Vitellogenin production

Catfish (Clarias batrachus) plasma vitellogenin levels were significantly decreased after 48 hours of exposure to 0.0015 mg/L of commercial-grade endosulfan (Chakravorty et al. 1992). Levels did not recover substantially with injections of various hormones, including estradiol. In rainbow trout, endosulfan did not induce vitellogenin production at 9 days after a single intraperitoneal injection of 5 mg/kg in peanut oil (Andersen et al. 1999). 

Om, S., Holbech, H., and Madsen, T.H. et al. (2003). Gonad development and vitellogenin production in zebrafish (Danio rerio) exposed to ethinylestradiol and methyltestoster-one. Aquatic Toxicology 65, 397-411. 

Miller M.R., E. Wentz, and S. Ong (1999). Acetaminophen alters estrogenic responses in vitro Inhibition of estrogen-dependent vitellogenin production in trout liver cells. Toxicological Sciences 48 30-37. 

The previously described test system involving in vitro analysis of fat body vitellogenin production and secretion is apparently distinctive in providing evidence for canavanine-mediated curtailment of protein synthesis. At least, canavanine attenuates the amount of [ Hjleucine-labeled protein secreted by the fat body (Fig. 1). As shown in figure 1, the effect of arginine depletion itself is debilitating and it becomes increasingly deleterious with time—quite apart from any effect canavanine may elicit. With increased treatment time, canavanine-... 

Toomey, B.H., G.H. Monteverdi and R.T. Di Giulio. Octylphenol induces vitellogenin production and cell death in fish hepatocytes. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 18 734-739, 1999. 

Chen, T.T., P.C. Reid, R. VanBeneden and R.A. Sonstegard. Effect of Aroclor 1254 and Mirex on estradiol-induced vitellogenin production in juvenile rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 43 ... 

Denslow, N., M. Chow, K. Kroll, C. Weiser, J. Wiebe, B. Johnson, T. Shoeb and T. Gross. Determination of baseline seasonal information on vitellogenin production in female and male largemouth bass collected from lakes in central Florida. SETAC 18th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 16-20 November, 1997, pp. 256-257, 1997. 

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