Impact of estrogenic compounds on DNA integrity in human spermatozoa: Evidence for cross-linking and redox cycling activities

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 641, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Bennetts, L E ^a   De Iuliis, G N ^a   Nixon, B ^a   Kime, M ^a   Zelski, K ^a   McVicar, C M ^b   Lewis, S E ^b   Aitken, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Estrogen; Redox cycling; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYESTRADIOL; 2,3 NAPHTHALENEDIOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BETA GLOBIN; CATECHOL; CATECHOL ESTROGEN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DNA; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; GENISTEIN; HYDROETHIDINE; NONYLPHENOL; QUERCETIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA STRAND; GENOME; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; COMET ASSAY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA ADDUCTS; DNA DAMAGE; ESTROGENS; ETHIDIUM; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 42649139906     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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