Lactational exposure of phthalate causes long-term disruption in testicular architecture by altering tight junctional and apoptotic protein expression in Sertoli cells of first filial generation pubertal Wistar rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 575-590

  Sekaran, S ^a   Balaganapathy, P ^a   Parsanathan, R ^a   Elangovan, S ^a   Gunashekar, J ^a   Bhat, F A ^a   Jagadeesan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; biochemical analysis; phthalate; testicular architecture; tight junctional proteins

Indexed keywords

AFADIN 6; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CLAUDIN; CYTOCHROME C; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE; MALONALDEHYDE; OCCLUDIN; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN ZO1; PROTEIN ZO2; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEINS;

EID: 84930452493     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327114555926     Document Type: Article

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