title: Determination of vitamin A and its metabolites in rat testis: possible involvement of vitamin A in testicular toxicity caused by molinate.
abstract: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of molinate on retinoids homeostasis in rat testis. Molinate was administrated to male Sprague-Dawley rats (200 mg kg(-1) in corn oil, ip). Retinoid measurements were made at 6, 12, 48 and 168 h time points after administration. Testis levels of retinoic acid decreased (32 %) in a statistically significant manner at the 12 and 48 h time points. However, retinol and retinaldehyde were not significantly affected by molinate. These results suggest that molinate affects retinoic acid synthesis in testis and could contribute to understanding the molecular mechanism of molinate involved testicular toxicity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. fgzuno@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Fabiola G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Zuno-Floriano
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holstege
authors.forename: Matt J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hengel
authors.forename: Nilesh W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Gaikwad
authors.forename: Maria L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Aldana-Madrid
authors.forename: Marion G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001381:Azepines / Q000633:toxicity*; D006540:Herbicides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012172:Retinaldehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D013737:Testis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013859:Thiocarbamates / Q000633:toxicity*; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001381:Azepines; D006540:Herbicides; D013859:Thiocarbamates; D014801:Vitamin A; C009821:molinate; D012172:Retinaldehyde