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ArticleInternational journal of fertility & sterility2020

Effects of Dextran-Coated Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles on Mouse Embryo Development, Antioxidant Enzymes and Apoptosis Genes Expression, and Ultrastructure of Sperm, Oocytes and Granulosa Cells.

Azizollah Bakhtari, Saeedeh Nazari, Sanaz Alaee, Elias Kargar-Abarghouei, Fakhroddin Mesbah, Esmaeil Mirzaei, Mohammad Jafar Molaei

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Article in International journal of fertility & sterility, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Azizollah BakhtariDepartment of Reproductive Biology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Saeedeh NazariDepartment of Reproductive Biology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Sanaz AlaeeDepartment of Reproductive Biology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Electronic Address: alaee@sums.ac.ir.
Elias Kargar-AbarghoueiDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Fakhroddin MesbahDepartment of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Esmaeil MirzaeiDepartment of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Mohammad Jafar MolaeiFaculty of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IRHormozgan University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Shahrood · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough application of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) in industry and medicine has increased, their potential toxicity in reproductive cells remains a controversial issue. This study was undertaken to address the response of sperm, oocyte, and resultant blastocyst to dextran-coated SPIONs (D-SPIONs) treatment during murine MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this experimental study, murine mature oocytes were randomly divided into three groups: control, and low- and high-dose groups in which fertilization medium was mixed with 0, 50 and 250 μg/ml of DSPIONs, respectively. Sperm and/or cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) were cultured for 4 h in this medium for electron microscopic analysis of sperm and COCs, and assessment of developmental competence and genes expression of

resultsUltrastructural study of sperm, oocyte, and granulosa showed destructed mitochondria and membranes in spermatozoa, vacuolated mitochondria and distorted cristae in oocytes, and disrupted nuclei and disorganized cell membranes in granulosa in a dose-dependent manner. Data showed that cleavage and blastocyst rates in the 250 μg/ml of D-SPIONs were significantly lower than in the control group (P<0.05). Gene expression of

conclusionThere is considerable concern regarding D-SPIONs toxic effects on IVF, and mitochondrial and cell membrane damage in mouse spermatozoa and oocytes, which may be related to oxidative stress and apoptotic events.

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ApoptosisNanoparticlesOocytesOxidative StressSpermatozoa

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