ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION BY POLLUTANTS AND EFFECTS ON PROGENY

LÓPEZ GRECO, L.S.; MEDESANI DA; RODRIGUEZ EM

?Neohelice granulata, a Model Species for Studies on Crustaceans?

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Año: 2020; p. 339 - 356

Crustaceans and endocrine disruptionAs mentioned in Chapter 10, hormonally-regulated functions ofcrustaceans have been reviewed during the last years by several authors.Main endocrine-regulated processes of crustaceans involve moulting,reproduction, glycemia levels, and pigment migration, among others.Several pollutants, such as pesticides, alkylphenols, polychlorinatedbiphenyls, hydrocarbons, and heavy metals, can interfere with theseprocesses, therefore acting as endocrine-disrupting compounds (ECDs) oncrustaceans, as reviewed by several authors (LeBlanc 2007, Rodríguez etal. 2007, deFur et al. 1999).The hyperglycemic crustacean hormone (CHH) belongs to a highlydiversified family of peptide hormones, secreted by the sinus gland at theeyestalks (Nagaraju 2011, Fingerman 1997). This hormone has beenconsidered as the ?stress hormone? of crustaceans (Chang et al. 1999). In