title: Reproductive toxicity and histopathological changes induced by lambda-cyhalothrin in male mice.
abstract: Lambda-cyhalothrin (LCT) is a widely used broad-spectrum pyrethroid insecticide. Oral LCT administration to adult male mice at 3 doses (0.2, 0.4, and 0.8 mg/kg/day) for 6 weeks caused a significant reduction in the weight of the seminal vesicles. The epididymal sperm count was lower in mice that received at the highest dose than in control mice. However, the proportions of live and motile spermatozoa were reduced at both the medium and the high doses compared with control mice. All doses induced an increase in the number of morphologically abnormal spermatozoa. Histopathological observations of the testes, liver, kidneys, and spleen showed dose-related degenerative damage in LCT-treated mice. The results indicate that LCT has reproductive toxicity, hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, and splenotoxicity in male mice at the tested doses. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Environ Toxicol 29: 750-762, 2014.
authors.affiliation: Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ali S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Al-Sarar
authors.forename: Yasser
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abobakr
authors.forename: Alaa E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Bayoumi
authors.forename: Hamdy I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Hussein
authors.forename: Mousa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Ghothemi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004822:Epididymis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009570:Nitriles / Q000633:toxicity*; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011722:Pyrethrins / Q000633:toxicity*; D012098:Reproduction / Q000187:drug effects; D013076:Sperm Count; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D013737:Testis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D009570:Nitriles; D011722:Pyrethrins; C037304:cyhalothrin