Microcystin-LR induces protein phosphatase 2A alteration in a human liver cell line.

abstract：:To evaluate the allergic effect of airborne particulate matter (PM) on the airway, separated soluble supernatant (Sup) and insoluble precipitate (Pre) in suspended PM were inoculated into NC/Nga mice with a high sensitivity for mite allergens. Sup, Pre, or both Sup and Pre with or without pronase treatment were inocul...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Ogino K,Takahashi N,Kubo M,Takeuchi A,Nakagiri M,Fujikura Y

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanotoxins are a group of compounds produced by cyanobacteria that can have severe physiological effects on other organisms, including humans. The potential allelopathic effects of Microcystis aeruginosa, a toxic cyanobacterium, on the duckweed plant, Lemna gibba L., were examined using three experimental methods: (1...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： LeBlanc S,Pick FR,Aranda-Rodriguez R

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irradiation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in aqueous solution with simulated solar radiation (SSR; a light source with a visible light: UV-A:UV-B ratio similar to that of sunlight) can greatly enhance their toxicity. Two microbial toxicity tests with Vibrio fischeri were used to investigate the effect of ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： el-Alawi YS,Dixon DG,Greenberg BM

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deguelin, a naturally occurring rotenoid of the flavonoid family, is known to be an Akt inhibitor, to have chemopreventive activities and anti-tumor effect on several cancers. In this study, investigation to elucidate the effect of deguelin on apoptotic pathways in human lung cancer cells and on the anti-tumor effect ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Hsu YC,Chiang JH,Yu CS,Hsia TC,Wu RS,Lien JC,Lai KC,Yu FS,Chung JG

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival of juvenile freshwater mussels (Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843) formerly known as Hyridella menziesi) and crayfish (Paranephrops planifrons, White, 1842) decreased after four days exposure to microcystin-containing cell-free extracts (MCFE) of Microcystis sp. at concentrations typical of severe cyanobacter...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Clearwater SJ,Wood SA,Phillips NR,Parkyn SM,Van Ginkel R,Thompson KJ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between the content of three microcystins (types LR, RR and YR) and the cell cycle of an axenic strain of Microcystis viridis, NIES-102, was investigated under conditions of high (16 mg L(-1)) and low (1.0 mg L(-1)) nitrate (NO(3)-N) concentrations. Each phase of the cell cycle was identified using a f...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Kameyama K,Sugiura N,Inamori Y,Maekawa T

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inhalation bioassays in rodents are used to assess pulmonary carcinogenicity for purposes of hazard identification and potentially for risk characterization. Numerous studies have been confirmed that exposure to titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) may result in chronic pulmonary inflammation in both mice...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Hong F,Ji L,Zhou Y,Wang L

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cantharidin is one of the major compounds from mylabris and it has cytotoxic effects in many different types of human cancer cells. Previously, we found that cantharidin induced cell death through cell cycle arrest and apoptosis induction in human lung cancer NCI-H460 cells. However, cantharidin-affected DNA damage, r...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Hsia TC,Lin JH,Hsu SC,Tang NY,Lu HF,Wu SH,Lin JG,Chung JG

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexavalent chromium (CrVI) is a highly toxic metal and a major environmental pollutant. Several studies indicate that CrVI exposure adversely affects reproductive function. We reported that maternal Cr exposure resulted in Cr accumulation in the reproductive organs of female offsprings. CrVI can cross the placental ba...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Samuel JB,Stanley JA,Sekar P,Princess RA,Sebastian MS,Aruldhas MM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Safrole is one of important food-borne phytotoxin that exhibits in many natural products such as oil of sassafras and spices such as anise, basil, nutmeg, and pepper. This study was performed to elucidate safrole-induced apoptosis in human tongue squamous carcinoma SCC-4 cells. The effect of safrole on apoptosis was m...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Yu FS,Huang AC,Yang JS,Yu CS,Lu CC,Chiang JH,Chiu CF,Chung JG

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interspecies differences in the accumulation of dietary tributyltin (TBT) between sea perch, Lateolabrax japonicus, and red sea bream, Pagrus major, were studied. Although TBTs in both species reached steady-state condition in low-concentration group (L-group, 200 ng/g nominal concentration) by 1 week, it increased up...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Uno S,Murakami M,Kokushi E,Koyama J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-cypermethrin (α-CYP) is one of the most widely used insecticides. It may become an air pollutant and adversely affect the health. The present study was designed to determine whether treatment with N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), a well-known antioxidant, can be useful for the management of the deleterious effects of α-...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Arafa MH,Mohamed DA,Atteia HH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manganese (Mn) plays a critical role in individual growth and development, yet excessive exposure can result in neurotoxicity, especially cognitive impairment. Neuronal apoptosis is considered as one of the mechanisms of Mn-induced neurotoxicity. Recent evidence suggests that cAMP-PKA-CREB signaling regulates apoptosi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Yang Y,Ma S,Wei F,Liang G,Yang X,Huang Y,Wang J,Zou Y

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:So far, little is known on the distribution of hepatotoxic microcystin (MC) in various organs of bivalves, and there is no study on MC accumulation in bivalves from Chinese waters. Distribution pattern and seasonal dynamics of MC-LR, -YR and -RR in various organs (hepatopancreas, intestine, visceral mass, gill, foot, ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Chen J,Xie P

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triclosan, a commonly used antimicrobial compound, has been measured in aquatic systems worldwide. This study exposed marine species to triclosan to examine effects primarily on survival and to investigate the formation of the degradation product, methyl-triclosan, in the estuarine environment. Acute toxicity was asse...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Delorenzo ME,Keller JM,Arthur CD,Finnegan MC,Harper HE,Winder VL,Zdankiewicz DL

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structure-activity relationships for oestrogenicity were developed based on 120 aromatic chemicals evaluated in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae-based Lac-Z reporter assay. Relative gene activation was compared to 17 beta-estradiol and varied over eight orders of magnitude. Analysis of the data compared to 17 beta-estradi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Schultz TW,Sinks GD,Cronin MT

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:di-N-butylphthalate (DBP) is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant used for plastic coating and in the cosmetics industry. It has toxic effects on body health, especially the male reproductive system. Here, we investigated the effects of DBP on the male reproductive system of pubertal mice and explored the protective r...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Jiang XP,Tang JY,Xu Z,Han P,Qin ZQ,Yang CD,Wang SQ,Tang M,Wang W,Qin C,Xu Y,Shen BX,Zhou WM,Zhang W

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common type of chronic inflammatory disease which is triggered by dysfunction in the immune system which in turn affects synovial joints. Current treatment of RA with NSAIDs and DMRDs is limited by their side effect. As a result, the interest in alternative, well tolerated anti-in...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Neha,Ansari MM,Khan HA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate the early effect of acute dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) exposure on the methylation status of the promoter region of two tumor suppressor genes: p53 and p16(INK4a) (p16) in rat liver. We analyzed their transcript and protein expression profiles concurrently with the exam...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Kostka G,Urbanek-Olejnik K,Liszewska M,Winczura A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytotoxic and genotoxic effects induced by alachlor and dichlorvos, two pesticides broadly used, were studied on RTG-2 fish cell line. As measure of cytotoxicity, neutral red assay was used to determine the cellular viability. Toxicity ranking based on IC(50) values found that alachlor was more cytotoxic than dich...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Parra JM,Sánchez-Fortún S,Castaño A

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is the leading cause of death from skin disease due to its propensity for metastasis. Studies have shown that integrin-mediated focal adhesion kinase (FAK) signal pathway is implicated in cell proliferation, survival and metastasis of tumor cells. Our previous results indicated that diallyl trisulfide (DATS) ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Wang HC,Chu YL,Hsieh SC,Sheen LY

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have shown that rutin has anticancer effects. We have previously reported that rutin induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in murine leukemia WEHI-3 cells in vitro and in vivo. However, there are no data showing that rutin inhibits human leukemia HL-60 cells in vivo in a murine xenograft animal mode...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Lin JP,Yang JS,Lin JJ,Lai KC,Lu HF,Ma CY,Sai-Chuen Wu R,Wu KC,Chueh FS,Gibson Wood W,Chung JG

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspartame is one of the most common consumed artificial sweeteners utilized in many food products and beverages. It has been indicated that long-term consumption of aspartame leads to reproductive toxicity but its mechanism is not well-clear. In this study we investigated mechanism of aspartame-induced reproductive to...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Anbara H,Sheibani MT,Razi M,Kian M

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synergic allergic inflammatory effects of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 and human albumin were investigated in NC/Nga mice, which are hypersensitive to mite allergens. PM2.5 or PM2.5 plus human albumin with aluminum oxide was injected twice intraperitoneally for sensitization. After 7 days, PM2.5 or PM2.5 plus human...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Nagaoka K,Ogino K,Ogino N,Ito T,Takemoto K,Ogino S,Seki Y,Hamada H,Fujikura Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxicity of lead on male reproductive functions has raised wide public concern as environmental lead contamination remains common worldwide. Conflicting and controversial data are available regarding effects of lead on male fertility. More importantly, our knowledge on effects of lead on sperm DNA integrity is signifi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Li C,Zhao K,Zhang H,Liu L,Xiong F,Wang K,Chen B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metals such as lead (Pb), magnesium (Mg), and iron (Fe) are ubiquitous in the environment as a result of natural occurrence and anthropogenic activities. Although Mg, Fe, and others are considered essential elements, high level of exposure has been associated with severe adverse health effects including cardiovascular...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Sanders T,Liu YM,Tchounwou PB

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute toxicity of fatty acids (C14 to C18) commonly found in wood was determined by the standard algal growth inhibition test using the freshwater green alga Selenastrum capricornutum. Toxicity, quantified as IC50 values, varied depending on the number of total carbons and double bonds. Of the tested acids, oleic ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Kamaya Y,Kurogi Y,Suzuki K

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemiological studies have revealed significant positive associations between exposure to organochlorine (OC) pesticides and occurrence of the metabolic syndrome and there are a growing number of animal-based studies to support causality. However, the cellular mechanisms linking OC compound exposure and metab...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Howell GE 3rd,McDevitt E,Henein L,Mulligan C,Young D

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malathion is one of the most commonly used insecticides. Recent findings have demonstrated that it induces oxidative stress in somatic cells, but there are not enough studies that have demonstrated this effect in germ cells. Malathion impairs porcine oocyte viability and maturation, but studies have not shown how oxid...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Flores D,Souza V,Betancourt M,Teteltitla M,González-Márquez H,Casas E,Bonilla E,Ramírez-Noguera P,Gutiérrez-Ruíz MC,Ducolomb Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is a plasticizer that gives flexibility to various polyvinyl chloride products. It is a pollutant easily released into the environment and can cause many adverse effects to living organisms including hepatotoxicity. The thioredoxin system is a determining factor in the redox balance ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Amara I,Timoumi R,Annabi E,Di Rosa G,Scuto M,Najjar MF,Calabrese V,Abid-Essefi S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00