Gene expression of sex-determining factors and steroidogenic enzymes in the chicken embryo: Influence of xenoestrogens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 148-156

  Kamata, Ryo ^a   Takahashi, Shinji ^a   Morita, Masatoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FOWL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 4043109779     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.05.011     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Berg C., Halldin K., Brunström B., Brandt I. Methods for studying xenoestrogenic effects in birds. Toxicol. Lett. 102-103:1998;671-676
2. Berg C., Halldin K., Fridolfsson A.K., Brandt I., Brunström B. The avian egg as a test system for endocrine disrupters: effects of diethylstilbestrol and ethynylestradiol on sex organ development. Sci. Total Environ. 233:1999;57-66
3. Berg C., Holm L., Brandt I., Brunström B. Anatomical and histological changes in the oviducts of Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica, after embryonic exposure to ethynyloestradiol. Reproduction. 121:2001;155-165
4. ′ -tetrachlorobiphenyl infected into the eggs Toxicology. 27:1983;103-110
5. Brunström B., Örberg J. A method for studying embryotoxicity of lipophilic substances experimentally introduced into hens' eggs. Ambio. 11:1982;209-211
6. Don R.H., Cox P.T., Wainwright B.J., Baker K., Mattick J.S. 'Touchdown' PCR to circumvent spurious priming during gene amplification. Nucleic Acids Res. 19:1991;4008
7. Fridolfsson A.K., Ellegren H. A simple and universal method for molecular sexing of non-ratite birds. J. Avian Biol. 30:1999;116-121
8. Fry D.M. Reproductive effects in birds exposed to pesticides and industrial chemicals. Environ. Health Perspect. 103(Suppl. 7):1995;165-171
9. Fry D.M., Toone C.K. DDT-induced feminization of gull embryos. Science. 213:1981;922-924
10. Halldin K., Berg C., Brandt I., Brunström B. Sexual behavior in Japanese quail as a test end point for endocrine disruption: effects of in ovo exposure to ethinylestradiol and diethylstilbestrol. Environ. Health Perspect. 107:1999;861-866
11. Hamburger V., Hamilton H.L. A series of normal stages in the development of the chick embryo. J. Morphol. 88:1951;49-92
12. Hori T., Asakawa S., Itoh Y., Shimizu N., Mizuno S. Wpkci, encoding an altered form of PKCI, is conserved widely on the avian W chromosome and expressed in early female embryos: implication of its role in female sex determination. Mol. Biol. Cell. 11:2000;3645-3660
13. Ikeda Y., Shen W.H., Ingraham H.A., Parker K.L. Developmental expression of mouse steroidogenic factor-1, an essential regulator of the steroid hydroxylases. Mol. Endocrinol. 8:1994;654-662
14. Kamata R., Morita M. Endocrine disrupting chemicals and reproductive disorder in birds. J. Environ. Chem. 12:2002;23-31
15. Kent J., Wheatley S.C., Andrews J.E., Sinclair A.H., Koopman P. A male-specific role for SOX9 in vertebrate sex determination. Development. 122:1996;2813-2822
16. Koopman P., Gubbay J., Vivian N., Goodfellow P., Lovell-Badge R. Male development of chromosomally female mice transgenic for Sry. Nature. 351:1991;117-121
17. Kudo T., Sutou S. Molecular cloning of chicken FTZ-F1-related orphan receptors. Gene. 197:1997;261-268
18. Nachtigal M.W., Hirokawa Y., Enyeart-VanHouten D.L., Flanagan J.N., Hammer G.D., Ingraham H.A. Wilms' tumor 1 and Dax-1 modulate the orphan nuclear receptor SF-1 in sex-specific gene expression. Cell. 93:1998;445-454
19. Nakabayashi O., Kikuchi H., Kikuchi T., Mizuno S. Differential expression of genes for aromatase and estrogen receptor during the gonadal development in chicken embryos. J. Mol. Endocrinol. 20:1998;193-202
20. Neeper M., Lowe R., Galuska S., Hofmann K.J., Smith R.G., Elbrecht A. Molecular cloning of an avian anti-Müllerian hormone homologue. Gene. 176:1996;203-209
21. Nomura O., Nishimori K., Nakabayashi O., Yasue H., Mizuno S. Determination by modified RT-PCR of transcript amounts from genes involved in sex-steroid sythesis in chicken organs including brain. J. Steroid Biochem. Molec. Biol. 67:1998;143-148
22. Nomura O., Nakabayashi O., Nishimori K., Yasue H., Mizuno S. Expression of five steroidogenic genes including aromatase gene at early developmental stages of chicken male and female embryos. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 71:1999;103-109
23. Ottinger M.A. Sexual differentiation of neuroendocrine systems and behavior. Poult. Sci. 68:1989;979-989
24. Raymond C.S., Kettlewell J.R., Hirsch B., Bardwell V.J., Zarkower D. Expression of Dmrt1 in the genital ridge of mouse and chicken embryos suggests a role in vertebrate sexual development. Dev. Biol. 215:1999;208-220
25. Shan Z., Nanda I., Wang Y., Schmid M., Vortkamp A., Haaf T. Sex-specific expression of an evolutionarily conserved male regulatory gene, DMRT1, in birds. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 89:2000;252-257
26. Shimada K. Sex determination and sex differentiation. Avian Poult. Biol. Rev. 13:2002;1-14
27. Sinclair A.H., Berta P., Palmer M.S., Hawkins J.R., Griffiths B.L., Smith M.J., Foster J.W., Frischauf A.M., Lovell-Badge R., Goodfellow P.N. A gene from the human sex-determining region encodes a protein with homology to a conserved DNA-binding motif. Nature. 346:1990;240-244
28. Smith C.A., Smith M.J., Sinclair A.H. Expression of chicken steroidogenic factor-1 during gonadal sex differentiation. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 113:1999;187-196
29. Smith C.A., Smith M.J., Sinclair A.H. Gene expression during gonadogenesis in the chicken embryo. Gene. 234:1999;395-402
30. Yoshida K., Shimada K., Saito N. Expression of P450(17 alpha) hydroxylase and P450 aromatase genes in the chicken gonad before and after sexual differentiation. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 102:1996;233-240