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Results for Dioxin (TCDD)

Decreased testosterone concentration at highest dose in adulthood

Subjects: Wistar rats

Chemical: Dioxin (TCDD)

Low doses tested: 0.025, 0.060, 0.3 μg/kg bw

Other doses tested: Initial dose was followed by weekly maintenance doses (at 20 percent)

Route of administration: injected subcutaneously

Exposure duration: pre-conception – post-natal day 22 (comparable to human prenatal development from approximately day 1 of week 1 to beyond birth)

Age of measurement: birth through adulthood

Reference [PubMed Link]
Faqi AS, Chahoud I. 1998. Antiestrogenic effects of low doses of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in offspring of female rats exposed throughout pregnancy and lactation. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology 61(4):462-469.
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Results for Dioxin (TCDD)

Decreased level of ovalbumin (OVA) - specific immunoglobulin G and E (IgG and IgE) in plasma of adult offspring

Subjects: C57BL/6 mice

Chemical: Dioxin (TCDD)

Low doses tested: 1.0 μg/kg bw on gestational days 0, 7, and 14 and at 2 days of age

Route of administration: dissolved in peanut oil and delivered through gavage

Exposure duration: gestational day 0 (cross-fostered at 2 days of age) – last dose at 2 days of age (comparable to human prenatal development from approximately day 1 of week 1 to beyond birth)

Age of measurement: eight through 10 weeks of age

Reference [PubMed Link]
Hogaboam JP, Moore AJ, Lawrence BP. 2008 Mar. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor affects distinct tissue compartments during ontogeny of the immune system. Toxicol Sci 102(1):160-70.
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Results for Dioxin (TCDD)

Decreased levels of FSH and LH in the F2 and F3 generations and decreased E2 levels in the F1 and F3 generations in females.

Subjects: C57BL/6 mice

Chemical: Dioxin (TCDD)

Low doses tested: 2.0 ng/L

Route of administration: dissolved in DMSO and delivered in drinking water

Exposure duration: gestational day 0 – daily in drinking water (comparable to human prenatal development from approximately day 1 of week 1 to beyond birth)

Age of measurement: post-natal day 1, 4, 21, and 35

Reference [PubMed Link]
Huang L, Huang R, Ran XR, Liu HY, Zhang Y, Dai LJ, Li B. 2011. Three-generation experiment showed female C57BL/6J mice drink drainage canal water containing low level of TCDD-like activity causing high pup mortality. J Toxicol Sci 36(6):713-724.