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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2020

Monophosphoryl lipid A alleviated radiation-induced testicular injury through TLR4-dependent exosomes.

Zhe Liu, Kun Cao, Zebin Liao, Yuanyuan Chen, Xiao Lei, Qun Wei, Cong Liu, Xuejun Sun, Yanyong Yang, Jianming Cai and 1 more

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhe LiuDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Kun CaoDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Zebin LiaoDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Yuanyuan ChenDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Xiao LeiDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0428-1749
Qun WeiDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Cong LiuDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Xuejun SunDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Yanyong YangDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6882-5274
Jianming CaiDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Fu GaoDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Second Military Medical University · CNSir Run Run Shaw Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiation protection on male testis is an important task for ionizing radiation-related workers or people who receive radiotherapy for tumours near the testicle. In recent years, Toll-like receptors (TLRs), especially TLR4, have been widely studied as a radiation protection target. In this study, we detected that a low-toxicity TLR4 agonist monophosphoryl lipid A (MPLA) produced obvious radiation protection effects on mice testis. We found that MPLA effectively alleviated testis structure damage and cell apoptosis induced by ionizing radiation (IR). However, as the expression abundance differs a lot in distinct cells and tissues, MPLA seemed not to directly activate TLR4 singling pathway in mice testis. Here, we demonstrated a brand new mechanism for MPLA producing radiation protection effects on testis. We observed a significant activation of TLR4 pathway in macrophages after MPLA stimulation and identified significant changes in macrophage-derived exosomes protein expression. We proved that after MPLA treatment, macrophage-derived exosomes played an important role in testis radiation protection, and specially, G-CSF and MIP-2 in exosomes are the core molecules in this protection effect.

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Abnormalities, Radiation-InducedAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalExosomesHumansLipid AMaleMiceRadiation ProtectionTestisToll-Like Receptor 4Lipid Amonophosphoryl lipid AToll-Like Receptor 4exosomeMPLAradioprotectiontestis

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PMID32135028
PMCPMC7171420
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