Involvement of caspase and reactive oxygen species in cyanobacterial toxin anatoxin-a-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis in rat thymocytes and Vero cells

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 227-235

  Lakshmana Rao, P ^a   Bhattacharya, R ^a   Gupta, Nidhi ^a   Parida, M ^a   Bhaskar, A ^a   Dubey, Rupa ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Anabena flos aquae; Anatoxin; Apoptosis; Caspase; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLVALYLASPARTIC ACID ALDEHYDE; ANATOXIN A; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 3 INHIBITOR; DNA FRAGMENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CASPASE; CYANOBACTERIAL TOXIN; CYANOGINOSIN; MARINE TOXIN;

ANABAENA; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL INCLUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME RELEASE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMOCYTE; VERO CELL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECUS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; THYMUS; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASPASES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MALE; MARINE TOXINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS; VERO CELLS; ANIMALS; MICROCYSTINS;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035987133     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-002-0330-1     Document Type: Article

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