Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6308221 | Chemosphere | 2015 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) and aryl hydrocarbon nuclear translocator (ARNT) genes from the copepod Tigriopus japonicus (Tj) were cloned to examine their potential functions in the invertebrate putative AhR-CYP signaling pathway. The amino acid sequences encoded by the Tj-AhR and Tj-ARNT genes showed high similarity to homologs of Daphnia and Drosophila, ranging from 68% and 70% similarity for the AhR genes to 56% for the ARNT genes. To determine whether Tj-AhR and Tj-ARNT are modulated by environmental pollutants, transcriptional expression of Tj-AhR and Tj-ARNT was analyzed in response to exposure to five concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB 126) (control, 10, 50, 100, 500 μg Lâ1), benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) (control, 5, 10, 50, 100 μg Lâ1), and tributyltin (TBT) (control, 1, 5, 10, 20 μg Lâ1) 24 h after exposure. A time-course experiment (0, 3, 6, 12, 24 h) was performed to analyze mRNA expression patterns after exposure to PCB, B[a]P, and TBT. T. japonicus exhibited dose-dependent and time-dependent upregulation of Tj-AhR and Tj-ARNT in response to pollutant exposure, and the degree of expression was dependent on the pollutant, suggesting that pollutants such as PCB, B[a]P, and TBT modulate expression of Tj-AhR and Tj-ARNT genes in the putative AhR-CYP signaling pathway.
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Authors
Bo-Mi Kim, Jae-Sung Rhee, Un-Ki Hwang, Jung Soo Seo, Kyung-Hoon Shin, Jae-Seong Lee,