$)EO 및 NP($n=4{\sim}10$)EC가 NP($n=1{\sim}3$)EO 및 NP($n=1{\sim}3$)EC로 분해 혹은 슬러지 등에 흡착 제거되는 것으로 조사되었으며, 하천에서는 하류지역이 상류지역보다 생물분해가 덜 진행된 NP($n=7{\sim}10$)EO의 분포분율이 높았다. 따라서 하수처리장과 같은 점오염원뿐만 아니라 비점오염원에 대한 지속적인 감시가 요구되어진다. APE의 최종 분생생성물인 NP는 공장폐수 및 가정하수에서 각각 $4.33\;{\mu}g/L$, $1.70\;{\mu}g/L$를 나타내었고, 하수처리장에서 평균 90% 정도의 제거율을 나타내었다. 그리고, 하천에 있어서 NP의 농도는 미국 및 유럽에서 환경유해농도로 규정하는 $1.0\;{\mu}g/L$를 초과하지는 않았지만, $0.1\;{\mu}g/L$ 이상 전 지역에서 검출되어 NP의 지속적인 감시가 요구된다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.90-97
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 4-nonlyphenol에 노출된 부모 세대 Tigriopus japonicus s.j.에서 태어난 그 자손 세대의 성장 과정과 외형의 변화를 살펴보았다. 4NP노출된 암컷에서 태어난 $F_1$세대 nauplius 유생은 저농도에서 낮은 생존율을 보였으며, 성장 속도를 반영한 copepodite 유생 발생일과 성숙 수컷의 최초 출현일은 고농도에서 빠른 성장을 보였다. 성비는 $0.1{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$와 $100{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$에서는 대조군과 유의적인 차이론 보이지 않았으나, $1{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$와 $10{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$에서는 수컷의 비율이 매우 높았다. 포란율의 경우 $0.1{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$에서 매우 낮은 포란율을 보였으나, 그 이상 농도에서는 100% 포란하였다. 암컷의 최초 포란일은 모든 농도에서 대조군보다 지연되었으며, 농도가 높아질수록 느려지는 경향을 보였다. 4NP 처리군에서 발생한 $F_1$세대 암컷 성체의 체장, 폭 그리고 생물량은 모든 농도에서 대조군보다 짧게 나타났다. 성숙 수컷의 경우 체장은 대조군과 큰 차이가 없었으나 폭과 생물량은 모든 농도에서 대조군보다 짧은 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.325-331
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• 2011

Nonylphenol (NP), which is well known as an endocrine disrupter, has been detected widely in untreated sewage or waste water streams. Given the necessity of discovering an eco-friendly method of degrading this toxic organic compound, this study was conducted to isolate NP-degrading microorganisms from the aqueous environment. NP-degrading microbes were isolated through NP-containing enrichment culture. Finally, a microbial consortium, SW-3, capable of degrading NP with high efficiency, was selected from the mixture sample. The microbial consortium SW-3 was able to degrade over 99% of 100 ppm NP in the culture medium for 40 days at $25^{\circ}C$. The microbial consortium SW-3 seemed to utilize NP as a carbon source, since NP was the sole carbon source in the culture medium. In order to isolate the NP-degrading bacterium, we further conducted single colony isolation using the microbial consortium SW-3. Four strains isolated from SW-3 exhibited lower NP-degradation efficiency than that of SW-3, suggesting that NP was degraded by the co-metabolism of the microbial consortium. We suggest that the microbial consortium obtained in this study would be useful in developing an eco-friendly bioremediation technology for NP degradation.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.189-196
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• 2011

We investigated the in vitro effects of nonylphenol (NP) and 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB126) on steroidogenesis in redlip mullet, Chelon haematocheilus, oocytes. In experiment 1, we investigated the effects of NP and PCB126 on steroid production from exogenous steroid precursors. Vitellogenic oocytes (0.75 mm in diameter) were incubated with 10 and 100 ng/ml NP or PCB126 with $[^3H]17{\alpha}$-hydroxyprogesterone as a precursor. The major metabolites produced were androstenedione, testosterone (T), estrone, and estradiol-$17{\beta}$ ($E_2$). Both NP and PCB126 increased T production and decreased $E_2$ production, except for 100 ng/ml PCB126. In experiment 2, oocytes (0.65-0.75 mm in diameter) were exposed to NP and PCB126 at different concentrations (0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, and 100 ng/mL). After the incubation, T and $E_2$ production was measured by radioimmunoassay. NP inhibited $E_2$ production at concentrations of 0.01 and 0.1 ng/ml in 0.75-mm-diameter oocytes. NP at 1 and 100 ng/mL stimulated T production, but had no observable effect on $E_2$ production. PCB126 treatment did not affect $E_2$ production at any of the concentrations tested. NP alone at 0.1 ng/mL resulted in a significant decrease in $E_2$ production in 0.65-mm-diameter oocytes. PCB126 did not show any significant effects on either T or $E_2$ production at all concentrations tested. These results suggest that NP acts like an antiestrogen at lower concentrations (0.01-0.1 ng/ml) in vitellogenic oocytes of redlip mullet.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.205-214
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• 2007

Surface water and sediment samples collected from the Mokpo coast of Korea were analyzed for molecular markers of organic municipal wastewaters, i.e., 11 fecal sterols including coprostanol (Cop) and nonylphenolic compounds (NPs), to characterize the main routes of these wastewaters to the coast and to assess contamination levels. Concentrations of Cop ranged from 94 to 7,568 ng/L in surface water and from 43 to 38,108 ng/g dry weight in sediments. Concentrations of NPs [nonylphenol (NP) and nonylphenol mono- and di-ethoxylates ($NP_{1-2}EOs$)] ranged from 123 to 4,729 ng/L in surface water and from 4 to 2,119 ng/ng dry weight in sediments. The levels of these compounds were much higher at stations near the rivers that pass through the urban center of Mokpo and the outfall of the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The spatial distribution of Cop levels was statistically similar to that of NPs (r=0.809 and 0.982 in surface water and sediments, respectively), indicating that these compounds may have similar discharge points, transport, mixing, and deposition in the study area. These results suggest that considerable amounts of organic wastewater compounds are discharged through rivers and WWTP effluent to the Mokpo coast.

• 한국환경독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경독성학회 2000년도 추계심포지움 및 학술발표회:바이오모니터링 기법을 이용한 환경위해성 평가
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• pp.52-52
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• 2000