Bioconcentration and metabolism of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) result in thyroid endocrine disruption in zebrafish larvae

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 110-111, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-148

  Chen, Qi ^a   Yu, Liqin ^a   Yang, Lihua ^a   Zhou, Bingsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

BDE 209; Bioconcentration and metabolism; Gene transcription; Hypothalamic Pituitary Thyroid axis; Thyroid endocrine disruption; Zebrafish larvae

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN DIO1; PROTEIN DIO2; PROTEIN NKX2.1; PROTEIN UTG1AB; SODIUM IODIDE SYMPORTER; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; THYROXINE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; METABOLISM; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; EXPOSURE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; THYROID DISEASE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS BETA; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; UP-REGULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84862803382     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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