Waterborne exposure to fluorotelomer alcohol 6:2 FTOH alters plasma sex hormone and gene transcription in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis of zebrafish

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 131-137

  Liu, Chunsheng ^a,b   Yu, Liqin ^a   Deng, Jun ^a   Lam, Paul K S ^c   Wu, Rudolf S S ^c   Zhou, Bingsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Fluorotelomer alcohols; Gene transcription; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal (HPG) axis; Sex hormone

Indexed keywords

1H,1H,2H,2H PERFLUOROOCTAN 1 OL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450 17; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

ALCOHOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIVER; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 67349250916     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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