| Literature DB >> 16077168 |
Chie Furuta1, ChunMei Li, Shinji Taneda, Akira K Suzuki, Kazuyuki Kamata, Gen Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Taya.
Abstract
We recently isolated 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol (4-nitro-m-cresol; PNMC) and 4-nitro-3-phenylphenol (PNMPP) from diesel exhaust particles (DEP) and identified them as vasodilators and xenoestrogens. The estrogenic activity of PNMC and PNMPP was further examined by using immunohistochemical staining of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in uterine luminal epithelium of ovariectomized 25-d-old immature female rats injected with PNMC and PNMPP subcutaneously for 2 d. Significant increases were observed in uterine luminal epithelium in PCNA positive cells of animals receiving 10 and 100 mg/kg PNMC and 0.1 mg/kg PNMPP compared with controls. These results clearly show the estrogenic activity of PNMC and PNMPP by cell proliferation on the uterine luminal epithelium.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16077168 DOI: 10.1385/ENDO:27:1:033
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Endocrine ISSN: 1355-008X Impact factor: 3.633