Inhibition of vitellogenin gene induction by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin is mediated by aryl hydrocarbon receptor 2 (AHR2) in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Bugel, Sean M ^a,b,c   White, Lori A ^b   Cooper, Keith R ^a,b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AHR ER cross talk; Dioxin; Endocrine disruption; Fish reproduction; Vitellogenesis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR 2; DIOXIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

DIOXIN; EMBRYO; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FISH; INHIBITION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AHR2 GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FERTILIZATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLOGENIN1 GENE; VITELLOGENIN2 GENE; VITELLOGENIN3 GENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DIOXINS; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MORPHOLINOS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84868468392     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.09.019     Document Type: Article

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