Divergent roles for glutathione in lindane-induced acute and delayed-onset inhibition of rat myometrial gap junctions

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 694-702

  Loch Caruso, Rita ^a   Upham, Brad L ^b   Harris, Craig ^a   Trosko, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hexachlorocyclohexane; Gap junctions; Glutathione; Lindane; Myometrium; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

2 OXO 4 THIAZOLIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CYTOCHROME C; ESTER DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LINDANE; LUCIFER YELLOW; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLUTATHIONE; INSECTICIDES; ISOQUINOLINES; LINDANE; MYOMETRIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SUPEROXIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18144427507     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfi123     Document Type: Article

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