title: Characterization of maternal transfer of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) administered to pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats.
abstract: To evaluate maternal transfer of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209), Sprague-Dawley rats were given daily oral doses of 5 μmol/kgb.w. BDE-209 in peanut oil from gestation day (GD) 7 to postpartum day (PD) 4. BDE-209 was increased temporally in maternal blood, placenta, fetuses and neonates. Furthermore, more BDE-209 was found in neonate whole-body samples obtained during lactational period (PD 4) than in that of fetal whole-body samples during pregnancy GD 15 and 21. Overall an increase was observed over time for nona-BDE levels in maternal blood and placenta, but these congeners were decreased in fetuses or neonates. Slight changes were observed for octa-BDEs in both maternal blood and placenta while a significant decrease was observed in the fetuses or neonates for BDE-196 and 198/203. These results demonstrated that BDE-209 and its metabolites can transport to the placenta and milk, and eventually enter the fetuses and/or the neonates.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wushan, Guangzhou 510640, China.
authors.forename: Yunmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Wenbing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Junjie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Guoying
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Dunjin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jiamo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D005411:Flame Retardants / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D007774:Lactation / Q000187:drug effects; D018811:Maternal Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008892:Milk; D010920:Placenta / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D005411:Flame Retardants; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; C010902:decabromobiphenyl ether