abstract：UNLABELLED:Cellular induction of reductase enzymes can alter the susceptibility of cells toward drugs and chemicals. In this study, we compared the capacity of a single dose of sodium selenite and 3H-1,2-dithiole-3-thione (D3T) to influence the drug-relevant reducing capacity of HT29 cells over time, and defined the pr...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Erzinger MM,Bovet C,Uzozie A,Sturla SJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Echis pyramidum venom (EPV) (0.25, 0.50, and 1.00 mg/kg) on activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) and levels of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and total thiols (T-SH) in liver and kidneys of rats were investigated. EPV significantly and dose dependently decreased t...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Al Asmari AK,Khan HA,Manthiri RA,Al Yahya KM,Al Otaibi KE

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrazin is currently the most widely used herbicide in agriculture with lots of adverse effects on human health. Curcumin is a polyphenol known for its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer properties. In the present study, the protective effect of curcumin on atrazin-intoxicated rats is evaluated. Toxicity w...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Keshk WA,Soliman NA,Abo El-Noor MM,Wahdan AA,Shareef MM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early research found that the spiderlings of black widow spider (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus) exhibited obvious toxicity to animals. The present work performed a systematical analysis of the aqueous extract of newborn black widow spiderlings. The extract was shown to contain 69.42% of proteins varying in molecula...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Peng X,Zhang Y,Liu J,Yu H,Chen J,Lei Q,Wang X,Liang S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A countermeasure that protects the brain from organophosphate toxicity is an unmet need. Few small molecule reactivators that can cross the blood brain barrier and reactivate brain acetyl cholinesterases have been reported. Herein, we describe preclinical investigations of a new class of amidine-oxime reactivator of c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Okolotowicz KJ,Dwyer M,Smith E,Cashman JR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the antidepressive-like effect of tricyclic antidepressants is blocked by repeated treatments with adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). However, little is known about the neuroanatomy underlying the mechanism of the imipramine treatment-resistant depression model. In the present study, ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Li B,Suemaru K,Kitamura Y,Gomita Y,Araki H,Cui R

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that the bioactive intermediate metabolites of trazodone might cause hepatotoxicity. This study was designed to investigate the exact mechanism of hepatocellular injury induced by trazodone as well as the protective effects of taurine and/or melatonin against this toxicity. Freshly isolated rat he...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Taziki S,Sattari MR,Eghbal MA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of the herbicide thiobencarb on the growth, photosynthetic activity, and expression profile of photosynthesis-related proteins in the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. Growth rate was suppressed by 50% at a thiobencarb concentration of 1.26 mg/L. Growth and photosystem II activity (Fv...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Shimasaki Y,Tsuyama M,Tasmin R,Qiu X,Shimizu M,Sato Y,Yamasaki Y,Kato-Unoki Y,Nukata A,Nakashima T,Ichinose H,Wariishi H,Honjo T,Oshima Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to assess superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, glutathione peroxidase (GPx), paraoxonase (PON1), glutathione reductase (GR), and catalase (CAT) activities ratio and their relationship with DNA oxidative damage in rats treated with cisplatin (3 mg/kg bwt/day) in the presence and ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Harisa GI

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Netrin-1 has been found to protect kidneys from ischemia/reperfusion injury. In this study, we aimed to address whether the protective effects were mediated through suppression of oxidative stress and neuropeptide Y. Compared to sham-operated animals, animals after ischemia/reperfusion showed marked kidney damage and ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Liu L,Xie S,Liao X,Zhang L,Zhong L

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, groups of B6C3F1 male mice were treated with dichloroacetate (DCA), trichloroacetate (TCA), and mixtures of the compounds (Mix I, II, and III) daily by gavage, for 13 weeks. The tested doses were 7.5, 15, and 30 mg DCA/kg/day and 12.5, 25, and 50 mg TCA/kg/day. The DCA: TCA ratios in Mix I, II, and III ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Hassoun EA,Cearfoss J,Musser B,Krispinsky S,Al-Hassan N,Liu MC

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The health impacts of airborne particulate matter (PM) are of global concern, and the direct implications to the development/exacerbation of lung disease are immediately obvious. Most studies to date have sought to understand mechanisms associated with PM exposure in adults/adult animal models; however, infants are al...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Saravia J,Lee GI,Lomnicki S,Dellinger B,Cormier SA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of ceftriaxone sodium (CS), a cephalosporin antibiotic, with the major transport protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA), was investigated using different spectroscopic techniques such as fluorescence, circular dichroism (CD), and UV-vis spectroscopy. Values of binding parameters for BSA-CS interaction in ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Pan J,Ye Z,Cai X,Wang L,Cao Z

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:c-Myc and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) genes are frequently deregulated and overexpressed in this malignancy, and strategies designed to inhibit c-Myc and VEGF expression in cancer cells may have considerable therapeutic value. In the present study, we design and use short interfering RNA (siRNA) to inhib...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Tai J,Wang G,Liu T,Wang L,Lin C,Li F

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aims to investigate the protective effect of quercetin against Aroclor-1254-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. Male Wistar rats were grouped into Group I control received vehicle (corn oil; 1 mL/kg bwt); Group II quercetin alone (50 mg/kg bwt/day orally); Group III Aroclor-1254 (2 mg/kg bwt/day intraper...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Sekaran S,Kandaswamy S,Gunasekaran K,Perumal E,Afsar Basha FY,Madhan Mohan BJ,Jagadeesan A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to elucidate the involvement of acid phosphatase (ACP) in metastasis and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) as an immediate compensatory alleviation mechanism for energy stress in liver lesions induced by hexachlorocyclohexane in Swiss mice. Animals were continuously exposed to hexachlorocycloh...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Bhatt DK,Nagda G

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal xenobiotic transporters are important determinants of urinary secretion and reabsorption of chemicals. In addition to glomerular filtration, these processes are key to the overall renal clearance of a diverse array of drugs and toxins. Alterations in kidney transporter levels and function can influence the effic...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Yacovino LL,Aleksunes LM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the antigenotoxic potential of two newly synthesized β-aminoketones against N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) and 9-aminoacridine (9-AA)-induced mutagenesis. The mutant bacterial tester strains were MNNG-sensitive Escherichia coli WP2 uvrA and 9-AA-sensitive Salmonella ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Ozturkcan SA,Turhan K,Turgut Z,Karadayi M,Gulluce M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of triclocarban suggest that its biotransformation could yield reactive metabolites that form protein adducts. Since the skin is the major route of triclocarban exposure, present work examined this possibility in cultured human keratinocytes. The results provide evidence for considerable biotransforma...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Schebb NH,Buchholz BA,Hammock BD,Rice RH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ochratoxin A (OTA) is nephrotoxic, immunosuppressive, and teratogenic in many species and is a possible human carcinogen. In this study, we investigated the OTA pollution situations of grains in northern China and the signaling pathway that mediated OTA-induced apoptosis in human tubular kidney cells (HKCs). Samples o...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Li Z,Zhang X,Cui J,Kang W

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enantiomers of cis,cis-decahydro-2-naphthyl-N-n-butylcarbamate show stereo-specific inhibition for acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. For both inhibition reaction, (2S,4aR,8aS)-cis,cis-decahydro-2-naphthyl-N-n- butylcarbamate is more potent than (2R,4aS,8aR)-cis,cis-decahydro-2-naphthyl-N-n-butylcarbamate...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Lin MC,Yeh SJ,Chen IR,Lin G

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls are the metabolites produced from parent compounds by the drug-metabolizing enzyme cytochrome P450. These compounds are suspected to disrupt postembryonic neural development in the brains of mammals including humans. We studied the effects of these compounds on thyroid hormone fu...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Ishihara A,Makita Y,Yamauchi K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative shock and production of reactive oxygen species are known to play a major role in situations leading to neuron degeneration, but the precise mechanisms responsible for cell degeneration remain uncertain. In the present article, we have studied in PC 12 cells the effect of cumene hydroxyperoxide on both cell ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Vimard F,Saucet M,Nicole O,Feuilloley M,Duval D

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the possible protective effects of thymoquinone (TQ), the main constituent of the volatile oil of black seed (Nigella sativa), against cyclophosphamide (CP)-induced cardiotoxicity. Adult male Wistar albino rats were divided into four treatment groups. Rats in the first group were served as control....

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Nagi MN,Al-Shabanah OA,Hafez MM,Sayed-Ahmed MM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed gene expression and histopathology of rat liver treated with a histamine-3 receptor inverse agonist under development for the treatment of obesity 24 h after a single acute administration. While histopathology did not identify a clear liver toxicity, analysis of gene changes strongly suggested the dev...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Roth A,Boess F,Landes C,Steiner G,Freichel C,Plancher JM,Raab S,de Vera Mudry C,Weiser T,Suter L

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work to determine the effects of metals exposure of Oreochromis niloticus on erythrocyte antioxidant systems, fish were exposed to 5.0 mg/L Zn, 1.0 mg/L Cd, and 5.0 mg/L Zn + 1.0 mg/L Cd mixtures for 7 and 14 days and reduced glutathione (GSH) level, catalase (CAT), and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Firat O,Kargin F

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of glutathione S-transferase (GST) is a crucial factor in determining the sensitivity of cells and organs in response to a variety of toxicants. In this study, we cloned the core nucleotide of alpha, kappa, mu, mGST, pi, rho, and theta-like GST genes from bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis). Their deriv...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Li G,Xie P,Li H,Chen J,Hao L,Xiong Q

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported earlier in a guinea pig model that exposure of 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (CEES), a mustard gas analog, causes lung injury associated with the activation of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK) signaling, and activator protein-1 (AP-1) transcription factor. Our...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Mukhopadhyay S,Mukherjee S,Ray BK,Ray A,Stone WL,Das SK

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Casearia esculenta root (Roxb.) is widely used in traditional system of medicine to treat diabetes in India. An active compound, 3-hydroxymethyl xylitol (3-HMX), has been isolated, and its optimum dose has been determined in a short duration study and patented. In addition, the long-term effect of 3-HMX in type 2 diab...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Chandramohan G,Al-Numair KS,Sridevi M,Pugalendi KV

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the epidermis, keratinocytes are involved in physical and first-line immune protection of the host. In this study, we analyzed the molecular responses to certain contact sensitizers (2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene and NiSO(4)) and irritants (sodium dodecyl sulfate and benzalkonium chloride) in cultured human keratinocyte...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Yoshikawa Y,Sasahara Y,Kitano Y,Kanazawa N,Shima H,Hashimoto-Tamaoki T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diepoxybutane (DEB) is the most potent active metabolite of the environmental chemical 1,3-butadiene (BD). BD is a known mutagen and human carcinogen and possesses multisystems organ toxicity. We previously reported the elevation of p53 in human TK6 lymphoblasts undergoing DEB-induced apoptosis. In this study, we have...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Yadavilli S,Chen Z,Albrecht T,Muganda PM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited research has been performed on S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) or homocysteine (Hcy)-evoked cell damage in hepatic and neuronal cells. In this study, we assessed effects of SAH or Hcy on cell cytotoxicity and DNA damage in hepatic and neuronal cells and attempted to find the underlying mechanism. Cell cytotoxicit...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Liu CC,Ho WY,Leu KL,Tsai HM,Yang TH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antioxidant properties of 1,2,3,4-tetra-hydrocarbazole, 6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocar-bazole (MTC), 2,3-dimethylindole, 5-methoxy-2,3-dimethylindole, and indole were investigated in the case of hemolysis of human erythrocytes and oxidative damage of DNA induced by 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane hydrochloride) (AAP...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Zhao F,Liu ZQ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 enzymes metabolize polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to the reactive oxyderivatives. PAHs can induce the activity of both enzymes, which increases its conversion and enhances risk of carcinogenesis. Thus, the inhibition of CYP enzymes is recognized as a cancer chemoprevention strategy. A well-k...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Skupinska K,Misiewicz-Krzeminska I,Stypulkowski R,Lubelska K,Kasprzycka-Guttman T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the protective effect of gossypol, selenium, zinc, or glutathione (GSH) against dimethylnitrosamine (DMN)-induced hepatotoxicity in the livers of male mice. The expression and the activity of glutathione S-transferase (GST), levels of GSH, and free radicals (malondialdehyde (MDA)), as we...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Sheweita SA,Mousa N,Al-Masry HM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper toxicity is associated with formation of reactive oxygen species, which are capable to oxidize proteins. The selective removal of the latter by the 20S proteasome is considered an essential part of the cell antioxidant defense system. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether peptidase activities ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Alexandrova A,Petrov L,Georgieva A,Kessiova M,Tzvetanova E,Kirkova M,Kukan M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new phytoecdysteroids have been isolated from the seeds of Chenopodium quinoa and structurally identified as 20,26-dihydroxy, 28-methyl ecdysone, 20,26-dihydroxy, 24(28)-dehydro ecdysone, and 20-hydroxyecdysone 22-glycolate using serial chromatographic and spectroscopic methods. Both previously reported compound...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Nsimba RY,Kikuzaki H,Konishi Y

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied action of inorganic phosphate (P(i)) on toxic effects of Tl+ in isolated rat liver mitochondria. This is a convenient model to study the toxicity of heavy metals. P(i) markedly retarded contraction of energized mitochondria swollen in the TlNO3 medium and even stronger stimulated swelling and state 4 of suc...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Korotkov SM,Emel'yanova LV,Yagodina OV

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antioxidant-activated transcription factor nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) regulates the induction of cytoprotective genes against chemical toxicity and oxidative injuries. The role of phosphorylation in Nrf2 activation has been suggested but remains elusive. We report that phenolic antioxidant/...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Apopa PL,He X,Ma Q

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Habitual consumption of some Melanesian medicinal and food plants may influence atherosclerosis development via their antioxidant capacity at the endothelial level. Areca nut (AN; Areca catechu), piper inflorescence (PBI; Piper betle), betel quid (BQ), guava buds (GB; Psidium guajava), the leaves (NL), juice (NJ), fru...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Owen PL,Matainaho T,Sirois M,Johns T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00