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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-8
pubmed:abstractText
Steroidogenic enzymes and their steroid products play critical roles during gonadal differentiation in amphibians; however their roles during embryogenesis remain unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the expression and activity of aromatase (cyp19; estrogen synthase) and 5 beta-reductase (srd5 beta; 5 beta-dihydrotestosterone synthase) during amphibian embryogenesis. Expression and activity profiles of cyp19 and srd5 beta were first established during Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis embryogenesis from Nieuwkoop-Faber (NF) stage 2 (2-cell stage; 1h post-fertilization) to NF stage 46 (beginning of feeding; 72 h post-fertilization). Exposures to fadrozole (an aromatase inhibitor; 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 microM) and finasteride (a putative 5-reductase inhibitor; 25, 50 and 100 microM) were designed to assess the consequences of inhibiting these enzymes on gene expression in early amphibian larval development. Exposed embryos showed changes in both enzyme activities and sex steroid- and thyroid hormone-related gene expression. Fadrozole treatment inhibited cyp19 activity and increased androgen receptor and thyroid hormone receptor (alpha and beta) mRNAs. Finasteride treatment inhibited srd5 beta (activity and mRNA), decreased cyp19 mRNA and activity levels and increased estrogen receptor alpha mRNA. Both treatments altered the expression of deiodinases (thyroid hormone metabolizing enzymes). We conclude that cyp19 and srd5 beta are active in early embryogenesis and larval development in Silurana tropicalis and their inhibition affected transcription of genes associated with the thyroid and reproductive axes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/3-oxo-5 beta-steroid delta..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aromatase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aromatase Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Estrogen Receptor alpha, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fadrozole, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Finasteride, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Gonadal Steroid Hormones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Iodide Peroxidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxidoreductases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Androgen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thyroid Hormones
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1095-6840
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
166
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
417-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Aromatase, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Aromatase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Estrogen Receptor alpha, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Fadrozole, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Finasteride, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Gonadal Steroid Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Iodide Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Larva, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Receptors, Androgen, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Reproduction, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Thyroid Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:19917284-Xenopus
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Fadrozole and finasteride exposures modulate sex steroid- and thyroid hormone-related gene expression in Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis early larval development.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't