Methylmercury inhibits nitric oxide production mediated by Ca2+ overload and protein kinase A activation

Toxicology

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 113-122

  Kuo, Tsun Cheng ^a   Huang, Chin Lien ^a   Lin Shiau, Shoei Yn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intracellular calcium; Methylmercury; Neutrophil; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DIVALENT CATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLMERCURY; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ISOQUINOLINES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHILS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; RNA, MESSENGER; SULFONAMIDES; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0036644015     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(02)00077-X     Document Type: Article

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