Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 4511, Egypt.
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 4511, Egypt.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 4;19(13):8171. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19138171.
The nano-sized iron oxide (FeO-NPs) is one of the most used engineered nanomaterials worldwide. This study investigated the efficacy of natural polyphenol resveratrol (RSV) (20 mg/kg b.wt, orally once daily) to alleviate the impaired sperm quality and testicular injury resulting from FeO-NPs exposure (3.5 or 7 mg/kg b.wt, intraperitoneally once a week) for eight weeks. Spermiograms, sexual hormonal levels, oxidative stress indicators, and lipid peroxidation biomarker were assessed. Moreover, the steroidogenesis-related genes mRNA expressions were evaluated. The results showed that RSV substantially rescued FeO-NPs-mediated sperm defects. Additionally, the FeO-NPs-induced depressing effects on sperm motility and viability were markedly counteracted by RSV. Moreover, RSV significantly restored FeO-NPs-induced depletion of testosterone, follicle-stimulated hormone, luteinizing hormone, and testicular antioxidant enzymes but reduced malondialdehyde content. Furthermore, the FeO-NPs-induced downregulation of steroidogenesis-related genes (3 β-HSD, 17 β-HSD, and Nr5A1) was significantly counteracted in the testicular tissue of RSV-treated rats. These findings concluded that RSV could limit the FeO-NPs-induced reduced sperm quality and testicular injury most likely via their antioxidant activity and steroidogenesis-related gene expression modulation.
纳米级氧化铁 (FeO-NPs) 是全球应用最广泛的工程纳米材料之一。本研究旨在探讨天然多酚白藜芦醇 (RSV)(20mg/kg bw,口服,每天一次)对减轻 FeO-NPs 暴露(3.5 或 7mg/kg bw,每周腹腔注射一次)引起的精子质量受损和睾丸损伤的功效,为期 8 周。评估精子参数、性激素水平、氧化应激指标和脂质过氧化生物标志物,同时评估类固醇生成相关基因的 mRNA 表达。结果表明,RSV 可显著改善 FeO-NPs 介导的精子缺陷。此外,RSV 明显拮抗了 FeO-NPs 对精子活力和活力的抑制作用。此外,RSV 显著恢复了 FeO-NPs 诱导的睾丸中睾酮、卵泡刺激素、黄体生成素和抗氧化酶的耗竭,但降低了丙二醛含量。此外,RSV 还可拮抗 FeO-NPs 诱导的类固醇生成相关基因(3β-HSD、17β-HSD 和 Nr5A1)下调。这些发现表明 RSV 可能通过其抗氧化活性和类固醇生成相关基因表达调节,限制 FeO-NPs 诱导的精子质量下降和睾丸损伤。
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