Mechanisms of action of two different natural mixtures of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in ovarian follicles

Xenobiotica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-89

  Gregoraszczuk, E L ^a   Ptak, A ^a   Skaare, J U ^b,c   Mularz, K ^a   Chmielowiec, A ^a   Wojtowicz, A ^a   Ropstad, E ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR); CYP19 activity; CYP2B1; Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A1; Oestrogen receptor (ER); Ovarian follicles; Real life mixture; Steroid secretion

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; COD LIVER OIL; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 2B; CYTOCHROME P450 2B1; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LIVER EXTRACT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MARINE MIX; MJOSA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; POLLUTANT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROID ANALYSIS; STEROID RELEASE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SWINE;

GADUS MORHUA; LOTA;

EID: 61649117762     PISSN: 00498254     EISSN: 13665928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00498250802578468     Document Type: Article

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