Malathion-induced testicular toxicity is associated with spermatogenic apoptosis and alterations in testicular enzymes and hormone levels in male Wistar rats

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 659-667

  Geng, Xiao ^a,b   Shao, Hua ^a   Zhang, Zhihu ^a   Ng, Jack C ^c,d   Peng, Cheng ^c,d  

^a Shandong Academy of Occupational Health and Occupational Disease   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d University of South Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Histopathological changes; Malathion; Reproductive effects; Reproductive hormones; Testicular enzymes

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; FOLLITROPIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALATHION; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TESTOSTERONE; ACID PHOSPHATASE; BAX PROTEIN, RAT; INSECTICIDE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTICULAR TOXICITY; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS WEIGHT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INSECTICIDES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALATHION; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOZOA; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84922748517     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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