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Effects of short-term exposure to hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)on T3 and T4 of liver and brain in juvenile crimson snapper (Lutjanus erythopterus)
Received:January 26, 2016  
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KeyWord:hexabromocyclododecane;Lutjanus erythopterus;thyroid hormone;triiodothyronine;thyroxin
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CHEN Hai-gang South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology Environment, Guangdong Province
Key Laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Resources Exploitation & Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture
Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of South China Sea Fishery Resources & Environments, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510300, China 
 
SUN Li-wei Ocean College, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China  
ZHANG Lin-bao South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology Environment, Guangdong Province
Key Laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Resources Exploitation & Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture
Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of South China Sea Fishery Resources & Environments, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510300, China 
 
ZHANG Zhe South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology Environment, Guangdong Province
Key Laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Resources Exploitation & Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture
Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of South China Sea Fishery Resources & Environments, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510300, China 
 
HU Ying South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology Environment, Guangdong Province
Key Laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Resources Exploitation & Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture
Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of South China Sea Fishery Resources & Environments, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510300, China 
 
CAI Wen-gui South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology Environment, Guangdong Province
Key Laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Resources Exploitation & Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture
Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of South China Sea Fishery Resources & Environments, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510300, China 
 
JIA Xiao-ping South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology Environment, Guangdong Province
Key Laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Resources Exploitation & Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture
Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of South China Sea Fishery Resources & Environments, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510300, China 
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Abstract:
      Extensive applications of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) have caused environmental contamination. In this study, juvenile crimson snappers (Lutjanus erythopterus) were exposed to different concentrations of HBCD (8.6, 43.0, and 215 μg·L-1) for 24, 48, and 96 h to determine triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxin (T4) levels and T3/T4 ratios in liver and brain tissues. Results showed that HBCD had ob vious disrupting effects on the thyroid of Lutjanus erythopterus. The exposures to 8.6 and 43.0 μg·L-1 significantly increased T3 and T4 lev els. An extremely significant induction effect on T3 and T4 was observed after 24 and 48 h exposures to 215 μg·L-1 (P<0.01), whereas ex tremely significant depression occurred under prolonged exposure to this concentration (P<0.01). Moreover, the liver T3/T4 ratio was lower in HBCD treatments than in the control. There were time-effect and dose-effect relationship. The brain T3/T4 ratio was higher under 24 and 48 h exposure, but lower under 96 h exposure to HBCD, as compared with that under the control. These results indicate that specific biomarkers in Lutjanus erythopterus, including liver T3, brain T3, liver T4, brain T4 and T3/T4 ratio, were sensitive enough to respond the stresses under short-term exposures to HBCD, and could provide important scientific basis for screening thyroid hormone disruptors and as sessing ecological risks.