Acute effects of microcystins exposure on the transcription of antioxidant enzyme genes in three organs (liver, kidney, and testis) of male Wistar rats

Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 361-367

  Xiong, Qian ^a,b   Xie, Ping ^a   Li, Huiying ^a   Hao, Le ^a,b   Li, Guangyu ^a,b   Qiu, Tong ^a,b   Liu, Ying ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant Enzyme; Microcystin; Oxidative Stress; Quantitative Real Time PCR; Wistar Rat

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; MICROCYSTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; TESTIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; DIPEPTIDES; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 78650492263     PISSN: 10956670     EISSN: 10990461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbt.20347     Document Type: Article

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