title: Griseofulvin-induced aneuploidy and meiotic delay in female mouse germ cells. II. Cytogenetic analysis of one-cell zygotes.
abstract: The effects of griseofulvin (GF) upon the first meiotic division of female mouse germ cells were evaluated by cytogenetic analysis of first-cleavage (1-Cl) zygotes. The present study is an extension of an investigation that began with the cytogenetic analysis of metaphase II (M II) oocytes. Different doses (200, 666, 1332, 2000 mg/kg) were tested by oral administration of GF to superovulated animals either at the time of human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) injection or 2 h post HCG. When GF was given at the time of HCG, significant dose-dependent increases of different types of cytogenetically abnormal cells were found. These included zygotes containing ostensibly female-derived M I or M II arrested chromosomes and polyploid zygotes. The total yields of these aberrations were 2.9, 4.3, 26.2, 60.6, and 64.1% for control, 200, 666, 1332, and 2000 mg/kg, respectively. The origin of these zygotes was attributed to the fertilization of oocytes that had been previously arrested at M I. No significant induction of hyperploidy was detected. Developmentally abnormal zygotes were still observed when GF was administered 2 h post HCG, although their frequencies were significantly lower than in the first series of experiments. The yields of developmentally abnormal zygotes were 49, 10.2, and 23.6% at 200, 666, and 2000 mg/kg. Additionally, a dose-dependent increase in the frequency of hyperploid zygotes was detected up to a maximum of 36.5% at 2000 mg/kg. These results confirm the cytogenetic observations from M II oocytes after GF treatment under the same experimental conditions; namely, a dramatic change in the oocyte target susceptibility to GF occurred within a short time period. Also, the present study demonstrated that most of GF-induced aneuploid oocytes were fertilized and reached first-cleavage metaphase.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Toxicology, ENEA, CRE Casaccia, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tiveron
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bassani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pacchierotti
mesh_terms: D000782:Aneuploidy; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006118:Griseofulvin / Q000633:toxicity*; D008540:Meiosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D015053:Zygote / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D006118:Griseofulvin