Modulation of steroidogenesis and xenobiotic biotransformation responses in zebrafish (Danio rerio) exposed to water-soluble fraction of crude oil

Environmental Research

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 362-370

  Arukwe, Augustine ^a   Nordtug, Trond ^b   Kortner, Trond M ^a   Mortensen, Anne S ^a   Brakstad, Odd Gunnar ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biotransformation system; Crude oil; Gene expression; Steroidogenesis; Water soluble fraction; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BENZYLOXYRESORUFIN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; ESTRADIOL; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHOXYRESORUFIN; PENTOXYRESORUFIN; PETROLEUM; RESORUFIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAIN; CRUDE OIL; CYPRINID; CYTOCHROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STEROID; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEAD; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MICROSOMES; NORWAY; PETROLEUM; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOBIOTICS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44649110723     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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