Effects of the UV-filter 2-ethyl-hexyl-4-trimethoxycinnamate (EHMC) on expression of genes involved in hormonal pathways in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) and link to vitellogenin induction and histology

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 167-176

  Christen, Verena ^a   Zucchi, Sara ^a   Fent, Karl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2 Ethyl hexyl 4 trimethoxycinnamate (EHMC); Endocrine disrupters; Estrogenicity; Gene expression profile; Hormonal activity; Octylmethoxycinnamate; UV filter

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYL HEXYL 4 TRIMETHOXYCINNAMATE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 19A1A; CYTOCHROME P450 19A1B; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN D2 SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; RNA 18S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE; MALE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FILTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CINNAMATES; CYPRINIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADS; HORMONES; LIVER; MALE; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 79951942434     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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