Exposure to waterborne 4-tert-octylphenol induces vitellogenin synthesis and disrupts testis morphology in the South American freshwater fish Cichlasoma dimerus (Teleostei, Perciformes)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 298-306

  Rey Vazquez G ^a   Meijide, F J ^a,b   Da Cuna R H ^a,b   Lo Nostro, F L ^a,b   Piazza, Y G ^a,b   Babay, P A ^c   Trudeau, V L ^d   Maggese, M C ^a,b   Guerrero, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO ATÓMICO CONSTITUYENTES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cichlasoma dimerus; Cichlids; Liver and testis pathology; Octylphenol; Surface mucus; Teleosts; Vitellogenin; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CICHLASOMA DIMERUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FRESHWATER FISH; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PERCIFORMES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SURFACE MUCUS; TELEOST; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CICHLASOMA; CICHLIDAE; PERCIFORMES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 67649479223     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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