ArticleNeuroendocrinology2023
Impacts of Gestational FireMaster 550 Exposure on the Neonatal Cortex Are Sex Specific and Largely Attributable to the Organophosphate Esters.
Article in Neuroendocrinology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Firemaster 550 differentially alters gene expression underlying synaptic function in amygdala of prairie voles after gestational or lactational exposure.Neurotoxicology · 2026Article
- Update of the risk assessment on emerging and novel brominated flame retardants in food.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2026Article
- Identifying associations and key early life exposure windows for organophosphate esters and adolescent brain morphometry in the HOME study.Environmental research · 2026Article
- Sex-specific disruption of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) density in the social brain neural network by Firemaster 550.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026Article
- The effects of house dust-derived mixtures of organophosphate esters on Leydig cell phenotype, function, and lipidome†.Biology of reproduction · 2025Article
- Effects of an environmentally relevant mixture of organophosphate esters on the phenotype and function of HepG2 liver cells.Archives of toxicology · 2025Article
- Organophosphate Flame Retardants Disrupt Autism-Relevant Gene Networks Across Development: A Cross-Species Multi-Omics Study.Environmental research · 2025Article
- A mixture of organophosphate esters sex-specifically impacts monocyte-macrophages in Sprague-Dawley rats.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025Article
- Developmental immunotoxicity study of tris(chloropropyl) phosphate in Hsd:Sprague Dawley SD rats exposed through dosed feed.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025Article
- Mechanisms of Flame Retardant Toxicity and Their Impacts on Anxiety and Cognition in the Brain.Endocrinology · 2025Review
- Impact of exposure to a mixture of organophosphate esters on the adrenal glands of Sprague Dawley rats.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025Article
- Beyond Infections: Exploring Immune-Mediated Pathways Linking Cannabis and Emerging Environmental Contaminants to Neurodevelopmental Outcomes.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
- Developmental pyrethroid exposure in mouse leads to disrupted brain metabolism in adulthood.Neurotoxicology · 2024Article
- House dust-derived mixtures of organophosphate esters alter the phenotype, function, transcriptome, and lipidome of KGN human ovarian granulosa cells.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2024Article
- Developmental pyrethroid exposure in mouse leads to disrupted brain metabolism in adulthood.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Impact of Exposure to a Mixture of Organophosphate Esters on Adrenal Cell Phenotype, Lipidome, and Function.Endocrinology · 2024Article
- Developmental organophosphate flame retardant exposure disrupts adult hippocampal neurogenesis in Wistar rats.Neurotoxicology · 2023Article
- Machine learning reveals common transcriptomic signatures across rat brain and placenta following developmental organophosphate ester exposure.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2023Article
- Maternal organophosphate flame retardant exposure alters the developing mesencephalic dopamine system in fetal rat.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
introductionFlame retardants (FRs) are common bodily and environmental pollutants, creating concern about their potential toxicity. We and others have found that the commercial mixture FireMaster® 550 (FM 550) or its individual brominated (BFR) and organophosphate ester (OPFR) components are potential developmental neurotoxicants. Using Wistar rats, we previously reported that developmental exposure to FM 550 or its component classes produced sex- and compound-specific effects on adult socioemotional behaviors. The underlying mechanisms driving the behavioral phenotypes are unknown.
methodsTo further mechanistic understanding, here we conducted transcriptomics in parallel with a novel lipidomics approach using cortical tissues from newborn siblings of the rats in the published behavioral study. Inclusion of lipid composition is significant because it is rarely examined in developmental neurotoxicity studies. Pups were gestationally exposed via oral dosing to the dam to FM 550 or the BFR or OPFR components at environmentally relevant doses.
resultsThe neonatal cortex was highly sexually dimorphic in lipid and transcriptome composition, and males were more significantly impacted by FR exposure. Multiple adverse modes of action for the BFRs and OPFRs on neurodevelopment were identified, with the OPFRs being more disruptive than the BFRs via multiple mechanisms including dysregulation of mitochondrial function and disruption of cholinergic and glutamatergic systems. Disrupted mitochondrial function by environmental factors has been linked to a higher risk of autism spectrum disorders and neurodegenerative disorders. Impacted lipid classes included ceramides, sphingomyelins, and triacylglycerides. Robust ceramide upregulation in the OPFR females could suggest a heightened risk of brain metabolic disease.
conclusionsThis study reveals multiple mechanisms by which the components of a common FR mixture are developmentally neurotoxic and that the OPFRs may be the compounds of greatest concern.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.