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Maria Hansson. Photo.

Maria Hansson

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Maria Hansson. Photo.

Estrogen receptor genes in gastropods : phylogenetic divergence and gene expression responses to a synthetic estrogen

Author

  • Cecilia L. Hultin
  • Per Hallgren
  • Maria C. Hansson

Summary, in English

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) have the potential to affect development and reproduction in gastropods. However, one is today lacking basic understanding of the Molluscan endocrine system and one can therefore not fully explain these EDC-induced affects. Furthermore, only a few genes that potentially may be connected to the endocrine system have been sequenced in gastropods. An example is the estrogen receptor gene (er) that have been identified in a restricted number of freshwater and marine gastropods. Here, we have identified a new partial coding sequence of an estrogen receptor gene (er) in the European common heterobranch Radix balthica. The following phylogenetic analysis divided the ers of heterobranchs and ceanogastropods in two branches. Furthermore, exposure to the synthetic estrogen 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) showed that exposure could significantly affect er expression level in the heterobranch R. balthica. This paper is the first that phylogenetically compares gastropods' er, basal er expression profiles, and transcriptional estrogenic responses in gastropods from two different evolutionary groups.

Department/s

  • Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC)
  • Division aquatic ecology

Publishing year

2016-11-01

Language

English

Pages

17-21

Publication/Series

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - C: Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volume

189

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Genetics
  • Environmental Sciences

Keywords

  • 17α-Ethinylestradiol
  • Estrogen receptor
  • Gastropods
  • Phylogenetic analysis

Status

Published

Project

  • Estrogen receptor and multixenobiotic resistance genes in freshwater fish and snails: identification and expression analysis after pharmaceutical exposure

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1532-0456