Bisphenol A causes reproductive toxicity, decreases dnmt1 transcription, and reduces global DNA methylation in breeding zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Epigenetics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 526-538

  Laing, L V ^a   Viana, J ^b   Dempster, E L ^b   Trznadel, M ^a   Trunkfield, L A ^a   Uren Webster, T M ^a   van Aerle, R ^c   Paull, G C ^a   Wilson, R J ^a   Mill, J ^b,d   Santos, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic; endocrine; methylation; plasticizers; teleost; vertebrate; waste

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ACETONITRILE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; ESTROGEN; METHANOL; WATER; AIR POLLUTANT; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNMT1 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1 GENE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DOWN REGULATION; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYROSEQUENCING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TESTIS; ZEBRA FISH; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME; GONAD; LIVER; METABOLISM; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FERTILIZATION; GENOME; GONADS; LIVER; PHENOLS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84975129370     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2016.1182272     Document Type: Article

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