ArticleCanadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada
An experimental study on effects of pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate on ischemia-reperfusion injury in testis.
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- Antioxidant Strategies in Testicular Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury-Translational Insights and Clinical Implications for Testicular Torsion Management.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Pathophysiology and management of testicular ischemia/reperfusion injury: Lessons from animal models.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Protective effect of osthole on testicular ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2022Article
- Therapeutic Effect of Stem Cells on Male Infertility in a Rat Model: Histological, Molecular, Biochemical, and Functional Study.Stem cells international · 2021Article
- Antioxidants in experimental ischemia-reperfusion injury of the testis: Where are we heading towards?World journal of methodology · 2017Review
- Medical perspective in testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2017Article
- Carvacrol treatment opens Kir6.2 ATP-dependent potassium channels and prevents apoptosis on rat testis following ischemia-reperfusion injury model.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologieArticle
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Abstract
introductionThe aim of this experimental study was to investigate the histopathological and biochemical effects of pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate, an antioxidant and inhibitor of NF-kβ, on ischemiareperfusion injury in rats.
methodsA total of 21 male Wistar-Albino rats were randomly distributed into three groups as sham group (Group 1), ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) group (Group 2) and I/R with pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) group (Group 3). Left testicles of rats in Groups 2 and 3 underwent testicular torsion of 720° for four hours and 100 mg/kg of PDTC was administered intraperitoneally prior to detorsion in Group 3. An hour after detorsion process, left orchiectomies were performed and 5 ml of intracardiac blood samples were drawn from rats in all three groups. Histopathological examination of testis tissues performed and measurement of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels in blood samples were taken.
resultsElevated levels of MDA and decreased SOD activity, together with decreased Johnson tubular biopsy scores consistent with I/R injury were observed in Group 2 (p<0.05). Group 1 and Group 3 were similar in terms of MDA levels, SOD activity, and Johnson scores (p>0.05).
conclusionsOur results indicated that PDTC may have beneficial effects for alleviation of I/R injury in testicular tissue in rats. Understanding the underlying mechanisms and exploration of its diagnostic and therapeutic potential requires further randomized, controlled trials on a larger scale.
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