Protective effect of methionine against vinyl chloride-mediated depression of non-protein sulphydryls and cytochrome p-450.

abstract：:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated i.p. with different doses of bromobenzene (0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.5 mmol/kg) in corn oil for 4 weeks. The animals were killed 24 h after the end of the treatment for hepatic drug metabolism studies. A significant induction of the activities of microsomal aniline hydroxylase (51%) ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Chakrabarti S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular Leydig cells express estrogen receptors and are the predominant source of the male sex steroid hormone testosterone (T). Previous studies demonstrated that genistein acts through estrogen receptors in Leydig cells. In the present study, pre-treatment of Leydig cells isolated from 35 day-old male Long Evans ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Hancock KD,Coleman ES,Tao YX,Morrison EE,Braden TD,Kemppainen BW,Akingbemi BT

更新日期：2009-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Manganese (Mn) is an indispensable cofactor for many enzymes and a basic factor for many reproductive and metabolic pathways. However, exposure to high concentrations of Mn can result in deleterious effects on the central nervous system and peripheral nerves, including nerves associated with the auditory system. Based...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Wang W,Li D,Ding X,Zhao Q,Chen J,Tian K,Qiu Y,Lu L

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence suggests HIV patients are at a greater risk for developing atherosclerosis. However, clinical investigations have generated conflicting results with regard to whether antiretrovirals are independently involved in the development of HIV-associated atherosclerosis. By administering antiretrovi...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jiang B,Hebert VY,Khandelwal AR,Stokes KY,Dugas TR

更新日期：2009-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin esterases serve an important pharmacological function as they can be utilised for activation of topically applied ester prodrugs. Understanding the nature of these enzymes, with respect to their role and local activity, is essential to defining the efficacy of ester prodrugs. Minipigs are used as models to study ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jewell C,Prusakiewicz JJ,Ackermann C,Payne NA,Fate G,Williams FM

更新日期：2007-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of α-synuclein (α-syn) in the brain is a defining pathological feature of neurodegenerative disorders classified as synucleinopathies. They include Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy (MSA). Occupational and environmental exposure to manganese (Mn) is asso...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Verina T,Schneider JS,Guilarte TR

更新日期：2013-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated rat hepatocytes incubated aerobically formed measurable amounts of ethane, a parameter for lipid peroxidation. This ethane formation increased several-fold due to carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) depending on its concentration. Cell damage as measured by trypan blue uptake and lactate dehydrogenase release poorly ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： de Ruiter N,Ottenwälder H,Muliawan H,Kappus H

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After toxicological studies with nitrate/nitrite in rats it was observed with nuclear magnetic resonance that N-methylnicotinamide (NMN), a metabolite of tryptophan was increased. The use of NMN as a biomarker for nitrate/nitrite exposure was investigated further in additional experiments with rats and in a human stud...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jansen EH,van den Berg RH,Boink AB,Hegger C,Meulenbelt J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are known as efficient mutagens and ligands of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), which has been suggested to play an important role in prostate carcinogenesis. In order to evaluate the complex relationship between the genotoxicity and the AhR-mediated activity of...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Hrubá E,Vondráček J,Líbalová H,Topinka J,Bryja V,Souček K,Machala M

更新日期：2011-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of zinc on the lipid components of carp erythrocytes (Cyprinus carpio L.) were studied on red blood cells exposed to ZnSO4 (0.01-1 mM) for 20 h. The temperatures of the incubation medium were 5 and 20 degrees C for carp collected in winter and summer, respectively. It was observed that increase in the conc...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Teresa G,Anna A,Maria P,Zofia J,Gerard B

更新日期：2002-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetaminophen is a widely used analgesic, which has exhibited evidence of estrogenic activity in estrogen-receptor positive human breast cancer cells. However, there is limited in vivo experimentation regarding the estrogenicity of acetaminophen. Therefore, the present study examined the in vivo estrogenic potential o...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Patel R,Rosengren RJ

更新日期：2001-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is an ethanol metabolite and EtG is used as a biomarker of alcohol drinking. EtG can be detected in the blood and in several biological matrices including urine, hair and nails. Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is a strong risk factor for fetus health so in the recent years different strate...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ferraguti G,Ciolli P,Carito V,Battagliese G,Mancinelli R,Ciafrè S,Tirassa P,Ciccarelli R,Cipriani A,Messina MP,Fiore M,Ceccanti M

更新日期：2017-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of a fetus into a phenotypic male depends, first, on testis formation and second, on hormone production by the fetal testis. Disorders of testicular hormone production or action can lead in severe cases to phenotypic abnormalities or can predispose towards impaired reproductive health. Evidence for deterio...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Sharpe RM

更新日期：2001-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major side effects of aminoglycoside antibiotics (AG) is ototoxicity. The authors review the literature revealing many controversies on every aspect of this side-effect. Although epidemiological studies have to face the problem of reliable evaluation techniques, the incidence of cochleo- and vestibulotoxic ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Govaerts PJ,Claes J,van de Heyning PH,Jorens PG,Marquet J,De Broe ME

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study experiments are described, which indicate that the exposure of normal human skin fibroblasts (HSFs) to a low-frequency electromagnetic field of 20 Hz and 7-8 mT does induce terminal differentiation within 14 days of daily exposure of 12 h. As demonstrated by the analysis of the expression level of...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Löschinger M,Thumm S,Hämmerle H,Rodemann HP

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopaminergic system dysfunction is proved to be a possible mechanism in acrylamide (ACR) -induced neurotoxicity. The neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) has an increasingly important role in the dopaminergic system. Thus, the goal of this study is to evaluate effects of ACR on dopamine and its metabolite levels, dopamine t...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Pan X,Guo X,Xiong F,Cheng G,Lu Q,Yan H

更新日期：2015-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Zearalanol (alpha-ZAL), a phytochemical with both antioxidant and estrogen-like properties, has been shown to retard progression of atherosclerosis and regulate cardiovascular function in part through suppression of endothelin-1 (ET-1) secretion. However, the precise nature behind alpha-ZAL-elicited inhibition o...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Xu H,Duan J,Dai S,Wu Y,Sun R,Ren J

更新日期：2008-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian xenobiotic-metabolizing sulfotransferases are cytosolic enzymes, which form a gene superfamily (SULT). Ten distinct human SULT forms are known. Two SULT forms represent splice variants, the other forms are encoded by separate genes. Common functional polymorphisms of the transcribed region are known for ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Glatt H,Engelke CE,Pabel U,Teubner W,Jones AL,Coughtrie MW,Andrae U,Falany CN,Meinl W

更新日期：2000-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to gain basic understanding in the ecotoxicity of endocrine disrupting chemicals or EDCs (including natural chemicals and some pharmaceuticals), many international research groups are currently testing these chemicals using aquatic invertebrates. This paper discusses relevant examples to address key questions...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Hutchinson TH

更新日期：2002-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of sorbic acid alone and in combination with sodium nitrite has been studied on bone marrow chromosomes of mice following 30 days oral treatment. Bone marrow of mice exposed to sorbic acid (15 mg/kg) and sorbic acid nitrite (7.5-1 mg/kg) showed an increase in mitotic index indicating that the drugs had an e...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Banerjee TS,Giri AK

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview of values for the threshold of toxicological concern (TTC) is presented. This comprises the more established TTC values, including those that have been endorsed by regulatory bodies, and those that have more recently been proposed and may still need further development. The overview is structured by use/ex...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Hennes EC

更新日期：2012-06-20 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：:The effects of cadmium (Cd) on the immune organs were examined histopathologically. On 2 or 3 days after a single i.p. injection of 1.8 mg Cd/kg body weight into mice, slight loss of body weight, significant decrease of thymus weight and marked increase of spleen weight were observed. Lymph node weight did not show an...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Yamada YK,Shimizu F,Kawamura R,Kubota K

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fructose-1,6-diphosphate (FDP) has a salutary effect on hemorrhagic, traumatic and endotoxic shock. The role of FDP on compound 48/80-induced shock was therefore investigated. Sprague Dawley aged male rats (448+/-7.4 gm body weight) were randomly assigned into three groups and treated intraperitoneally with diphenhydr...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Figueroa AH,Stone RH,Cohly HH,Lehan PH,Markov AK

更新日期：2001-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Nickel is a metal widely employed in dental alloys, and due to peculiar properties of certain nickel-based materials, it cannot be substituted with other metals in some applications. The release of nickel ions from dental alloys placed into long-term contact with mouth soft tissues is alarming because of the toxic, im...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Trombetta D,Mondello MR,Cimino F,Cristani M,Pergolizzi S,Saija A

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurotoxic, genotoxic and carcinogenic effects of industrial exposure to acrylamide have been studied in animals and humans for more than 30 years. A recent search for the cause of high background levels of acrylamide in industrially unexposed people revealed that it is formed during the frying or baking of foods ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Hasegawa K,Miwa S,Tsutsumiuchi K,Taniguchi H,Miwa J

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnant rats were given di-n-butyltin dichloride (DBT) by gastric intubation at a dose of 0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 or 10.0 mg/kg on days 7-15 of pregnancy. Maternal toxicity occurred in the 7.5 and 10.0 mg/kg groups as evidenced by a significant increase in maternal death and decrease in food consumption and body weight gain...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ema M,Itami T,Kawasaki H

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuron specific enolase (ENO2, γ-enolase) is a biomarker used to help identify neuroendocrine differentiation in tumors. This laboratory has shown that ENO2 might be a biomarker for exposure to cadmium and arsenite. In this study these observations are extended to the urothelial cell, where environmental exposures are...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Soh M,Dunlevy JR,Garrett SH,Allen C,Sens DA,Zhou XD,Sens MA,Somji S

更新日期：2012-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in various pulmonary diseases by causing direct injury to lung epithelial cells. Signalling activity of cells through transcription factors such as nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) and AP-1 have been shown to be regulated by ROS, and the release of pro-inflammatory ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Brown DM,Hutchison L,Donaldson K,MacKenzie SJ,Dick CA,Stone V

更新日期：2007-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Fe(3)O(4) magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) coated with 2,3-dimercaptosuccinnic acid (DMSA) are considered to be a promising nanomaterial with biocompatibility. In the present study, the effects of DMSA-coated Fe(3)O(4) MNPs on the expression of all identified mouse genes, which regulate various cellular biological proces...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Liu Y,Chen Z,Gu N,Wang J

更新日期：2011-08-28 00:00:00