Toxic effects of carbendazim and n-butyl isocyanate, metabolites of the fungicide benomyl, on early development in the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis

Environmental Toxicology
Chun-Sik YoonSeon-Woo Cheong

Abstract

We investigated the toxic effects of carbendazim and n-butyl isocyanate (BIC), metabolites of the fungicide benomyl, on development in the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. To test the toxic effects, frog embryo teratogenesis assays using Xenopus were performed. Embryos were exposed to various concentrations of carbendazim (0-7 microM) and BIC (0-0.2 microM). LC(100) for carbendazim and BIC were 7 and 0.2 microM, respectively, and the corresponding LC(50), determined by probit analysis, were 5.606 and 0.135 microM. Exposure to carbendazim concentrations > or = 3 microM and BIC concentrations > or = 0.1 microM resulted in 10 different types of severe external malformation. Histological examinations revealed dysplasia of the brain, eyes, intestine, and somatic muscle, and swelling of the pronephric ducts. These phenomena were common in both test groups. The tissue-specific toxic effects were investigated with an animal cap assay. Neural tissues are normally induced at a high frequency by activin A, however, the induction of neural tissues was strongly inhibited by the addition of carbendazim. Conversely, the addition of BIC resulted in weak inhibition of neural tissues. Electron micrographs of animal cap explants revealed dege...Continue Reading

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