Do mineral and corn oil serve as potential endocrine disruptors in the gerbil prostate?

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2019-12-01

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Guerra, Luiz Henrique Alves [UNESP]
Tamarindo, Guilherme Henrique
de Campos, Silvana Gisele Pegorin
Taboga, Sebastião Roberto [UNESP]
Vilamaior, Patricia Simone Leite [UNESP]

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Vegetable oils are frequently used as a vehicle in the administration of lipophilic drugs in animal tests. However, the composition of these oils may interfere with the results. One alternative to reduce this potential bias is the use of mineral oil, which is not supposed to interfere in the physiology of experimental models, since this oil is considered to be innocous. The present study shows for the first time the effects of the oral administration of corn and mineral on the prostate, demonstrating their interference in homeostasis and revealing their potential to act as endocrine disruptors. Mineral oil treatment increased the expression of AR and ERα and serum estradiol concentrations, while corn oil increased the expression of positive cells for both types of estrogen receptors. The variation in the expression of these hormone receptors resulted in morphological changes in the prostate.

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Corn oil, Gerbil, Mineral oil, Prostate, Vehicle

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Reproductive Toxicology, v. 90, p. 141-149.