Protein expression of kidney and liver bilitranslocase in rats exposed to mercuric chloride--a potential tissular biomarker of toxicity.

abstract：:Chronic feeding of male Wistar rats with food containing hexachlorobenzene (HCB) at 17.5 mmol/kg induced elevation of serum amino-transferases and bilirubin content, increase of microsomal cytochrome P-450 concentration, and decrease of 5'-nucleotidase, K+,Na+- and Mg2+-adenosine triphosphatase activities in liver pla...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Nikolaev V,Naydenova E,Kerimova M,Dimov S,Ivanov E

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational and environmental exposure to pesticides has been associated with thyroid dysfunction, particularly changes in circulating thyroid hormone levels (T3, T4) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). This study assessed the association between environmental exposure to pesticides and the risk of developing thyr...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Requena M,López-Villén A,Hernández AF,Parrón T,Navarro Á,Alarcón R

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is a unique poison because it is not a xenobiotic. It is an essential element and highly reactive. Because of the critical dependence upon iron and its potential to damage tissues, elaborate mechanisms have evolved for its efficient absorption, transport, cellular uptake, storage and conservation. These are incom...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Tenenbein M

更新日期：1998-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:α-asarone is a natural phenylpropene found in several plants, which are widely used for flavoring foods and treating diseases. Previous studies have demonstrated that α-asarone has many pharmacological functions, while some reports indicated its toxicity. However, little is known about its cardiovascular effects. This...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Shang X,Ji X,Dang J,Wang L,Sun C,Liu K,Sik A,Jin M

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanol remains to be a major public and environmental health hazard. Formic acid is the toxic metabolite responsible for the metabolic acidosis observed in methanol poisoning in humans, in non-human primates and in folate-depleted rodents. Cytochrome oxidase inhibition by formate leads to lactic acid accumulation, w...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Muthuvel A,Rajamani R,Sheeladevi R

更新日期：2006-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify a possible mechanism of zinc (Zn)-induced tolerance to cadmium (Cd) toxicity on bone formation, femurs from 9-day-old chick embryos were cultured for 6 days by the roller-tube method in the presence of Cd (2, 4 or 9 microM) and/or Zn (60 microM). Zn prevented a decrease in bone growth caused by Cd at 4 and ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kaji T,Takata M,Hoshino T,Miyahara T,Kozuka H,Kurashige Y,Koizumi F

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported earlier that the activation of free-radical-mediated tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) cascade is the major pathway in the inflammatory lung disease induced by 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (CEES), a mustard gas analog. TNF-alpha induces activating protein 1 (AP-1) activation via phosphorylation of mit...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Mukhopadhyay S,Mukherjee S,Smith M,Das SK

更新日期：2008-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncertainty in risk assessment can be reduced by increasing the use of relevant data specific to the particular xenobiotic and exposed organism. We describe the development of a preliminary, mechanism-based exposure response model for chloroform hepatotoxicity consistig of toxicokinetic (TK) and toxicodynamic (TD) sub...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Conolly RB,Butterworth BE

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiodarone is an effective antidysrhythmic agent, restricted in use by the development of pulmonary toxicity. Several in vivo animal models have been used to study amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity. Intratracheal administration of amiodarone to the hamster has been used as a model for the critical amiodarone-induc...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Leeder RG,Evans CD,Brien JF,Massey TE

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental toxicants such as methylmercury play a critical role in the pathogenesis of many neurodevelopmental disorders. Environmental exposure to methylmercury frequently occurs at low doses, most frequently through fish consumption. Although the general population is at risk for exposure, pregnant women and youn...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Patel E,Reynolds M

更新日期：2013-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological monitoring in humans (HBM) is widely used in the field of occupational and environmental health. In the situation of an unexpected release of hazardous materials HBM may contribute to the medical support and treatment of exposed individuals from the general population or of emergency responders. Such exposu...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Scheepers PT,van Brederode NE,Bos PM,Nijhuis NJ,van de Weerdt RH,van der Woude I,Eggens ML

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this research was to develop a mathematical description of uptake of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons into the stratum corneum of human skin in vivo. A simple description based on Fick's laws of diffusion was used to predict the spatiotemporal variation of naphthalene, 1- and 2-methylnaphthalene, u...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kim D,Farthing MW,Miller CT,Nylander-French LA

更新日期：2008-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Early life exposure to certain kinds of chemicals is of concern because of a possible increase in cancer risk, but relevant data are limited. In the present experiment, modifying effects of prepubertal administration of potassium perchlorate (KClO(4)) and tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) on susceptibility to multi-organ ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Imai T,Takami S,Cho YM,Hirose M,Nishikawa A

更新日期：2009-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Aluminum (Al) is a toxic metal, and excessive Al accumulation causes immunosuppression. Deferiprone (DFP) is a well-known chelator and used in dialysis patients for removing Al from tissues. The present study aimed to investigate whether DFP treatment can attenuate immunotoxicity induced by aluminum chloride (AlCl3) i...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Zhuang C,She Y,Zhang H,Song M,Han Y,Li Y,Zhu Y

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the oxidative effects of Fe(2)O(3), benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P) and pyrene, alone or in association (B(a)P or pyrene coated onto Fe(2)O(3) particles), in normal human embryonic lung epithelial cells (L132) in culture. We evaluated: (i) membrane integrity, through fatty acid release ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Garçon G,Shirali P,Garry S,Fontaine M,Zerimech F,Martin A,Hannothiaux MH

更新日期：2000-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The lithocholic acid-sensitive mutant cells were isolated from CHO-9 cells mutagenized with ethylmethane sulfonate, through clonal selection on 96-well dishes. The isolated mutant cells (LSJ-11) were 3-fold more sensitive than controls in the survival to lithocholic acid and were also sensitive to other bile acids suc...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kaneko M,Kodama M,Inoue F,Horikoshi J

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring of human exposure to persistent organic pollutants POPs and heavy metals have taken place since 1994 in a circumpolar study conducted under the Arctic monitoring and assessment programme (AMAP). The study has confirmed that Arctic populations relying on marine food (Inuit) have an exposure level of POPs and...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Hansen JC

更新日期：2000-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral LD50 of hymenoxon in Swiss white mice was found to be 241 +/- 37 mg/kg. No significant sex differences were observed. Pretreatment of male mice for 3 days using doses of 50 and 100 mg/kg hymenoxon failed to alter significantly pentobarbital sleeping time. Hymenoxon was found to be a direct-acting mutagen in t...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jones DH,Kim HL

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Victims of nerve agents basically require antidotal treatment. There is need for novel antidotes and for therapeutic procedures that are specifically adapted to these patients. To cope with this challenge, in vitro test systems which are easy to handle and allow for conducting long-term studies would be of great benef...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Drexler B,Seeger T,Grasshoff C,Thiermann H,Antkowiak B

更新日期：2011-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzo(a)pyrene (BP) is the best studied polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, classified as carcinogenic to humans. The carcinogenic metabolite, benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide (BPDE), binds covalently to DNA. The key enzyme in this metabolic reaction is CYP1A1, which has also been found in placenta and human t...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Karttunen V,Myllynen P,Prochazka G,Pelkonen O,Segerbäck D,Vähäkangas K

更新日期：2010-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution and acute lethality of i.v. administered 3 micrometers latex spheres were determined in rats. The results extend previous studies demonstrating the similarity between dog and rat in the dynamics of microspheres in these species and the inverse relationship between sphere diameter and hemodynamic toxic...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Yokel RA,Sabo JP,Simmons GH,DeLuca PP

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice given single i.v. doses of some radiopharmaceuticals containing stannous chloride as a reducing agent, showed significant inhibition of hepatic azo-reductase and aromatic hydroxylase activity at dose levels which contained as little as 0.2 mg/kg of stannous chloride. Cytochrome P-450 content was also reduced sign...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Burba JV

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural analogy of paraquat with 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) has been implied in the aetiology of Parkinson's disease. The cross-reactivity of MPP+ to a specific antibody to paraquat was assessed by radioimmunoassay and was found to be very low. The results suggest that this polyclonal paraquat antibody ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Houzé P,Chappey O,Gallons H,Scherrmann JM

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-week oral administration of MDL-19,660, a triazole antidepressant compound, resulted in a dose-related thrombocytopenia in rats given 40-360 mg/kg/d and dogs treated with 5-50 mg/kg/d. Consumptive loss of platelets was not apparent since splenomegaly, hemorrhage, microscopic thrombi or prolonged coagulation times ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Yarrington JT,Kociba GJ,Gibson JP

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent hypothesis suggesting a role for environmental toxins in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders has stimulated interest in research on xenobiotic metabolizing capability of the brain. In addition to possible irreversible loss of neurons through bioactivation in situ in the nervous tissue, the metabolis...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ravindranath V,Bhamre S,Bhagwat SV,Anandatheerthavarada HK,Shankar SK,Tirumalai PS

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the activities of antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase, catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase and heme oxygenase (HO) and changes in lipid peroxidation and reduced glutathione (GSH) levels were measured in the livers of control and Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC)-bearing mice 24 h after a single injection o...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Christova TY,Gorneva GA,Taxirov SI,Duridanova DB,Setchenska MS

更新日期：2003-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:EDTA, 1,2-cyclohexylenediamine tetra-acetic acid (CDTA), hexamethylene 1,6-diamine N,N,N',N'-tetra-acetic acid (HDTA), diethylene-triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) and nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) were examined for the removal of manganese-54(54Mn) from some organs of sham-operated and partially hepatectomized rats in e...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kaur G,Srivastava UC,Dwivedi RS,Srivastava RC

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen mustard (HN-2), also known as mechlorethamine, is an alkylating anticancer agent as well as blister inducing chemical warfare agent. We evaluated the cytoprotective efficacy of amifostine, DRDE-07 and their analogues, and other antidotes of mustard agents against HN-2. Administration of 1 LD(50) of HN-2 (20mg...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Sharma M,Vijayaraghavan R,Gautam A

更新日期：2009-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Musk xylene (MX), musk ketone (MK) and musk moskene (MM) are synthetic nitro-containing fragrances. Due to their inherent lipophilicity and environmental persistence, they are frequently detected in environmental samples and especially in aquatic ecosystems. Despite this, the current environmental toxicity database of...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Chou YJ,Dietrich DR

更新日期：1999-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major dose-limiting toxicities induced by antimicrotubule antitumor agents such as vinca alkaloids and taxanes is peripheral neuropathy. The neurotoxicity of TZT-1027 (a dolastatin 10 derivative antimicrotubule agent) was thus assessed using the animal models for antimicrotubule agent-induced neurotoxicity....

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ogawa T,Mimura Y,Isowa K,Kato H,Mitsuishi M,Toyoshi T,Kuwayama N,Morimoto H,Murakoshi M,Nakayama T

更新日期：2001-04-30 00:00:00