Modulation of steroidogenesis and estrogen signalling in the estuarine killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) exposed to ethinylestradiol

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-156

  Hogan, Natacha S ^a   Currie, Suzanne ^b   LeBlanc, Sacha ^b   Hewitt, L Mark ^c   MacLatchy, Deborah L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Estrogen receptor; Ethinylestradiol; Fundulus heteroclitus; Heat shock proteins; Steroidogenesis; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FORSKOLIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; PREGNENOLONE; RNA; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; HEAT SHOCK; PROTEIN; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARINE SPECIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FORSKOLIN; FUNDULIDAE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; LIVER; MALE; PREGNENOLONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CYPRINODONTOIDEI; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 77953686813     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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