钝顶螺旋藻纳米颗粒通过靶向、氧化、凋亡和类固醇生成途径来对抗糖尿病诱导的大鼠睾丸损伤。

Arthrospira platensis nanoparticles defeat against diabetes-induced testicular injury in rat targeting, oxidative, apoptotic, and steroidogenesis pathways.

机构信息

Faculty of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Faculty of Home Economics, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

出版信息

Andrologia. 2022 Sep;54(8):e14456. doi: 10.1111/and.14456. Epub 2022 May 12.

Abstract

Varieties of studies have been used to investigate the health benefits of Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis); however, more research is needed to examine if its nano form may be utilized to treat or prevent several chronic diseases. So, we designed this study to explore the effect and the cellular intracellular mechanisms by which Arthrospira platensis Nanoparticles (NSP) alleviates the testicular injury induced by diabetes in male Wistar rats. Eighty Wistar male rats (n = 80) were randomly allocated into eight groups. Group 1 is untreated rats (control), Group 2 including STZ-induced diabetic rats with 65 mg/kg body weight STZ (STZ-diabetic), Group 3-5: including diabetic rats treated with NSP1, NSP2, and NSP3 at 0.25, 0.5, and 1 mg/kg body weight, respectively, once daily orally by the aid of gastric gavage for 12 consecutive weeks and groups 6-8 include normal rats received NSP (0.25, 0.5, and 1 mg/kg body weight once daily orally. The identical volume of normal saline was injected into both control and diabetic rats. After 12 weeks of diabetes induction, the rats were killed. According to our findings, NSP administration to diabetic rats enhances the total body weight and the weight of testes and accessory glands; in addition, NSP significantly reduced nitric oxide and malondialdehyde in testicular tissue improved sperm parameters. Intriguingly, it raises testicular GSH and SOD activity by a significant amount (p < 0.05). As well, Oral administration of NSP to diabetic rats resulted in a decrease in the blood glucose levels, HA1C, induced in the diabetic group, which overcame the diabetic complications NSP caused down-regulation of apoptotic genes with upregulation of BCL-2 mRNA expression (p < 0.05) and prominent up-regulation of steroidogenesis genes expression level in testes in comparison to the diabetic rats which resulted in improving the decreased levels of testosterone hormone, FSH, and LH induced by diabetes. In the same way, our histopathological findings support our biochemical and molecular findings; in conclusion, NSP exerted a protective effect against reproductive dysfunction induced by diabetes not only through its high antioxidant and hypoglycemic action but also through its down-regulation of Apoptotic genes and up-regulation of steroidogenesis regulatory genes expression level in diabetic testes.

摘要

已经有多种研究方法被用于探究螺旋藻(节旋藻)的健康益处;然而,我们仍需要更多的研究来检验其纳米形式是否可用于治疗或预防多种慢性疾病。因此,我们设计了这项研究来探索节旋藻纳米颗粒(NSP)缓解雄性 Wistar 大鼠糖尿病诱导的睾丸损伤的作用和细胞内机制。

将 80 只雄性 Wistar 大鼠(n=80)随机分为 8 组。第 1 组为未处理的大鼠(对照组),第 2 组为 65mg/kg 体重链脲佐菌素(STZ)诱导的糖尿病大鼠(STZ-糖尿病组),第 3-5 组为分别用 0.25、0.5 和 1mg/kg 体重 NSP1、NSP2 和 NSP3 每日经口灌胃治疗 12 周的糖尿病大鼠,第 6-8 组为给予 NSP(0.25、0.5 和 1mg/kg 体重每日经口灌胃的正常大鼠。对照组和糖尿病大鼠均注射等体积的生理盐水。糖尿病诱导 12 周后处死大鼠。

根据我们的研究结果,NSP 给药可提高糖尿病大鼠的总体重和睾丸及附属腺的重量;此外,NSP 可显著降低睾丸组织中的一氧化氮和丙二醛,改善精子参数。有趣的是,它可大量提高睾丸 GSH 和 SOD 活性(p<0.05)。同样,NSP 可降低糖尿病大鼠的血糖水平、HA1C,克服糖尿病并发症,下调凋亡基因,上调 BCL-2mRNA 表达(p<0.05),并上调睾丸类固醇生成基因表达水平,与糖尿病大鼠相比,可改善糖尿病诱导的睾酮激素、FSH 和 LH 水平降低。

同样,我们的组织病理学发现支持我们的生化和分子发现;总之,NSP 通过其高抗氧化和降血糖作用以及下调糖尿病睾丸中的凋亡基因和上调类固醇生成调节基因表达水平,对糖尿病引起的生殖功能障碍发挥保护作用。

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