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Recent Publications

Thomas Publications 2007

bulletThomas, P., M.S. Rahman, I.A. Khan and J. Kummer.  2007.  Widespread endocrine disruption and reproductive impairment in an estuarine fish population exposed to seasonal hypoxia. Proceedings Royal Society B 274:2693-2701.
bulletFilardo, E., J. Quinn, Y. Pang, C. Graeber, S. Shaw, J. Dong and P. Thomas.  2007.  Sequestration and redistribution of the novel estrogen receptor, GPR30, from the plasma membrane following estrogen stimulation. Endocrinology 148:3236-3245.
bulletRahman, M.S. and P. Thomas.  2007.  Molecular cloning, characterization and expression of two hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIF-1α and HIF-2α) in a hypoxia-tolerant marine teleost, Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus). Gene 396:273-282.
bulletNutu, M., B. Weijdegård , P. Thomas , C. Bergh, A. Thurin-Kjellberg, Y.F. Pang, H. Billig and D.G.  Larsson .  2007.  Membrane progesterone receptor gamma: tissue distribution and expression in ciliated cells in the fallopian tube.  Molecular Reproduction and Development 74:843-850.
bulletTokumoto,T., M. Tokumoto, and P. Thomas.  2007.  Interactions of diethylstilbestrol (DES) and DES analogues with membrane progestin receptor α (mPRα) and the correlation with their nongenomic progestin activities. Endocrinology 148:3459-3467.
bulletBen-Yehoshua, L.F., A.L. Lewellyn, P.Thomas, and J.L. Maller.  2007.  The role of Xenopus membrane progesterone receptor β in mediating the effect of progesterone on oocyte maturation. Molecular Endocrinology 21:664-673.
bulletDressing, G.E. and P. Thomas.  2007.  Identification of membrane progestin receptors in human breast cancer cell lines and biopsies and their potential involvement in breast cancer.  Steroids 72:111-116.
bulletThomas, P., Y. Pang, J. Dong, J.Groenen, J. Kelder, H. van de Vlieg, Y. Zhu, C. Tubbs.  2007.  Steroid and G protein binding characteristics of the seatrout and human progestin membrane receptor alpha subtypes and their evolutionary origins.  Endocrinology 148:705-718.

Thomas Publications 2006

 

bulletThomas, P. and J. Dong. 2006.  Binding and activation of the seven transmembrane estrogen receptor GPR30 by environmental estrogens: a potential novel mechanism of endocrine disruption.  Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 102:107-109.
bulletLeRoy, K.D., P. Thomas and I.A. Khan.  2006.  Thyroid hormone status of Atlantic croaker exposed to Aroclor 1254 and selected PCB congeners.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C 144:263-271.
bulletKucherka, W.D, P. Thomas and I.A. Khan.  2006  Sex differences in circulating steroid hormone levels in the red drum, Siaenops ocellatus.  Aquaculture Research 37:1464-1472
bulletHanna, R. Pang, Y, Thomas, P, Zhu, Y.  2006  Cell surface expression, progestin binding and rapid nongenomic signaling of zebrafish membrane progestin receptors α and β in transfected cells.  Hournal of Endocrinology 190:247-260.
bulletBenninghoff, A. and P. Thomas.  2006.  Gonadotropin regulation of testosterone production by primary cultured theca and granulosa cells of Atlantic croaker: I. Novel role of CaMKs and interactions between calcium- and adenylyl cyclase-dependent pathways.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 147:276-287.
bulletBenninghoff, A. and P. Thomas.  2006.  Gonadotropin regulation of testosterone production by primary cultured theca and granulosa cells of Atlantic croaker:  II. Involvement of a mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 147:288-297.
bulletThomas, P., S.Md. Rahman, J.A. Kummer, and S. Lawson.  2006.  Reproductive endocrine dysfunction in Atlantic croaker exposed to hypoxia.  Marine Environmental Research 62:249-252.
bulletKhan I.A. and P. Thomas.  2006.  PCB-congener specific disruption of reproductive neuroendocrine function in Atlantic croaker.  Marine Environmental Research 62:25-28.
bulletKarteris, E., Zervou, S. Pang, Y.F., Dong, J., Hillhouse, E.W., Randeva, H.S and Thomas .P 2006.  Progesterone signaling in human myometrium through two novel membrane G protein couple receptors: potential role in functional progesterone withdrawal at term. Molecular Endocrinology 20(7):1519-1534.
bulletLarsson D.G.J., M. Adolfsson-Erici, and P. Thomas.  2006.  Characterization of putative ligands for a fish gonadal androgen receptor in a pulp mill effluent.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25(2):419-427.

Thomas Publications 2005

 

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Pace, M.C. and P. Thomas.  2005.  Steroid-induced oocyte maturation in Atlantic croaker is dependent on activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signal transduction pathway. Biology of Reproduction 73:988-996.

bulletThomas, P., G. Dressing, Y. Pang, H. Berg, C. Tubbs, A. Benninghoff, and K.Doughty. 2006.  Progestin, estrogen and androgen G-protein coupled receptors in fish gonads.  Steroids 71:310-316.
bulletTokumoto M., Y. Nagahama, P. Thomas, and T. Tokumoto.  2006.  Cloning and identification of a membrane progestin receptor in goldfish ovaries and evidence it is an intermediary in oocyte meiotic maturation. General and Comparative Endocrinology 145: 101-108.
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Benninghoff A.D. and P. Thomas.  2005.  Involvement of calcium and calmodulin in the regulation of ovarian steroidogenesis in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) and modulation by Aroclor 1254.  General and Comparative Endocrinology.144:211-224.

bulletFilardo E.J. and Thomas P.  2005.  GPR30: a seven-transmembrane-spanning estrogen receptor (7-mER) that triggers EGF release. TRENDS in Endocrinology and Metabolism 16:362-367.
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Pace, M.C. and P. Thomas.  2005.  Activation of a pertussis toxin sensitive, inhibitory G-protein is necessary for steroid-mediated oocyte maturation in spotted seatrout.  Developmental Biology 285:70-79

bulletOlsson, P.-E., A.H. Berg, J. von Hofsten, B. Grahn, A. Hellqvist, A. Larsson, J. Karlsson, C. Modig, B. Borg, and P. Thomas.  2005.  Molecular cloning and characterization of a nuclear androgen receptor activated by 11-ketotestosterone.  Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 3:37.
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Kazeto, Y., R. Goto-Kazeto, P. Thomas, and J.M. Trant.  2005.  Molecular characterization of three forms of putative membrane-bound progestin receptors and their tissue-distribution in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus.  J. Molecular Endocrinology. 34:781-791

bulletThomas, P., C. Tubbs, D. Detweiler, S. Das, L. Ford, and D. Breckenridge-Miller.  2005.  Binding characteristics, hormonal regulation and identity of the sperm membrane progestin receptor in Atlantic croaker.  Steroids 70:427-433.
bulletMohamed, J.S., P. Thomas, and I.A. Khan.  2005.  Isolation, cloning and expression of three prepro-GnRH mRNAs in Atlantic croaker brain and pituitary.  Journal Comparative Neurology 488:384-395
bulletHawkins, M.B., J. Godwin, D. Crews, and P. Thomas.  2005.  The distribution of the duplicate oestrogen receptors ER beta-a and ER beta-b in the forebrain of the Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) indicates subfunctionalization after gene duplication. Proceedings Royal Society, Part B 272 272:633-641.
bulletYueh, W.S., P. Thomas, and C.F. Chang.  2005.  Identification and secetion of 17, 20β, 21-trihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one during oocyte maturation in protogynous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli. General and Comparative Endocrinology 140:184-191.
bulletThomas, P., Y. Pang, E.J. Filardo, and J. Dong.  2005.  Identity of an estrogen membrane receptor coupled to a G-protein in human breast cancer cells.  Endocrinology 146:624-632.
bulletMurphy, C.A., K.A. Rose, and P. Thomas.  2005.  Modeling vitellogenesis in female fish exposed to environmental stressors:  predicting the effects of endocrine disturbance due to exposure to a PCB mixture and cadmium.  Reproductive Toxicology 19(3):395-409.
bulletPatiño, R., D. Bolamba, P. Thomas, and N. Kumakura.  2005.  Effects of external pH on hormonally regulated ovarian follicle maturation and ovulation in croaker.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 141:126-134.

 

Thomas Publications 2004

 

bulletThomas, P. and K. Doughty.  2004.  Disruption of rapid, nongenomic steroid actions by environmental chemicals:  Interference with progestin stimulation of sperm motility in Atlantic croaker.  Environmental Science and Technology 38:6328-6332.
bulletSorensen, P.W., C.A. Murphy, K. Loomis, P. Maniak, and P. Thomas.  2004.  Evidence that 4-pregnen-17,20beta,21-triol-3-one functions as a maturation-inducing hormone and pheromonal precursor in the percid fish, Gymnocephalus cernuus.  Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 139(1):1-11.
bulletKhan, I.A. and P. Thomas.  2004.  Aroclor 1254 inhibits tryptophan hydroxylase activity in rat brain. Archives of Toxicology 78:316-320.
bulletThomas, P.  2004.  Discovery of a new family of membrane progesterone receptors in vertebrates and identification of the beta subtype in mouse brain and testis.  J. Medicinal Chemistry 13:202-209.
bulletHawkins, M.B. and P. Thomas.  2004.  The unusual binding properties of the third distinct estrogen receptor subtype ERßa are accompanied by highly conserved amino acid changes in the ligand binding domain.  Endocrinology 145:2968-2977.
bulletBraun, A. and P. Thomas.  2004.  Biochemical characterization of a membrane androgen receptor in the ovary of the Atlantic croaker.  Biology of Reproduction 71:146-155.
bulletThomas, P., Y. Pang, Y. Zhu, C. Detweiler, and K. Doughty.  2004.  Multiple rapid progestin actions and progestin membrane subtypes in fish.  Steroids 69:567-574.
bulletThomas, P.  2004.  Nongenomic steroid actions initiated at the cell surface:  lessons from studies in fish.  Fish. Biochem. Physiol. 28:3-12.
bulletPatiño, R., P. Thomas, and G. Yoshizaki.  2004.  Ovarian follicle maturation and ovulation:  an integrated perspective.  Fish. Biochem. Physiol. 28:305-308.
bulletKhan, I.A. and P. Thomas.  2004.  Vitamin E co-treatment reduces Aroclor 1254-induced impairment of reproductive neuroendocrine function in Atlantic croaker.  Marine Environmental Research 58:333-336.

                      

Complete List of Thomas Publications