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EFFECT OF GESTATIONAL EXPOSURE TO NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDE "THIACLOPRID" ON WISTAR RATS AND THEIR FETUSES

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Animal Ecology and Toxicology
Animal Evolution and Development

Abstract

One of the insecticides in the neonicotinoid group is thiacloprid (THIA), the first chloronicotinyl pesticide with significant insecticidal action, which is applied to numerous crops to manage a variety of pest species. THIA may target the liver primarily, although reports of nephrotoxicity, teratogenicity, and carcinogenicity have indeed surfaced. The current study endeavors to investigate the teratogenic, oxidative stress, and genotoxic effect of THIA (1/40 and 1/20 of median lethal dose "LD50") on the rat pregnant dams and their fetuses from 6th to 20th days of gestation. The two THIA-treated groups displayed teratogenic anomalies including fetuses not evenly distributed across the uterine horns, dead fetuses, and resorption sites in the uteri. Histologically, both maternal and fetal hepatic and renal tissues exhibited some histopathological alterations. Additionally, hepatic tissues from both the mother and their fetuses displayed a significant increase (P<0.05) in malondialdehyde level (indicating lipid peroxidation), a significant decrease (P<0.05) in the catalase and superoxide dismutase activities, and reduced glutathione level (indicating a defect in the antioxidant defense system), with a significant rise (P<0.05) in the comet parameter (indicating DNA damage). In conclusion, THIA treatment during the gestational period has a high potential for causing teratogenic and genotoxic effects, as well as oxidative stress, in pregnant dams and their fetuses. According to the study's findings, both pregnant females and their fetuses exposed to THIA may be at risk.

DOI

10.21608/ejz.2023.244904.1109

Keywords

DNA damage, Gestation period, Oxidative Stress, Rat fetuses, Thiacloprid

Authors

First Name

Ahmed Imam

Last Name

Dakrory

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Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

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dakrory2001@yahoo.com

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First Name

Omnia

Last Name

Elsaed

MiddleName

Ibrahim

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Email

omnia.ibrahimm99@gmail.com

City

Giza

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First Name

Amel

Last Name

Omar

MiddleName

Ramadan

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Email

amel@sci.cu.edu.eg

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Giza

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Volume

82

Article Issue

82

Related Issue

51731

Issue Date

2024-12-01

Receive Date

2023-10-26

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

92

Page End

108

Print ISSN

1110-6344

Online ISSN

2682-3160

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https://ejz.journals.ekb.eg/article_327210.html

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Original Research Papers

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684

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Zoology

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https://ejz.journals.ekb.eg/

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EFFECT OF GESTATIONAL EXPOSURE TO NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDE "THIACLOPRID" ON WISTAR RATS AND THEIR FETUSES

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24 Dec 2024