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28 October 2015 Effects of High-Butterfat Diet on Embryo Implantation in Female Rats Exposed to Bisphenol A
Alan M. Martinez, Ana Cheong, Jun Ying, Jingchuan Xue, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Yuet-Kin Leung, Michael A. Thomas, Shuk-Mei Ho
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Abstract

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disruptor associated with poor pregnancy outcomes in human and rodents. The effects of butterfat diets on embryo implantation and whether it modifies BPA's actions are currently unknown. We aimed to determine the effects of butterfat diet on embryo implantation success in female rats exposed to an environmentally relevant dose of BPA. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to dietary butterfat (10% or 39% kcal/kg body weight [BW]) in the presence or absence of BPA (250 μg/kg BW) or ethinylestradiol (0.1 μg/kg BW) shortly before and during pregnancy to assess embryo implantation potentials by preimplantation development and transport, in vitro blastulation, outgrowth, and implantation. On gestational day (GD) 4.5, rats treated with BPA alone had higher serum total BPA level (2.3–3.7 ng/ml). They had more late-stage preimplantation embryos, whereas those receiving high butterfat (HBF) diet had the most advanced-stage embryos; dams cotreated with HBF and BPA had the most number of advanced embryos. BPA markedly delayed embryo transport to the uterus, but neither amount of butterfat had modifying effects. An in vitro implantation assay showed HBF doubled the outgrowth area, with BPA having no effect. In vivo, BPA reduced the number of implanted embryos on GD8, and cotreatment with HBF eliminated this adverse effect. HBF diet overall resulted in more and larger GD8 embryos. This study reveals the implantation disruptive effects of maternal exposure to an environmentally relevant dose of BPA and identifies HBF diet as a modifier of BPA in promoting early embryonic health.

Alan M. Martinez, Ana Cheong, Jun Ying, Jingchuan Xue, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Yuet-Kin Leung, Michael A. Thomas, and Shuk-Mei Ho "Effects of High-Butterfat Diet on Embryo Implantation in Female Rats Exposed to Bisphenol A," Biology of Reproduction 93(6), (28 October 2015). https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.115.131433
Received: 12 May 2015; Accepted: 1 October 2015; Published: 28 October 2015
KEYWORDS
bisphenol A
blastocyst outgrowth
embryo implantation
high butterfat diet
preimplantation embryo development
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