Evaluation of estrogenic activity of wastewater: Comparison among in vitro ERα reporter gene assay, in vivo vitellogenin induction, and chemical analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 6319-6326

  Ihara, Masaru ^a   Kitamura, Tomokazu ^b   Kumar, Vimal ^a,c   Park, Chang Beom ^b,d   Ihara, Mariko O ^a   Lee, Sang Jung ^a   Yamashita, Naoyuki ^a   Miyagawa, Shinichi ^e   Iguchi, Taisen ^e   Okamoto, Seiichiro ^b   Suzuki, Yutaka ^b   Tanaka, Hiroaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d Korea Institute of Science and Technology Europe (KIST Europe)   (Germany)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; ESTROGENIC EFFECT; ETHYNYLESTRADIOL; ORYZIAS LATIPES; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; RE-CLAIMED WATER; REPORTER GENE ASSAYS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; VITELLOGENIN; ESTROGEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHGH GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS LATIPES; PROTEIN INDUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; VTG1 GENE; WASTE WATER; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORYZIAS; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; ORYZIAS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84929598057     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01027     Document Type: Article

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