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Chemoprotective effects of inositol hexaphosphate against cyclophosphamide-induced testicular damage in rats.


ABSTRACT: Cyclophosphamide (CP) is commonly used as an anticancer agent but has been associated with high toxicity in several animal organs, including the testes. Inositol hexaphosphate (IP6) is a polyphosphorylated carbohydrate that is present in foods with high fibre contents and has a wide range of essential physiological and pathological activities. Thus, we estimated the defensive effects of IP6 against CP-related testicular toxicity in rats. Sperm counts, motilities, viabilities and abnormalities and levels of testosterone, luteinising hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone were evaluated. Testicle specimens were also processed for histological and biochemical analyses, including determinations of malondialdehyde, nitric oxide, total antioxidant capacity, alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, gamma glutamyl transferase, ß-glucuronidase, c-reactive protein, monocyte chemoattractant protein and leukotriene-4 and in comet assays. CP treatments were associated with deleterious histopathological, biochemical and genetic changes in rat testicles, and these were ameliorated by IP6 supplements in drinking water.

SUBMITTER: Alkhalaf MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7387554 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Chemoprotective effects of inositol hexaphosphate against cyclophosphamide-induced testicular damage in rats.

Alkhalaf Maha I MI   Alansari Wafa S WS   Alshubaily Fawzia A FA   Alnajeebi Afnan M AM   Eskandrani Areej A AA   Tashkandi Manal A MA   Babteen Nouf A NA  

Scientific reports 20200728 1


Cyclophosphamide (CP) is commonly used as an anticancer agent but has been associated with high toxicity in several animal organs, including the testes. Inositol hexaphosphate (IP6) is a polyphosphorylated carbohydrate that is present in foods with high fibre contents and has a wide range of essential physiological and pathological activities. Thus, we estimated the defensive effects of IP6 against CP-related testicular toxicity in rats. Sperm counts, motilities, viabilities and abnormalities an  ...[more]

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