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2021 ◽  
Vol 429 ◽  
pp. 119494
Author(s):  
Zhi Chai ◽  
Hui Jie Fan ◽  
Yan Rong Li ◽  
Meng Ying Sun ◽  
Wu Shuai Xiao ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 429 ◽  
pp. 119495
Author(s):  
Hui Jie Fan ◽  
Zhi Chai ◽  
Yan Rong Li ◽  
Meng Ying Sun ◽  
Wu Shuai Xiao ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang-qiang Chen ◽  
Cai-fei Ding ◽  
Jia Yu ◽  
Chen-ye Wang ◽  
Ling-yi Wan ◽  
...  

The crisis of male infertility is an issue of human reproductive health worldwide. The Wuzi Yanzong pill (WZYZP) is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription that shows efficacy in kidney reinforcement and essence benefit to ameliorate male reproductive dysfunctions. However, the pharmacological mechanisms of the WZYZP on male infertility have not been investigated and clarified clearly. This study was designed to investigate the effects of the WZYZP on spermatogenesis disorder and explore its underlying pharmacological mechanisms. First, based on a network pharmacology study, 39 bioactive compounds and 40 targets of the WZYZP associated with spermatogenesis disorder were obtained, forming a tight compound-target network. Molecular docking tests showed tight docking of these compounds with predicted targeted proteins. The protein–protein interaction (PPI) network identified TP53, TNF, AKT1, Bcl-XL, Bcl-2, and IκBA as hub targets. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway network and pathway-target-compound network revealed that the apoptosis pathway was enriched by multiple signaling pathways and multiple targets, including the hub targets. Subsequently, the chemical characterization of WZYZP was analyzed using liquid chromatography to quadrupole/time-of-flight mass spectrometry, and 40 compounds in positive ion mode and 41 compounds in negative ion mode in the WZYZP were identified. Furthermore, based on the prediction of a network pharmacology study, a rat model of spermatogenesis disorder was established to evaluate the curative role and underlying mechanisms of the WZYZP. The results showed that WZYZP treatment improved rat sperm quality and attenuated serum hormone levels, reversed histopathological damage of the testis, reduced cell apoptosis in testis tissues, and ameliorated the expression of the predicted hub targets (TP53, TNF-α, AKT1, NFκB, and IκBA) and the apoptosis related proteins (Bcl-XL, Bcl-2, Bax, Caspase 3, and Caspase 9). These results indicated that the WZYZP has a protective effect on spermatogenesis disorder, suggesting that it could be an alternative choice for male infertility therapy.


Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (33) ◽  
pp. e21769
Author(s):  
Shanshan Yong ◽  
Yali Yang ◽  
Fuhao Li ◽  
Hangyu Yao ◽  
Fang Yang ◽  
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