Cytotoxicity and oxidative stress study in cultured rat Sertoli cells with Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) exposure

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-176

  Li, Dongmei ^a   Liu, Qin ^a   Gong, Yi ^a   Huang, Yufeng ^b   Han, Xiaodong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINLING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Methyl tert butyl ether (MTBE); Oxidative stress; Sertoli cell; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALEIC DIALDEHYDE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

8 OXOGUANINE DNA GLYCOSIDASE 1 GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; METHYL ETHERS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 62549099961     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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