In vitro exposure of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) testis to estrogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals: mRNA expression of genes encoding steroidogenic enzymes

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-53

  Ribeiro, Cláudia ^a,b,c   Urbatzka, Ralph ^a   Castro, L Filipe C ^a   Carrola, João ^d   Fontainhas Fernandes, António ^d   Monteiro, Rogério A F ^a,c   Rocha, Eduardo ^a,c   Rocha, Maria J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES IUCS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

17 HSD; EDCs; environmental mixtures; estrogens; steroidogenesis; testis

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; 17 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 1; 17 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 12; 17 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 8; 20 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450 19A; CYTOCHROME P450 19B; ESTROGEN ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GENISTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOESTROGEN GENISTEIN; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CICHLIDS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

EID: 83455166345     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2011.593053     Document Type: Article

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