Nam Hyeon-Hwa, Kang Sohi, Seo Yun-Soo, Lee Jun, Moon Byeong Cheol, Lee Hae June, Lee Ji Hye, Kim Bohye, Lee Sueun, Kim Joong-Sun
Herbal Medicine Resources Research Center Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine Naju Korea.
College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Plus Project Team Chonnam National University Gwangju Korea.
Food Sci Nutr. 2022 Sep 20;10(11):3969-3978. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.2992. eCollection 2022 Nov.
The larvae of have been used as a food ingredient and are known for their nutritional value and anti-inflammatory properties. However, whether larvae demonstrate protective effects against radiation-induced testicular injury has not been investigated. In this study, the protective effects of an aqueous extract of larvae (PBE) against radiation-induced testicular injury were tested. Male C57BL/6 mice were administered PBE (5 or 10 mg/kg) orally for 14 days before exposure to focal pelvic irradiation. Histopathological examinations were conducted at 8 h and 30 d after radiation exposure. PBE pretreatment reduced the radiation-induced apoptosis of germ cells at 8 h after irradiation and significantly increased testis and epididymis weights relative to those of the irradiated control mice at 30 days. PBE protected against histopathological damage and decreased the radiation-induced effects on the epithelium height and seminiferous tubule diameter. Furthermore, the extract ameliorated the radiation-induced morphological abnormalities of sperm cells and improved their motility. It also prevented a decrease in the epididymal sperm count caused by irradiation. Moreover, the extract alleviated the generation of reactive oxygen species, and its antioxidative activity increased in a dose-dependent manner. Among the six major compounds isolated from PBE, benzoic acid and uridine showed the highest antioxidant activities. These results suggest that PBE protects against radiation-induced testicular injury via its antioxidative properties. Thus, it has potential clinical applicability as a neoadjuvant therapy for the prevention of testicular damage caused by cancer radiotherapy.
[此处原文物种名缺失]的幼虫已被用作食品成分,并以其营养价值和抗炎特性而闻名。然而,[此处原文物种名缺失]幼虫是否对辐射诱导的睾丸损伤具有保护作用尚未得到研究。在本研究中,测试了[此处原文物种名缺失]幼虫水提取物(PBE)对辐射诱导的睾丸损伤的保护作用。雄性C57BL/6小鼠在接受局部盆腔照射前14天口服PBE(5或10mg/kg)。在辐射暴露后8小时和30天进行组织病理学检查。PBE预处理减少了照射后8小时辐射诱导的生殖细胞凋亡,并且在30天时相对于照射对照小鼠显著增加了睾丸和附睾重量。PBE可防止组织病理学损伤,并减少辐射对上皮高度和生精小管直径的影响。此外,该提取物改善了辐射诱导的精子细胞形态异常并提高了其活力。它还防止了照射引起的附睾精子数量减少。此外,该提取物减轻了活性氧的产生,并且其抗氧化活性呈剂量依赖性增加。从PBE中分离出的六种主要化合物中,苯甲酸和尿苷表现出最高的抗氧化活性。这些结果表明,PBE通过其抗氧化特性保护免受辐射诱导的睾丸损伤。因此,它作为预防癌症放疗引起的睾丸损伤的新辅助疗法具有潜在的临床适用性。