RT Journal Article
T1 Effects of exposure to pyrethroid cyfluthrin on serotonin and dopamine levels in brain regions of male rats
A1 Rodriguez, José Luis
A1 Ares Lombán, Irma
A1 Castellano Santos, Víctor Jesús
A1 Martínez Caballero, Marta
A1 Martínez Larrañaga, María Rosa
A1 Anadón Navarro, Arturo Ramón
A1 Martínez Caballero, María Aranzazu
AB The effects of cyfluthrin oral exposure (1, 5, 10 and 20mg/kg bw, 6 days) on brain region monoamine levels of male rats were examined. Cyfluthrin-treated rats (1, 5 and 10mg/kg bw, orally 6 days), had no visible injury, i.e., no clinical signs of dysfunction were observed. However, rats treated with cyfluthrin at the highest dose (20mg/kg bw, orally 6 days) showed skeletal muscle contraction in the hind limbs, slight movement incoordination without any signs of dyskinesia and tremor after 1-2h of treatment. These signs were reversible at 6h after dose. After last dose of cyfluthrin, dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT) and its metabolites levels were determined in brain regions hypothalamus, midbrain, hippocampus, striatum and prefrontal cortex by HPLC. Cyfluthrin (1mg/kg bw, orally 6 days) did not affect the DA, 5-HT and metabolites levels in the brain regions studied. Cyfluthrin (5, 10 and 20mg/kg bw, orally 6 days) caused a statistically significant decrease in DA and its metabolites DOPAC and HVA levels and in 5-HT and its metabolite 5-HIAA levels in a brain region- and dose-related manner. Moreover, cyfluthrin (20mg/kg bw, orally 6 days) evoked a statistically significant increase in 5-HT turnover in striatum and midbrain, and in DA turnover in striatum and prefrontal cortex. These findings indicate that serotoninergic and dopaminergic neurotransmission is affected by exposure to cyfluthrin and may contribute to the overall spectrum of neurotoxicity caused by this pyrethroid
PB Elsevier
SN 0013-9351
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97701
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97701
LA eng
NO Rodríguez JL, Ares I, Castellano V, Martínez M, Martínez-Larrañaga MR, Anadón A, Martínez MA. Effects of exposure to pyrethroid cyfluthrin on serotonin and dopamine levels in brain regions of male rats. Environ Res. 2016 Apr;146:388-94. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.01.023. Epub 2016 Jan 29. PMID: 26826775
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
NO Comunidad de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 11 abr 2025