Cadmium Up-Regulates transcription of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (star) gene through phosphorylated creb rather than SF-1 in K28 cells

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 151-161

  Park, Soo Yun ^a   Gomes, Cynthia ^b   Oh, Sung Dug ^a   Soh, Jaemog ^c  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cadmium; CREB; Leydig cells; SF 1; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; MALE; MOUSE; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN GENE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEYDIG CELL; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84924766833     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.40.151     Document Type: Article

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