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ArticleMolecular biology reports2023

Effects of chrysin in cadmium-induced testicular toxicity in the rat; role of multi-pathway regulation.

Sibel Çiğdem Tuncer, Sefa Küçükler, Cihan Gür, Serpil Aygörmez, Fatih Mehmet Kandemir

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Article in Molecular biology reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Sibel Çiğdem TuncerDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Türkiye. drozturkc@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6250-5093
Sefa KüçüklerDepartment of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Türkiye.
Cihan GürDepartment of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Türkiye.
Serpil AygörmezDepartment of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary, Kafkas University, Kars, Türkiye.
Fatih Mehmet KandemirDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Türkiye.
Aksaray University · TRAtatürk University · TRKafkas University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCadmium (Cd) is a strong toxic agent and causes serious damage to testicular tissues. Chrysin (CHR) is a natural flavonoid with many effective properties, especially antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic properties. The current study describes new evidence for the ameliorative effects of CHR on oxidative stress, apoptosis, autophagy and inflammation pathways in Cd-induced testicular tissue toxicity.

methodsThirty-five male Wistar rats were divided into five groups, control, Cd, CHR, Cd + CHR25, and Cd + CHR50. Cd was administered alone at a dose of 25 mg/kg body weight or in combination with CHR 25 mg/kg and CHR 50 mg/kg for 7 days. Cd and CHR were administered orally. Biochemical, molecular, and histological methods were used to investigate inflammation, apoptosis, autophagy, and oxidant pathways in testicular tissue.

resultsCd increased lipid peroxidation, JAK-2/STAT-3 levels, inflammation-related NF-κB, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, COX-2, and iNOS levels, AKT-2, FOXO1, Bax, Apaf-1 and Caspase-3 levels, autophagic Beclin-1, LC3A and LC3B. The Cd also caused a decrease in the activities of antioxidant enzymes and GSH levels, antiapoptotic Bcl-2 levels. CHR, on the other hand, had the opposite effect of all these Cd-induced changes.

conclusionsOverall, the data of this study indicate that testicular damage associated with Cd toxicity could be ameliorated by CHR administration.

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AntioxidantsCadmiumAnimalsApoptosisFlavonoidsInflammationMaleOxidative StressRatsRats, WistarAntioxidantsCadmiumchrysinFlavonoidsApoptosisCadmiumChrysinInflammationOxidative stressTesticular toxicology

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