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Environmental disruption of reproductive rhythms.
Moralia, Marie-Azélie; Quignon, Clarisse; Simonneaux, Marine et al.
2022In Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 66, p. 100990
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Keywords :
Artificial light at night; Circadian rhythms; Endocrine-disrupting chemicals; GnRH; Kisspeptin; Melatonin; RFRP-3; Reproduction; Seasonal rhythms; Shift work; Endocrine Disruptors; Circadian Rhythm; Lighting; Endocrine Disruptors/toxicity
Abstract :
[en] Reproduction is a key biological function requiring a precise synchronization with annual and daily cues to cope with environmental fluctuations. Therefore, humans and animals have developed well-conserved photoneuroendocrine pathways to integrate and process daily and seasonal light signals within the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. However, in the past century, industrialization and the modern 24/7 human lifestyle have imposed detrimental changes in natural habitats and rhythms of life. Indeed, exposure to an excessive amount of artificial light at inappropriate timing because of shift work and nocturnal urban lighting, as well as the ubiquitous environmental contamination by endocrine-disrupting chemicals, threaten the integrity of the daily and seasonal timing of biological functions. Here, we review recent epidemiological, field and experimental studies to discuss how light and chemical pollution of the environment can disrupt reproductive rhythms by interfering with the photoneuroendocrine timing system.
Disciplines :
Endocrinology, metabolism & nutrition
Author, co-author :
Moralia, Marie-Azélie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Pédiatrie ; Université de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, Strasbourg, France
Quignon, Clarisse;  Université de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, Strasbourg, France
Simonneaux, Marine;  Université de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, Strasbourg, France
Simonneaux, Valérie;  Université de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, Strasbourg, France. Electronic address: simonneaux@inci-cnrs.unistra.fr
Language :
English
Title :
Environmental disruption of reproductive rhythms.
Publication date :
July 2022
Journal title :
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
ISSN :
0091-3022
eISSN :
1095-6808
Publisher :
Academic Press Inc., United States
Volume :
66
Pages :
100990
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
ANSES - Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail
Funding text :
This work was supported by the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (Anses).
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