Induction of apoptosis by 9,10-dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene in cultured preovulatory rat follicles is preceded by a rise in reactive oxygen species and is prevented by glutathione

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 442-451

  Tsai Turton, Miyun ^a   Nakamura, Brooke N ^b   Luderer, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atresia; Dimethylbenzanthracene; Follicle; Glutathione; Oxidative stress; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CASPASE 3; FOLLITROPIN; GLUTATHIONE; PROTEIN BAX; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CARCINOGENS; CASPASE 3; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GRANULOSA CELLS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THECA CELLS;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34548240685     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.060368     Document Type: Article

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