Adverse effects of lactational exposure to chlorpyrifos in suckling rats

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the oxidative damage, biochemical and histopathological alterations in sucking rats whose mothers were exposed to the insecticide chlorpyrifos (CPF). Dams were administered CPF, via oral route. Doses equalled 0.01 mg kg^—1 body weight (b.wt.; acceptable daily intake, ADI), 1.00 mg kg^—1 b.wt. (no observed adverse effects level, NOAEL) and 1.35 mg kg^—1 b.wt. (1/100 lethal dose [LD₅₀]) from postnatal day 1 until day 20 after delivery. At two high doses of CPF, the body weight gain and relative liver and kidney weight of suckling pups were significantly decreased. Exposure of the mothers to CPF caused increase in lipid peroxidation (LPO) and decrease in superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione-s-transferase (GST) in lactating pups. CPF altered the level of the marker parameters related to the liver and kidneys. Consistent histological changes were found in the liver and kidneys of the subjected pups, especially at the higher doses. The results suggested that the transfer of CPF intoxication through the mother’s milk has resulted in oxidative stress and biochemical and histopathological alterations in the suckling pups. The data of this study may be considered as a contribution to the problem of lactational transfer of the relatively less persistent OP pesticides, such as CPF.

Keywords

antioxidant enzymes chlorpyrifos lactation lipid peroxidation liver and kidney dysfunction suckling rats

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