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Vitellogenin and vitellogenin receptor gene expression and 20-hydroxyecdysone concentration in Macrobrachium rosenbergii exposed to chlordecone

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Chlordecone is a persistent organochlorine pesticide widely used in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) to control the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus. Although it was previously highlighted that chlordecone may affect the reproduction and growth of vertebrate species, little information is available on the chlordecone effects in invertebrates. The present study investigated the effects of chlordecone on a hormone and a protein having key roles in reproduction and growth of the decapod crustacean Macrobrachium rosenbergii, by measuring the 20-hydroxyecdysone concentration, vitellogenin, and vitellogenin receptor gene expression, as well as the bioconcentration of chlordecone in exposed prawns. First, the results revealed that chlordecone was accumulated in M. rosenbergii. Then, it was found that Vg and VgR gene expression were increased in male and female M. rosenbergii exposed to chlordecone for 90 and 240 days, while the 20-hydroxyecdysone concentrations were decreased. This work suggests that chlordecone accumulates in prawn tissues and could affect key molecules involved in the reproduction and the growth of the invertebrate M. rosenbergii. However, many questions remain unresolved regarding the impacts of chlordecone on growth and reproduction and the signaling pathways responsible for these effects, as well as the potential role of confounding factors present in in situ studies.

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The present study was financially supported by grants from the National Research Agency (MACHLOMA, ANR-10-CESA-014, France) and by Belgium funds under a FNRS-F.R.I.A. grant (Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l’Industrie et dans l’Agriculture). The authors thank Patrick Boucher and François Herman (OCEAN-SA), Nathalie Dodet (LEAE) and Fanny Caupos (INRA) for their help in the establishment of the experiment, and Catherine Adam (LEAE) for her technical assistance.

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Lafontaine, A., Hanikenne, M., Boulangé-Lecomte, C. et al. Vitellogenin and vitellogenin receptor gene expression and 20-hydroxyecdysone concentration in Macrobrachium rosenbergii exposed to chlordecone. Environ Sci Pollut Res 23, 20661–20671 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7273-1

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