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Impact of gervital against histopathological, ultrastructural, and biochemical alterations caused by methotrexate or azathioprine in albino rat testis

Methotrexate (MTX) and azathioprine (AZA) are chemotherapeutic, immunosuppressive, cytotoxic drugs with reported adverse effects, including oxidative damage to testis. This study aims to evaluate the potential effect of grape seed extract (GSE; gervital) to prevent testicular damage caused by MTX an...

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Autores principales: Abdul-Hamid, Manal, Abdel-Reheim, Eman S., Hegazy, Walaa, Allam, Ahmed A., Othman, Sarah I., ALqhtani, Haifa, Abdel-Kawi, Samraa H.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9938037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36279059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23588-3
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author Abdul-Hamid, Manal
Abdel-Reheim, Eman S.
Hegazy, Walaa
Allam, Ahmed A.
Othman, Sarah I.
ALqhtani, Haifa
Abdel-Kawi, Samraa H.
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Abdel-Reheim, Eman S.
Hegazy, Walaa
Allam, Ahmed A.
Othman, Sarah I.
ALqhtani, Haifa
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description Methotrexate (MTX) and azathioprine (AZA) are chemotherapeutic, immunosuppressive, cytotoxic drugs with reported adverse effects, including oxidative damage to testis. This study aims to evaluate the potential effect of grape seed extract (GSE; gervital) to prevent testicular damage caused by MTX and AZA. Male albino rats were separated into six groups: group I, normal control group; group II, GSE (150 mg/kg/day); group III, MTX (8 mg/kg/week); group IV, AZA (15 mg/kg/day); group V, GSE (150 mg/kg/day) + MTX (8 mg/kg/week); group VI, GSE (150 mg/kg/day) + AZA (15 mg/kg/day). All rats were sacrificed, blood samples were obtained for testosterone analysis, and testis was removed for histological and ultrastructural studies and oxidation measurements. A reduction in relative body and testis weight, along with a significant decrease in testosterone levels, was observed. Histopathological and ultrastructural alterations induced by MTX or AZA included reduced spermatozoa, sloughing, marked reduction of spermatogenic cells, and pyknosis of some nuclei. Significant oxidative stress manifested as reduced glutathione (GSH) levels and catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities, as well as increased malondialdehyde (MDA) levels. GSE administration showed an ameliorative effect on testosterone levels and histopathological and ultrastructural changes. GSE treatment also suppressed the increases in MDA levels and the decreases in GSH levels and CAT and SOD activities. In conclusion, these findings confirm that GSE is an effective antioxidant that protects testis from histopathological and ultrastructural damage induced by MTX and AZA. Therefore, GSE is a promising candidate for future use to minimize and alleviate MTX and AZA risks. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: [Image: see text]
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spelling pubmed-99380372023-02-19 Impact of gervital against histopathological, ultrastructural, and biochemical alterations caused by methotrexate or azathioprine in albino rat testis Abdul-Hamid, Manal Abdel-Reheim, Eman S. Hegazy, Walaa Allam, Ahmed A. Othman, Sarah I. ALqhtani, Haifa Abdel-Kawi, Samraa H. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Research Article Methotrexate (MTX) and azathioprine (AZA) are chemotherapeutic, immunosuppressive, cytotoxic drugs with reported adverse effects, including oxidative damage to testis. This study aims to evaluate the potential effect of grape seed extract (GSE; gervital) to prevent testicular damage caused by MTX and AZA. Male albino rats were separated into six groups: group I, normal control group; group II, GSE (150 mg/kg/day); group III, MTX (8 mg/kg/week); group IV, AZA (15 mg/kg/day); group V, GSE (150 mg/kg/day) + MTX (8 mg/kg/week); group VI, GSE (150 mg/kg/day) + AZA (15 mg/kg/day). All rats were sacrificed, blood samples were obtained for testosterone analysis, and testis was removed for histological and ultrastructural studies and oxidation measurements. A reduction in relative body and testis weight, along with a significant decrease in testosterone levels, was observed. Histopathological and ultrastructural alterations induced by MTX or AZA included reduced spermatozoa, sloughing, marked reduction of spermatogenic cells, and pyknosis of some nuclei. Significant oxidative stress manifested as reduced glutathione (GSH) levels and catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities, as well as increased malondialdehyde (MDA) levels. GSE administration showed an ameliorative effect on testosterone levels and histopathological and ultrastructural changes. GSE treatment also suppressed the increases in MDA levels and the decreases in GSH levels and CAT and SOD activities. In conclusion, these findings confirm that GSE is an effective antioxidant that protects testis from histopathological and ultrastructural damage induced by MTX and AZA. Therefore, GSE is a promising candidate for future use to minimize and alleviate MTX and AZA risks. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: [Image: see text] Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-10-24 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9938037/ /pubmed/36279059 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23588-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Abdul-Hamid, Manal
Abdel-Reheim, Eman S.
Hegazy, Walaa
Allam, Ahmed A.
Othman, Sarah I.
ALqhtani, Haifa
Abdel-Kawi, Samraa H.
Impact of gervital against histopathological, ultrastructural, and biochemical alterations caused by methotrexate or azathioprine in albino rat testis
title Impact of gervital against histopathological, ultrastructural, and biochemical alterations caused by methotrexate or azathioprine in albino rat testis
title_full Impact of gervital against histopathological, ultrastructural, and biochemical alterations caused by methotrexate or azathioprine in albino rat testis
title_fullStr Impact of gervital against histopathological, ultrastructural, and biochemical alterations caused by methotrexate or azathioprine in albino rat testis
title_full_unstemmed Impact of gervital against histopathological, ultrastructural, and biochemical alterations caused by methotrexate or azathioprine in albino rat testis
title_short Impact of gervital against histopathological, ultrastructural, and biochemical alterations caused by methotrexate or azathioprine in albino rat testis
title_sort impact of gervital against histopathological, ultrastructural, and biochemical alterations caused by methotrexate or azathioprine in albino rat testis
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9938037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36279059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23588-3
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