Protective effects of Urtica dioica L. on experimental testicular ischaemia reperfusion injury in rats
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Tarih
2017
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Wiley
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
In this study, it was aimed to examine the effects of Urtica dioica L. (UD) that has antioxidant feature in the experimental testicular I/R model in rats in terms of anti-apoptotic and antioxidative effects. In our study, 24 male rats were divided into three groups: control group, I/R group and I/R+UD (2mgkg(-1)) group. Seminiferous tubule calibre measurement, Johnson score, haematoxylin-eosin staining, proliferative cell nucleus antigen (PCNA) immunohistochemical staining and TUNEL as histopathological have been conducted. The structural deterioration in the testicular on I/R group has reduced after the treatment of UD. Our data indicate a significant reduction in the activity of in situ identification of apoptosis using terminal dUTP nick end labelling (TUNEL), and there was a rise in the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in testis tissues of UD-treated rats in the I/R group. The I/R+UD group showed a decrease in malondialdehyde levels and an increase in the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase in comparison with the I/R group. It could be concluded that protective effects of UD on the I/R testicles are via reduction of histological damage, apoptosis, oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Ischaemia And Reperfusion, Testis-Apoptosis-Oxidative Stress, Urtica Dioica L, Germ-Cell Apoptosis, Oxidative Stress, Lipid-Peroxidation, Torsion, Testis, Damage, Spermatogenesis, Supplementation, Index, Seed
Kaynak
Andrologia
WoS Q Değeri
Q3
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Q2
Cilt
49
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4
