Testosterone implants modify the steroid hormone balance and the gonadal physiology of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.) males

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 138, Issue , 2013, Pages 183-194

  Sánchez Hernández, Miriam ^a   Chaves Pozo, Elena ^a   Cabas, Isabel ^b   Mulero, Victoriano ^b   García Ayala, Alfonsa ^b   García Alcázar, Alicia ^a  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gilthead seabream; Leukocytes; Steroidogenic enzymes; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKINE; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC CODE; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONAD FUNCTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPARUS AURATA; SPERMATOGENESIS; T CELL DEPLETION;

ΒDIOL; 11Β- HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE GENE; 11Β-HYDROXYTESTOSTERONE; 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE; 11KT; 17Α-ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; 17Β-ESTRADIOL; 3Β-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE GENE; 5Α REDUCTASE GENE; 5Α-ANDROSTANE-3Β17Β-DIOL; ACIDOPHILIC GRANULOCYTES; AGS; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AR; AROMATASE GENE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BW; CC CHEMOKINE 4 GENE; CCL4; CHOLESTEROL SIDE CHAIN CLEAVAGE CYTOCHROME P450 GENE; CYP11A1; CYP11B1; CYP19A1A; DAYS POST-IMPLANTATION; DHT; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DMRT1; DOUBLE SEX-AND MAB3-RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 GENE; DPI; E(2); EDCS; EE(2); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; G7; GILTHEAD SEABREAM; GONAD MASS; GONADOSOMATIC INDEX; GSI; HEPATIC MASS; HEPATOSOMATIC INDEX; HSD11B; HSD3B; HSI; IGM; IL1B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IN SITU DETECTION OF DNA FRAGMENTATION; IN SITU FORMING MICROPARTICLE IMPLANT; INTERLEUKIN 1Β GENE; ISM; LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE E-SELECTIN GENE; LEUKOCYTES; MAB; MAB SPECIFIC TO GILTHEAD SEABREAM AGS; MB; MG; MH; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OHT; P; PCNA; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RCS; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLES; RSP18; SELE; SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL; SRD5A; STAR; STEROID 11-BETA-HYDROXYLASE GENE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN GENE; STEROIDOGENIC ENZYMES; T; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TGFB1; THE RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S18 GENE; TLR; TNFA; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR Β1 GENE; TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR Α GENE; TUNEL;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADS; LIVER; MALE; SEA BREAM; TESTOSTERONE;

SPARUS AURATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84879479076     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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