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Assessment of environmental endocrine disruption with plasma concentration of vitellogenin in Koi carp of rivers and wetland sites.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 11839007
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research InstitutionNagaoka University of Technology

Principal Investigator

KERA Yoshio  Nagaoka University of Technology, Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Associate Professor, 工学部, 助教授 (00137168)

Project Period (FY) 1999 – 2000
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2000)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000)
Keywordsendocrine disruption / biomarker / Koi carp (Cyprinus carpio) / vitellogenin / Shinano River / Sakata / Toyanogata / effluent from sewage treatment plant
Research Abstract

Vitellogenin (Vtg) is a female specific plasma protein and the major precursor of egg yolk protein in oviparous vertebrates. The protein can serve as a useful biomarker for environmental endocrine disruption. The present study was carried out to assess environmental endocrine disruption with plasma Vtg concentration in Koi carp (Cyprinus carpio) of rivers and wetland sites.
We purified Koi carp Vtg to homogeneity, raised specific polyclonal antiserum to the purified Koi carp Vtg and established a single radial immunodiffusion assay and a homologous enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to measure plasma Vtg concentration.
To assess environmental endocrine disruption, wild Koi carp were collected in the wetland site Sakata and Toyanogata and the Shinano River. Two of 24 males captured in the Shinano River in the Ojiya City area and 5 of 15 males captured in the Shinano River in Niigata City area possessed slightly higher plasma Vtg concentrations (>1 μg/ml).
Plasma Vtg levels in juvenile male carp, which were exposed to effluent from sewage treatment plant for 10-14 days, were higher than those in the unexposed male fish, suggesting that the effluent contained estrogenic compounds at a biological active level. The analyses of the effluent with GC/MS revealed that estradiol- 17β in the effluent is one of the main compounds to increase plasma Vtg level in Koi carp.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2000 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All Other

All Publications (3 results)

  • [Publications] Kera,Y.,Kato,T.,Koshiba,K.and Yamada,R.: "Koi carp(Cyprinus carpio)vitellogenin : purification, N-terminaland internal amino acid sequences and establishment of an ELISA."Japanese Journal of Environmental Toxicology.. 3・2. 47-62 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kera, Y., Kato, T., Koshiba, K.and Yamada, R.: "Koi carp (Cyprinus carpio) vitellogenin : purification, N-terminal and internal amino acid sequences and establishment of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)."Jpn.J.Environ.Toxicol.. 3(2). 47-62 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kera,Y.,Kato,T.,Koshiba,K.and Yamada,R.Y.: "Koi carp (Cyprinus Carpio) vitellogenin : purification, N-terminal and internal amino acid sequences and establishment of an ELISA"Japanese Journal of Environmental Toxicology. 3・2. 47-62 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1999-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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