Endosulfan and flutamide impair testicular development in the juvenile Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 110-111, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-132

  Rajakumar, A ^a   Singh, R ^a   Chakrabarty, S ^a   Murugananthkumar, R ^a   Laldinsangi, C ^a   Prathibha, Y ^a   Sudhakumari, C C ^a   Dutta Gupta, A ^a   Senthilkumaran, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Catfish; Endosulfan; Flutamide; Testicular development; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; ANDROGEN; CYTOCHROME P450C17; ENDOSULFAN; FLUTAMIDE; GONADORELIN; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR2C1; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN 17BETA HSD12; PROTEIN AD4BP; PROTEIN DMRT1; PROTEIN SF 1; PROTEIN SOX9A; PROTEIN WT1; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; SURFACE WATER; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CORRELATION; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOSULFAN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PESTICIDE; TELEOST; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CATFISH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HATCHING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DISEASE;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 2; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CATFISHES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOSULFAN; FLUTAMIDE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CLARIAS BATRACHUS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862809423     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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