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1 April 2005 Vitellogenin-immunohistochemistry in the Liver and the Testis of the Medaka, Oryzias latipes, Exposed to 17β-estradiol and p-nonylphenol
Kayo Kobayashi, Satoshi Tamotsu, Keiko Yasuda, Tadashi Oishi
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Abstract

Vitellogenin (VTG) produced in male fish has been used for a biomarker to study endocrine disrupters. However, the characteristics of VTG produced in male fish have not been studied well. In this study, we investigated the localization of VTG in the liver and the testis of male medaka (Oryzias latipes) treated with 17β-estradiol (E2) and p-nonylphenol (NP). The male fish were exposed to 1 μg/L E2 and 500 μg/L NP for 1–12 days. Control groups were kept in water including only vehicle. The frozen sections of the liver and the testis were stained with immunohistochemical methods using an antiserum against medaka VTG as the first antibody. In the E2 and NP treated liver, the hepatocytes showed immunoreactivity. In particular, the cytoplasm close to the cell membrane surrounding the sinusoids was strongly immunopositive. In the testis of both treatments, the interstitial tissues and the cells (spermatocytes) in the seminiferous tubules were immunopositive. The concentration of VTG became gradually higher in both tissues with longer treatments. These results suggest that germ cells in the testis treated with E2 and NP are able to incorporate and accumulate VTG.

Kayo Kobayashi, Satoshi Tamotsu, Keiko Yasuda, and Tadashi Oishi "Vitellogenin-immunohistochemistry in the Liver and the Testis of the Medaka, Oryzias latipes, Exposed to 17β-estradiol and p-nonylphenol," Zoological Science 22(4), 453-461, (1 April 2005). https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.22.453
Received: 22 January 2005; Accepted: 1 February 2005; Published: 1 April 2005
KEYWORDS
17β-estradiol
immunohistochemistry
liver
Oryzias latipes
p-nonylphenol
testis
vitellogenin
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