PUBLICATION

Assessment of the developmental and neurotoxicity of the mosquito control larvicide, pyriproxyfen, using embryonic zebrafish

Authors
Truong, L., Gonnerman, G., Simonich, M.T., Tanguay, R.L.
ID
ZDB-PUB-160907-7
Date
2016
Source
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)   218: 1089-1093 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Gonnerman, Greg, Tanguay, Robyn L.
Keywords
Behavior, Development, Morphology defects, Neurotoxicology, Pyriproxyfen, Zebrafish, Zika
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Brazil
  • Culicidae/drug effects*
  • Culicidae/growth & development
  • Female
  • Insect Vectors/drug effects*
  • Insect Vectors/growth & development
  • Insecticides/toxicity*
  • Male
  • Mosquito Control/instrumentation
  • Pyridines/toxicity*
  • Zebrafish/embryology*
  • Zika Virus Infection/prevention & control
  • Zika Virus Infection/transmission
PubMed
27593350 Full text @ Environ. Pollut.
Abstract
In 2014, as an attempt to address the Zika health crisis by controlling the mosquito population, Brazil took the unprecedented action of applying a chemical larvicide, pyriproxyfen, to drinking water sources. The World Health Organization has established an acceptable daily intake of pyriproxyfen to be 100 μg per kg of body weight per day, but studies have demonstrated that at elevated doses (>5000 mg/kg), there are adverse effects in mice, rats and dogs. To better understand the potential developmental toxicity of pyriproxyfen, we utilized the embryonic zebrafish. Our results demonstrate that the concentration resulting in 50% of animals presenting adverse morphological effects (EC50), including craniofacial defects, was 5.2 μM for daily renewal exposure, and above this concentration, adverse behavioral effects were also observed in animals that followed a static exposure regimen. Thus, zebrafish data suggest that the developmental toxicity of pyriproxyfen may not be limited to insects.
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