scholarly journals Sesamol Protects Testis from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury through Scavenging Reactive Oxygen Species and Upregulating CREMτ Expression

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Si-Ming Wei ◽  
Rong-Yun Wang ◽  
Yan-Song Chen
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Oxygen Species ◽  
Reperfusion Injury ◽  
Testicular Torsion ◽  
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury ◽  
Ischemia Reperfusion ◽  
Reactive Oxygen ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Oxygen Species ◽  
Germ Cell Differentiation ◽  
Testicular Ischemia

Testicular torsion/detorsion-induced damage is considered as a typical ischemia-reperfusion injury attributed to excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. ROS may regulate many genes whose expression affects cell-cycle regulation, cell proliferation, and apoptosis. The cAMP-responsive element modulator-τ (CREMτ) gene expression in the testis is essential for normal germ cell differentiation. The present study was aimed at investigating the effect of sesamol, a powerful antioxidant, on testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury and related mechanisms in an experimental testicular torsion-detorsion rat model. The type of our study was a randomized controlled trial. Sixty rats were randomly divided into the following 3 groups: (1) sham-operated control group (n=20), (2) testicular ischemia-reperfusion group (n=20), and (3) testicular ischemia-reperfusion+sesamol-treated group (n=20). Testicular ischemia-reperfusion was induced by left testicular torsion (720° rotation in a counterclockwise direction) for 2 hours, followed by detorsion. Orchiectomy was performed at 4 hours or 3 months after detorsion. The testis was obtained for the analysis of the following parameters, including malondialdehyde level (a sensitive indicator of ROS), CREMτ expression, and spermatogenesis. In the testicular ischemia-reperfusion group, the malondialdehyde level was significantly increased with a concomitant significant decrease in CREMτ expression and spermatogenesis in ipsilateral testis. These results suggest that overproduction of ROS after testicular ischemia-reperfusion may downregulate CREMτ expression, which causes spermatogenic injury. Sesamol treatment resulted in a significant reduction in the malondialdehyde level and significant increase in CREMτ expression and spermatogenesis in ipsilateral testis. These data support the above suggestion. Our study shows that sesamol can attenuate testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury through scavenging ROS and upregulating CREMτ expression.

scholarly journals Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-Activatable Prodrug for Selective Activation of ATF6 after Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan E. Palmer ◽  
Breanna M. Brietske ◽  
Tyler C. Bate ◽  
Erik A. Blackwood ◽  
Manasa Garg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Oxygen Species ◽  
Reperfusion Injury ◽  
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury ◽  
Ischemia Reperfusion ◽  
Reactive Oxygen ◽  
Oxygen Species ◽  
Selective Activation

scholarly journals Phospholipid oxidation products in ferroptotic myocardial cell death

2019 ◽  
Vol 317 (1) ◽  
pp. H156-H163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Stamenkovic ◽  
Grant N. Pierce ◽  
Amir Ravandi
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Oxygen Species ◽  
Cell Death ◽  
Reperfusion Injury ◽  
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury ◽  
Ischemia Reperfusion ◽  
Reactive Oxygen ◽  
Myocardial Cell ◽  
Oxidation Products ◽  
Oxygen Species ◽  
New Therapeutic Approaches

Cell death is an important component of the pathophysiology of any disease. Myocardial disease is no exception. Understanding how and why cells die, particularly in the heart where cardiomyocyte regeneration is limited at best, becomes a critical area of study. Ferroptosis is a recently described form of nonapoptotic cell death. It is an iron-mediated form of cell death that occurs because of accumulation of lipid peroxidation products. Reactive oxygen species and iron-mediated phospholipid peroxidation is a hallmark of ferroptosis. To date, ferroptosis has been shown to be involved in cell death associated with Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, cancer, Parkinson’s disease, and kidney degradation. Myocardial reperfusion injury is characterized by iron deposition as well as reactive oxygen species production. These conditions, therefore, favor the induction of ferroptosis. Currently there is no available treatment for reperfusion injury, which accounts for up to 50% of the final infarct size. This review will summarize the evidence that ferroptosis can induce cardiomyocyte death following reperfusion injury and the potential for this knowledge to open new therapeutic approaches for myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.

scholarly journals Probucol Reduces Testicular Torsion/Detorsion-Induced Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Si-Ming Wei ◽  
Yu-Min Huang ◽  
Jian Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Oxygen Species ◽  
Protein Expression ◽  
Testicular Torsion ◽  
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury ◽  
Ischemia Reperfusion ◽  
Reactive Oxygen ◽  
Treated Group ◽  
Myeloperoxidase Activity ◽  
Oxygen Species ◽  
Neutrophil Accumulation

This study investigated the effect of probucol, a potent antioxidant, on testicular torsion/detorsion-induced ischemia/reperfusion injury attributable to excess reactive oxygen species released by neutrophils. Sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into sham-operated control, ischemia-reperfusion, and probucol-treated groups. In the ischemia-reperfusion group, testicular detorsion was performed after 2 hours of left testicular torsion. In the probucol-treated group, after performing the same surgical procedures as in the ischemia-reperfusion group, probucol was given intraperitoneally at testicular detorsion. Orchiectomy was performed to evaluate protein expression of E-selectin which is an endothelial cell adhesion molecule and mediates neutrophil adhesion to vascular endothelium, myeloperoxidase activity (a mark of neutrophil accumulation in the testis), malondialdehyde level (an indicator of reactive oxygen species), and spermatogenesis. E-selectin protein expression, myeloperoxidase activity, and malondialdehyde level were significantly increased, and testicular spermatogenesis was significantly decreased in the ipsilateral testes in the ischemia-reperfusion group, compared with the control group. The probucol-treated group showed significant decreases in E-selectin protein expression, myeloperoxidase activity, and malondialdehyde level and significant increase in testicular spermatogenesis in the ipsilateral testes, compared with the ischemia-reperfusion group. These findings indicate that probucol can protect testicular spermatogenesis by reducing overgeneration of reactive oxygen species by inhibiting E-selectin protein expression and neutrophil accumulation in the testis.

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