In vivo alternative assessment of the chemicals that interfere with anterior pituitary POMC expression and interrenal steroidogenesis in POMC: EGFP transgenic zebrafish

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-225

  Sun, Lingli ^a,b   Xu, Wei ^b   He, Jiangyan ^b   Yin, Zhan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Interrenal development; POMC:EGFP transgenic line; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; SIMAZINE; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; POMC PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERRENAL GLAND; MALE; NONHUMAN; POMC GENE; PROMOTER REGION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TELEOST; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TOXICITY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERRENAL GLAND; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77957229274     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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