Octylphenol reduces the expressions of steroidogenic enzymes and testosterone production in mouse testis

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 449-458

  Kim, Suel Kee ^a   Kim, Jong Hoon ^b   Lee, Ho Joon ^c   Yoon, Yong Dal ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Leydig cell; Octylphenol; Steroidogenesis; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CELLS; ENZYMES; HORMONES; IMMUNOLOGY; LIPIDS; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

LEYDIG CELLS; OCTYLPHENOLS; STEROIDOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENIC ENZYMES; TESTOSTERONE PRODUCTION;

PHENOLS;

4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450C17; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; MESSENGER RNA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOASSAY; LIPID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; RODENT; SERUM; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE; LEYDIG CELL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PHENOLS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34548721038     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20280     Document Type: Article

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