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ArticleAquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2011

Effect of low dose exposure to the herbicide atrazine and its metabolite on cytochrome P450 aromatase and steroidogenic factor-1 mRNA levels in the brain of premetamorphic bullfrog tadpoles (Rana catesbeiana).

Mark P Gunderson, Nik Veldhoen, Rachel C Skirrow, Magnus K Macnab, Wei Ding, Graham van Aggelen, Caren C Helbing

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Article in Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mark P GundersonDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Nik Veldhoen
Rachel C Skirrow
Magnus K Macnab
Wei Ding
Graham van Aggelen
Caren C Helbing
University of Victoria · CAEnvironment and Climate Change Canada · CA

Funding

UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE OUTREACH PROGRAMP20RR016454 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO · PI CHASE, JENNIFER R · 2001 to 2011
$35.3M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016454NCRR NIH HHS R20RR016454
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transcriptional regulator steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) and the enzyme cytochrome P450 aromatase (CYP19) play a central role in modulation of a broad range of tissue-specific developmental processes associated with hormone homeostasis that includes differentiation of the central nervous system. SF-1 and CYP19 expression may be targeted by a variety of endocrine disruptive agents prevalent within the environment. In the present study, we cloned and characterized partial sequences for bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) SF-1 and CYP19 and examined the effects of a 48h exposure to 1 and 100μg/l of the herbicide atrazine (ATZ) and its major metabolite desethylatrazine (DEA), as well as 5ng/l of the estrogenic chemical, 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE(2)), and 673ng/l of the thyroid hormone, 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T(3)), on SF-1 and CYP19 mRNA abundance in the brains of premetamorphic bullfrog tadpoles. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis showed an increase in CYP19 mRNA following a 48h exposure to EE(2) but not T(3) while no significant changes in SF-1 transcript levels occurred. We observed a strong positive correlation between CYP19 and SF-1 transcript abundance in the ATZ-exposed animals which was not evident with DEA- or hormone-exposed tadpoles. Our results are intriguing in light of reported behavioral changes in ATZ-exposed frogs and suggest that further research is warranted to examine the relationship and role of CYP19 and SF-1 in amphibian brain development.

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Amino Acid SequenceAmphibian ProteinsAnimalsAromataseAtrazineBrainCloning, MolecularEndocrine DisruptorsEthinyl EstradiolHerbicidesLarvaMolecular Sequence DataPolymerase Chain ReactionRana catesbeianaRNA, MessengerSteroidogenic Factor 1Amphibian ProteinsAromataseAtrazinedesethylatrazineEndocrine DisruptorsEthinyl EstradiolHerbicidesRNA, MessengerSteroidogenic Factor 1Triiodothyronine

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PMID21371610
PMCPMC3065035
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