Targeting soluble guanylate cyclase with Riociguat has potency to alleviate testicular ischaemia reperfusion injury via regulating various cellular pathways
Autor: | Ugur Seker, Deniz Evrim Kavak, Baris Can Guzel, Saime Betul Baygeldi, Meral Yuksel, Ozlem Unay Demirel, Sevgi Irtegun Kandemir, Dila Sener |
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Přispěvatelé: | Seker U., Kavak D. E. , Guzel B. C. , Baygeldi S. B. , YÜKSEL M., Unay Demirel O., Irtegun Kandemir S., Sener D. |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Internal Diseases
Male SYMPTOMS ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM Urology Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases DURATION Apoptosis Sağlık Bilimleri Endokrinoloji İç Hastalıkları Clinical Medicine (MED) PROTECTS Endocrinology Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase Ischemia UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY Health Sciences Yaşam Bilimleri Testis Animals Klinik Tıp (MED) rat ÜROLOJİ VE NEFROLOJİ OXIDATIVE STRESS TESTIS ISCHEMIA Riociguat DAMAGE Internal Medicine Sciences Klinik Tıp sGC stimulator SALVAGE Life Sciences General Medicine Dahili Tıp Bilimleri CLINICAL MEDICINE Tıp Rats Nefroloji Nephrology Reperfusion Injury Üroloji Endokrinoloji ve Metabolizma Hastalıkları ENDOKRİNOLOJİ VE METABOLİZMA ischaemia reperfusion injury Medicine RAPAMYCIN TORSION/DETORSION-INDUCED ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION |
Popis: | © 2022 Wiley-VCH GmbH.Testicular ischaemia reperfusion (I/R) injury results with serious dysfunctions in testis. This study aims to explore effects of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator Riociguat on experimental testicular I/R injury in rats. Twenty-one male rats were divided into three groups (Control, IR and IRR). The control group was not exposed to any application. Bilateral testis from IR and IRR animals were rotated 720° in opposite directions for 3 h to induce experimental testicular ischaemia. Animals in IR and IRR groups were subjected to 3 h of reperfusion. Isotonic and Riociguat were administered to the animals 30 min prior reperfusion by oral gavage. At the end of experiment, animals were sacrificed and tissue samples were used for analyses. Riociguat treatment significantly decreased tissue malondialdehyde and Luminol levels compared to the IR group (p < 0.05). The pathological changes, pro-apoptotic proteins (Bax, Caspase 3, and Caspase 9) and apoptotic index in the IR group were down regulated in Riociguat treated animals (p < 0.05). Riociguat treatment was also significantly increased anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 expression, but alleviated tissue injury via modulating pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1β levels and significantly (p < 0.05) down-regulating NF-κB activity. Moreover, mTOR and ERK phosphorylation increased in IR group (p < 0.05), but Riociguat treatment reduced protein phosphorylation. Our experiment indicated that targeting sGC might support surgical interventions in testicular I/R injury by modulating oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptotic protein expression levels, but more detailed studies are required to explore the protective activity of Riociguat and underlying mechanisms in testicular I/R injury. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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