Study of the Alterations in Reproductive System of Mice Exposed to Environmental Contamination / Estudo das alterações no sistema reprodutor de camundongos expostos a contaminação ambiental

AUTOR(ES)

Paulo Augusto Amador Pereira

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

The Atmospheric Pollution Laboratory of The Sao Paulo University Medical College develops research on the effects of environmental pollution in health. This study investigated the effects on the reproductive system of balb-c mice exposed to water from a river near a deactivated waste depositary. Eighty male mice were separated in four groups: Group A (mineral water); Group B (water from the water treatment station); Group C (water from Cubatao city); Group D (water from the waste depositary region). They were exposed to water since they were weaned until they reached sexual maturity. They were coupled with females in reproductive age and after this mating time they were sacrificed. The evaluated parameters had been testicle weight, sperm analysis, pregnancy rate, sex ratio of the offspring and Sertoli cell count. The analysis of the water did not show presence of pollutants in the group a and group c water. Group b showed low levels of cadmium, 3,58 ± 0,50 g/L and 2,92 ± 0,10g/L. Group d showed the presence of PAHs and high levels of lead (113 ± 11 g/L and 221 ± 16 g/L), cadmiun (11,33 ± 0,50 g/L and 12,6 ± 1,2 g/L) and mercury (4,58 ± 0,92 g/L and 5,3 ± 1,1 g/L . The tests of Levene and Kolmogorov-Smirnov had been used to verify the homogeneity of the variances and the tack to the normal curve, respectively. The parametric tests used ANOVA and the non parametric tests used Kruskall-Wallis test and the test of multiple comparisons of Tukey (Kleibaun). Results: There were no differences between groups in testicle weight, sperm analysis, pregnancy rate and Sertoli cell count. There was a significant reduction in sex-ratio of the offspring in group b. This alteration cannot be explained by the cadmium levels in group b water. In the present work we cannot associate the exposition to water from the waste depositary and reproductive alterations

ASSUNTO(S)

camundongos poluição ambiental/efeitos adversos testicle testículos organic pollutants reprodução sex-ratio razão de masculinidade metais pesados pollution mice poluentes orgânicos reproduction metals

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