Transgenic (cyp19a1b-GFP) zebrafish embryos as a tool for assessing combined effects of oestrogenic chemicals

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 138-139, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-97

  Petersen, Karina ^a,b   Fetter, Eva ^c   Kah, Olivier ^d   Brion, François ^e   Scholz, Stefan ^c   Tollefsen, Knut Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

Concentration addition; Danio rerio; Independent action; Mixture; Oestrogen; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Rainbow trout hepatocytes; Tg(cyp19a1b GFP) zebrafish

Indexed keywords

4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 19A1B; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR AGONIST; ESTROGENIC CHEMICAL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMBRYO; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP19A1B GENE; DRUG POTENCY; EMBRYO; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAINBOW TROUT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AROMATASE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEPATOCYTES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTS; VITELLOGENINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878375600     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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