Tazari Mahjoobe, Baghshani Hasan, Moosavi Zahra
Department of Basic Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
Andrologia. 2018 Dec;50(10):e13091. doi: 10.1111/and.13091. Epub 2018 Jul 10.
The aim of this work was to study the alleviative role of betaine versus arsenite-provoked alterations in testis oxidative status and circulating androgenic indices. Twenty-four adult male rats (204.5 ± 21 g) were divided into four groups, equally. Control group was given basal diet and tap water. Group 2 rats received arsenite (100 mg/L) in drinking water. Rats in group 3 received betaine (2% of the diet) during arsenite exposure. Group 4 received betaine at 2% of the diet during study period (30 days). The results revealed significant decrease in testicular glutathione peroxidase, catalase and glutathione in arsenite-treated animals relative to controls. Significant increase in testicular malondialdehyde was also detected in arsenite-exposed group. Concurrent administration of betaine with arsenite significantly increased glutathione and catalase amounts in comparison with arsenite group. Arsenite exposure resulted in a significant decrease in plasma testosterone and dihydrotestosterone levels over control rats, whereas supplementation of betaine augmented the hormones concentrations to the levels that had no significant difference in comparison with controls. Concentration of all measured oxidative status and hormonal variables in the betaine plus arsenite and betaine groups was not significantly different relative to controls. Taken together, betaine may be proposed as an alleviative agent against arsenite-induced male reprotoxicity.
本研究旨在探讨甜菜碱对亚砷酸盐引起的睾丸氧化状态改变和循环雄激素指标的缓解作用。将24只成年雄性大鼠(204.5±21克)平均分为四组。对照组给予基础饮食和自来水。第2组大鼠饮用含亚砷酸盐(100毫克/升)的水。第3组大鼠在亚砷酸盐暴露期间接受甜菜碱(占饮食的2%)。第4组大鼠在研究期间(30天)接受占饮食2%的甜菜碱。结果显示,与对照组相比,亚砷酸盐处理组动物的睾丸谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶、过氧化氢酶和谷胱甘肽显著降低。在亚砷酸盐暴露组中还检测到睾丸丙二醛显著增加。与亚砷酸盐组相比,甜菜碱与亚砷酸盐同时给药显著增加了谷胱甘肽和过氧化氢酶的含量。与对照大鼠相比,亚砷酸盐暴露导致血浆睾酮和二氢睾酮水平显著降低,而补充甜菜碱使激素浓度增加到与对照组无显著差异的水平。甜菜碱加亚砷酸盐组和甜菜碱组中所有测量的氧化状态和激素变量浓度与对照组相比无显著差异。综上所述,甜菜碱可被认为是一种对抗亚砷酸盐诱导的雄性生殖毒性的缓解剂。