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ArticleBiomedicines2022

Effect of High-Fructose Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome on the Pituitary-Gonadal Axis in Male Rats.

Shih-Min Hsia, Yi-Fen Chiang, Hsin-Yuan Chen, Mohamed Ali, Paulus S Wang, Kai-Lee Wang

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Article in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Shih-Min HsiaSchool of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-2888-2618
Yi-Fen ChiangSchool of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan.
Hsin-Yuan ChenSchool of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-2411-426X
Mohamed AliClinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-9675-6691
Paulus S WangDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
Kai-Lee WangSchool of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan.
Taipei Medical University · TWAin Shams University · EGAsia University · TWChing Kuo Institute of Management and Health · TWTaipei Medical University Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plasma testosterone levels have been found to decrease in older insulin-resistant male patients. Both lower total testosterone levels and a higher incidence of metabolic syndrome have also been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of high-fructose diet-induced diabetes on both the testosterone release by Leydig cells and the activity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis in male rats. Male rats were fed with either standard chow (control group) or a high-fructose diet (fructose-fed group) for 21 weeks. Hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and hypertension were observed in the fructose-fed group. Moreover, plasma testosterone and LH levels decreased in the fructose-fed group compared to the control group. Sperm motility was also reduced by 15% in the fructose-fed rats. In contrast, the basal release of testosterone from rat Leydig cells was not altered by fructose feeding. Moreover, in vitro studies showed that the testosterone release, in response to different stimulants, including forskolin (an adenylyl cyclase activator, 10

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diabeteshypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axisLeydig cellstestosterone

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