Effect of nanoparticle-rich diesel exhaust on testosterone biosynthesis in adult male mice

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 599-608

  Li, Chunmei ^a,b   Li, Xuezheng ^c,d   Jigami, Junko ^d   Hasegawa, Chisa ^d   Suzuki, Akira K ^b   Zhang, Yonghui ^a   Fujitani, Yuji ^b   Nagaoka, Kentaro ^d,e   Watanabe, Gen ^d,e   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^d,e  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diesel exhaust; Leydig cell culture; Mouse; Nanoparticles; Testosterone biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450 17; CYTOCHROME P450 17ALPHA HYDROXYLASE; FOLLITROPIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NANOPARTICLE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PERIPHERAL BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR BI; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EXHAUST GAS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA SYNTHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NANOPARTICLES; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, LDL; SCAVENGER RECEPTORS, CLASS B; SPERM COUNT; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84864840229     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2012.702140     Document Type: Article

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