Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Principal investigator have clarified that exposure to decabrominated diphenyl ether (decaBDE) cause decreased sperm number in mice. In this study, principal investigator evaluated about the detailed mechanism for such toxicity. Results showed that neonatal exposure to decaBDE causes 1) decreased testosterone level in sera, 2) decreased transcript levels of androgen receptor and thyroid hormone receptor in testes. In addition, data in this study showed that 3) decaBDE affects the ratio of splicing products of thyroid hormone receptors in Sertoli cells. Such data elucidated one of the mechanisms to cause male reproductive toxicity by exposure to decaBDE.
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