scholarly journals Dietary Exposure to Oxidized Frying Oil from Fetus to Adulthood Suppresses Male Reproductive Development by Altering Testicular Cholesterol and Testosterone Homeostasis in Sprague Dawley Rats

2020 ◽  
Vol 150 (7) ◽  
pp. 1713-1721
Author(s):  
Hai-Ping Wu ◽  
Yu-Shun Lin ◽  
Chi-Fen Chang ◽  
Shui-Yuan Lu ◽  
Pei-Min Chao
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Soybean Oil ◽  
Body Weight Loss ◽  
Reproductive Development ◽  
Frying Oil ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats

ABSTRACT Background Dietary frying oil may have endocrine-disrupting effects, as a feminization effect was observed in cohorts of C57BL/6J male mice fetuses from dams consuming oxidized frying oil (OFO) during pregnancy. Objective The aim of present study was to test the hypothesis that OFO is an anti-androgen. Methods In experiment 1, male progeny of Sprague Dawley female rats fed fresh oil or an OFO diet (10 g fat/100 g, from fresh or 24-h–fried soybean oil; [control diet (C) and OFO groups, respectively] from midgestation through lactation were studied. Pups were weaned at 3 wk of age and then consumed their mothers’ diet until 9 wk of age. In addition, a group of dams and pups that consumed a high-fat diet (HF; 10 g fried and 20 g fresh soybean oil/100 g) was included to counteract body-weight loss associated with OFO ingestion. Indices of male reproductive development and testosterone homeostasis were measured. In experiment 2, male rats were allocated to C and OFO groups (treated as above) and indices of male fertility compared at 9–10 wk of age. Results In experiment 1, final body weights of the HF group were lower (17%) than the C group but higher (14%) than the OFO group (P < 0.0001 for each). In addition to abnormalities in seminiferous tubules, HF and OFO groups did not differ from one another, but, compared with the C group, had delayed preputial separation (4.9 d) and reductions in serum testosterone concentrations (17–74%), anogenital distance (8–20%), weights of androgen-dependent tissues (8–30%), testicular testosterone and cholesterol concentrations (30–40%), and mRNA levels of genes involved in steroidogenesis and cholesterol homeostasis (30–70%). In experiment 2, OFO-exposed males had 20% lower sperm motility (P < 0.05); however, when mated to normal females, pregnancy rates and litter sizes did not differ between OFO and C groups. Conclusions The anti-androgenic effect of OFO in Sprague Dawley rats was attributed to decreased testicular concentrations of cholesterol (testosterone precursor) and not body-weight loss.

scholarly journals 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone Enhances Cue-Conditioned Alcohol Reinstatement in Rats

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel J. Hogarth ◽  
Elvan Djouma ◽  
Maarten van den Buuse
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Progressive Ratio ◽  
Ethanol Exposure ◽  
Ethanol Solution ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Self Administration ◽  
Bdnf Expression ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a detrimental disease that develops through chronic ethanol exposure. Reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression has been associated with AUD and alcohol addiction, however the effects of activation of BDNF signalling in the brain on voluntary alcohol intake reinstatement and relapse are unknown. We therefore trained male and female Sprague Dawley rats in operant chambers to self-administer a 10% ethanol solution. Following baseline acquisition and progressive ratio (PR) analysis, rats were split into drug and vehicle groups during alcohol lever extinction. The animals received two weeks of daily IP injection of either the BDNF receptor, TrkB, agonist, 7,8-dihydroxyflavone (7,8-DHF), or vehicle. During acquisition of alcohol self-administration, males had significantly higher absolute numbers of alcohol-paired lever presses and a higher PR breakpoint. However, after adjusting for body weight, the amount of ethanol was not different between the sexes and the PR breakpoint was higher in females than males. Following extinction, alcohol-primed reinstatement in male rats was not altered by pretreatment with 7,8-DHF when adjusted for body weight. In contrast, in female rats, the weight-adjusted potential amount of ethanol, but not absolute numbers of active lever presses, was significantly enhanced by 7,8-DHF treatment during reinstatement. Analysis of spontaneous locomotor activity in automated photocell cages suggested that the effect of 7,8-DHF was not associated with hyperactivity. These results suggest that stimulation of the TrkB receptor may contribute to reward craving and relapse in AUD, particularly in females.

Oral Toxicity Evaluation of Thiodiglycol in Sprague-Dawley Rats

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 393-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Angerhofer ◽  
Mark W. Michie ◽  
Glenn J. Leach ◽  
Mark S. Johnson ◽  
Gunda Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Sulfur Mustard ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Control Individual ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Oral Toxicity ◽  
Male And Female Rats ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats

Thiodiglycol (TDG) is the main product of sulfur mustard hydrolysis and is an environmental contaminant. Subacute and subchronic oral toxicity studies with TDG were conducted in Sprague-Dawley rats. Neat TDG was administered by gavage at doses of 157, 313, 625, 1250, 2500, 5000, and 9999 mg/kg/d, 5 days per week, for 14 days. In the 14-day study, decreased body weight and food consumption were observed at 5000 mg/kg/d. In the 90-day study, rats received neat TDG at doses of 50, 500, or 5000 mg/kg/d for 5 days per week. A fourth group served as a sham control. Individual body weight and food consumption were measured weekly. At termination of the experiment, urine, blood, and tissue samples were collected. Rats displayed significant decreased body weight with no effect on food consumption following administration of TDG at 5000 mg/kg/d. Both male and female rats showed significant increased kidney weights at 5000 mg/kg/d. The organ to body weight ratios increased significantly for liver, kidneys, testes, and brain in males and adrenals in females for 5000 mg/kg/d. At all doses of TDG, hematological and clinical parameters and tissue histopathology remained unaltered. The no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) for oral subchronic toxicity was 500 mg/kg/d. Benchmark dose (BMD) was derived from the decreased gain in body weight that was seen in male rats. A BMD based on a 10% decrease in body weight was 1704 mg/kg/d, and the lower confidence limit on the dose BMD, the BMDL, was 372 mg/kg/d.

Effects of prior or concurrent food restriction on amylin-induced changes in body weight and body composition in high-fat-fed female rats

2007 ◽  
Vol 293 (4) ◽  
pp. E1112-E1117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan D. Roth ◽  
Heather Hughes ◽  
Todd Coffey ◽  
Holly Maier ◽  
James L. Trevaskis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Food Restriction ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Body Weight Loss ◽  
Specific Weight ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
High Fat ◽  
Ad Libitum

Amylin infusion reduces food intake and slows body weight gain in rodents. In obese male rats, amylin (but not pair feeding) caused a preferential reduction of fat mass with protein preservation despite equal body weight loss in amylin-treated (fed ad libitum) and pair-fed rats. In the present study, the effect of prior or concurrent food restriction on the ability of amylin to cause weight loss was evaluated. Retired female breeder rats were maintained on a high-fat diet (40% fat) for 9 wk. Prior to drug treatment, rats were either fed ad libitum or food restricted for 10 days to lose 5% of their starting body weight. They were then subdivided into treatment groups that received either vehicle or amylin (100 μg·kg−1·day−1 via subcutaneous minipump) and placed under either a restricted or ad libitum feeding schedule (for a total of 8 treatment arms). Amylin 1) significantly reduced body weight compared with vehicle under all treatment conditions, except in always restricted animals, 2) significantly decreased percent body fat in all groups, and 3) preserved lean mass in all groups. These results indicate that amylin's anorexigenic and fat-specific weight loss properties can be extended to a variety of nutritive states in female rats.

scholarly journals Evaluation of acute and sub-acute oral toxicity of the aqueous extract of Aquilaria malaccensis leaves in Sprague Dawley rats

2019 ◽  
pp. 20-32
Author(s):  
Redzuan Nul Hakim Abdul Razak ◽  
Suzanah Abdul Rahman ◽  
Asmah Hanim Hamdan ◽  
Roszaman Ramli ◽  
Muhammad Lokman Md Isa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Acute Toxicity ◽  
Lethal Dose ◽  
The Body ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Histopathological Analysis ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Aquilaria Malaccensis ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats

Aquilaria malaccensis or commonly known as ‘gaharu’ is a species of Aquilaria genus and belongs to the Thymelaeaceae family. It is widely distributed in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Borneo Islands. Traditionally, its leaves were used to relieve bruises and studies have shown that they function as an antioxidant, aphrodisiac, and tranquilizer. Despite its proven beneficial medicinal properties, information regarding its toxicity is limited. Therefore, we performed a safety evaluation on the aqueous A. malaccensis leaves extract (AMAE) in Sprague Dawley rats. The assessment of acute toxicity based on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guideline 420 revealed that AMAE did not influence mortality, clinical appearance, body weight gain, or necropsy findings at a dose of 2000 mg/kg body weight. In the sub-acute toxicity, all doses did not significantly modify the body weight and food and water intake. In male rats treated with 2000 mg/kg, there was a significant reduction in the relative weight of liver. Not only that, an increase in alkaline phosphatase and alanine transaminase was also observed in different groups among the female rats. A significant decrease in the creatinine level was also seen among male rats administered with different doses of AMAE. In both sexes, histopathological analysis had shown abnormalities in the liver and kidney of rats treated at the dose of 2000 mg/kg. In conclusion, the 50% lethal dose (LD50) of AMAE was estimated to be greater than 2000 mg/kg. In sub-acute duration, the findings suggested that AMAE administered orally is slightly toxic at higher doses (2000 mg/kg) and could provoke functional and structural changes in the kidney and liver of rats. Thus, the extract should be used with caution.

scholarly journals Maternal low-protein diet causes body weight loss in male, neonate Sprague–Dawley rats involving UCP-1-mediated thermogenesis

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 729-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate J. Claycombe ◽  
Emilie E. Vomhof-DeKrey ◽  
James N. Roemmich ◽  
Turk Rhen ◽  
Othman Ghribi
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Body Weight Loss ◽  
Protein Diet ◽  
Low Protein Diet ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Low Protein ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats ◽  
Male Neonate

Daily CCK injection enhances reduction of body weight by chronic intracerebroventricular leptin infusion

2002 ◽  
Vol 282 (5) ◽  
pp. R1368-R1373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire A. Matson ◽  
Dana F. Reid ◽  
Robert C. Ritter
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Body Weight Loss ◽  
Daily Injection ◽  
Bolus Administration ◽  
Sucrose Intake ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Daily Intraperitoneal Injection

In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that a single daily injection of the gut peptide CCK, together with continuous leptin infusion, would produce significantly greater loss of body weight than leptin alone. We found that a single daily intraperitoneal injection of CCK-8 (0.5 μg/kg) significantly enhanced the weight-reducing effects of 0.5 μg/day leptin infused continuously into the lateral ventricle of male Sprague-Dawley rats by osmotic minipump. However, CCK and leptin together did not enhance reduction of daily chow intake. Furthermore, there was no synergistic reduction of 30-min sucrose intake, although a significant main effect of both leptin and CCK was observed on sucrose intake. These results 1) confirm our previous reports of synergy between leptin and CCK on body weight, 2) demonstrate that enhancement of leptin-induced weight loss does not require bolus administration of leptin, and 3) suggest that enhanced body weight loss following leptin and CCK does not require synergistic reduction of food intake by leptin and CCK.

scholarly journals Body weight loss, effective satiation and absence of homeostatic neuropeptide compensation in male Sprague Dawley rats schedule fed a protein crosslinked diet

Appetite ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 234-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikki Cassie ◽  
Richard L. Anderson ◽  
Dana Wilson ◽  
Anne Pawsey ◽  
Julian G. Mercer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Body Weight Loss ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF SECANG EXTRACT (CAESALPINIA SAPPAN LINN) ON THE WEIGHT AND HISTOLOGY APPEARANCE OF WHITE MALE RATS’ HEARTS INDUCED BY ISOPROTERENOL

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Kristiana Nugraheni ◽  
Fadlina Chany Saputri
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
White Male ◽  
Negative Control ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Heart Cells ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Macroscopic Appearance ◽  
Caesalpinia Sappan ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the cardioprotective effect of secang extract on the heart cells of rats who suffered from myocardialinfarction induced by isoproterenol.Materials and Methods: Sprague Dawley rats were divided into six groups: Normal control, negative control, control extract (200 mg/kg), and threedifferent dose extract groups (50, 100, and 200 mg/kg body weight) that were given treatment for 30 days, and then, induced with isoproterenol.Observations were made for changes in the macroscopic appearance, cardiac weight, and histology of the cardiac organ.Results: The results showed a decrease in the incidence of myocardial infarction in rats given secang extract. The infarction area decreased withincreasing doses of extract. The weight of the heart in the control extract group was smaller than in the negative control group.Conclusions: Damage to heart cells, seen in the microscope, decreased with increasing doses.

SUBCHRONIC TOXICITY OF MALAYSIAN ACALYPHA INDICA: BIOCHEMISTRY AND HAEMATOLOGY ANALYSIS OF RAT

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (5-5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norazlanshah Hazali ◽  
Nurul Nadia Mohd Nazri ◽  
Muhammad Ibrahim ◽  
Mashita Masri
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Dosage Group ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Subchronic Toxicity ◽  
High Dosage Group ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats ◽  
Acalypha Indica

Acalypha indica is one of the medicinal plants that have been used since ages to treat various diseases such as pneumoniae, asthma and skin diseases. This study aimed to explore the subchronic toxicity effect of Acalypha indica on Sprague Dawley rats based on haematological and biochemical parameters. The extract of Acalypha indica was prepared by aqueous extraction technique. 48 Sprague Dawley rats aged 7 weeks, weighing 150-200g were randomly divided into four groups, 6 animals per gender. A control group received water vehicle while three treated groups received the extract at dosage of 100 (low dosage group), 200 (medium dosage group) and 300 (high dosage group) mg/kg body weight. The sample was administered orally by using oral gavage daily for 90 days. No sign of toxicity and mortality was recorded in all groups throughout the study. There were no significant different (p>0.05) in body weight gain, food and water intake between control and treatment group. However, there was significant different in uric acid between control and high dosage group of male and female rats but the mean were in normal range. There were also reduced in mean of urea and creatinine in all dosage group of male and urea for all dosage group of female. Statistically significant reduced in urea was recorded between control and high dosage group of male only. Other parameters showed no significant different between control and treatment groups. Therefore, Acalypha indica is safe for human consumption and might be potential in reducing kidney damage problem.

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