Pulp and paper mill effluents induce distinct gene expression changes linked to androgenic and estrogenic responses in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 430-439

  Werner, Julieta ^a   Ouellet, Jacob D ^a   Cheng, Caroline S ^a   Ju, Young Jun ^a   Law, R David ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting compounds; Fathead minnow; Gene expression; Pulp and paper mill effluents; Real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTORS; BEFORE AND AFTER; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CYTOCHROME P4501A; EGG PRODUCTION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; FATHEAD MINNOW; KRAFT MILL EFFLUENTS; MRNA LEVEL; ONTARIO , CANADA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PULP AND PAPER MILL; PULP AND PAPER MILL EFFLUENTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNIFICANT PATTERNS; SIX GENES; TREATMENT PROCESS; VITELLOGENIN; WASTEWATER QUALITY;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FLUOROMETERS; GENE EXPRESSION; KRAFT PROCESS; KRAFT PULP; PAPER; PAPERMAKING MACHINERY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PAPER AND PULP MILLS;

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; METAL; VITELLOGENIN;

CYPRINID; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTOXICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STRESS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; OVUM; PAPER; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLUOROMETERS; KRAFT PULPS; PAPER MAKING EQUIPMENT; POLYMERIZATION; PULP MILLS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 77951142823     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.48     Document Type: Article

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