Função testicular de raos expostos à fumaça do cigarro e possível papel protetor do zinco: análises seminais, morfológicas e moleculares
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2010
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Sankako, Michele kimie [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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A literatura mundial tem apontado e concluído que o cigarro (tabaco) causa danos na fertilidade masculina e feminina, sendo que cerca de 13% dos casos de infertilidade são atribuídos ao consumo do cigarro. O zinco, por sua vez, é um antioxidante e um cofator da divisão celular, exercendo um importante papel na reprodução. O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar a função testicular de ratos expostos à fumaça do cigarro e um possível papel protetor do zinco, por meio da realização de análises hormonal, seminal, histopatológica e molecular, bem como investigar um mecanismo pelo qual ocorrem essas alterações e proteção. Ratos machos Wistar (60 dias de idade) foram divididos aleatoriamente em 3 grupos: controle (G1; n=10), exposto à fumaça do cigarro (G2; n=10; 20 cigarros/ dia/ 9 semanas) e exposto à fumaça do cigarro e suplementado com zinco (G3; n=8; 20 cigarros/ dia/ 9 semanas; 20 mg/ kg de cloreto de zinco diariamente durante 9 semanas, por gavagem). Terminado o período de tratamento, os animais foram eutanasiados e, em seguida, foram coletados materiais para as análises. O grupo exposto à fumaça do cigarro apresentou uma redução da massa corporal, comprometimento da concentração, motilidade, morfologia e vitalidade espermática e aumentos da concentração de malonaldeído, grupos tióis e atividade da superóxido dismutase, em relação ao grupo controle. O zinco foi capaz de prevenir a redução da concentração espermática e o aumento excessivo da lipoperoxidação; de induzir o aumento da concentração de testosterona plasmática, do peso úmido do testículo e da concentração de grupos tióis. Assim, a exposição à fumaça do cigarro pode exercer efeitos maléficos sobre a função testicular em decorrência, pelo menos parcialmente, do estresse oxidativo exacerbado induzido pelo cigarro. O zinco mostrou uma propriedade de desempenhar um importante...
The literature has reported and concluded that cigarette (tobacco) causes male and female infertility problems. Approximately 13% of infertility cases are attributed to cigarette smoking. Zinc, in its turn, is an antioxidant and a cofactor of cell division, playing an important role in reproduction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the testicular function of rats exposed to cigarette smoke and a possible protective role of zinc, through hormonal, seminal, histopathological and molecular analysis, and to investigate a responsible mechanism for these alterations and protection. Male Wistar rats (60 days old) were randomly divided into 3 groups: control (G1, n=10), exposed to cigarette smoke (G2, n=10; 20 cigarettes/ day/ 9 weeks) and exposed to tobacco smoke cigarette and supplemented with zinc (G3, n=8; 20 cigarettes/ day/ 9 weeks; 20 mg/ kg zinc chloride daily for 9 weeks, by gavage). After the treatment period, the animals were euthanized and materials were collected for analyses. The group exposed to cigarette smoke showed reduction in body mass, impaired sperm concentration, motility, morphology and vitality, besides increased malonaldehyde, thiol groups and superoxide dismutase activity when compared to control group. Zinc was able to prevent the reduction of sperm concentration and the excessive increase lipid peroxidation, induces an increase in the concentration of plasma testosterone, in the wet weight of testis and, also, in the thiol groups concentration. Thus, the cigarette smoke exposure can have harmful effects on testicular function at least partially due to oxidative stress induced by cigarette. Zinc supplementation can play an important modulator/protector role in certain parameters, which makes a promising alternative the association of zinc with conventional treatments of male infertility related to smoking
The literature has reported and concluded that cigarette (tobacco) causes male and female infertility problems. Approximately 13% of infertility cases are attributed to cigarette smoking. Zinc, in its turn, is an antioxidant and a cofactor of cell division, playing an important role in reproduction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the testicular function of rats exposed to cigarette smoke and a possible protective role of zinc, through hormonal, seminal, histopathological and molecular analysis, and to investigate a responsible mechanism for these alterations and protection. Male Wistar rats (60 days old) were randomly divided into 3 groups: control (G1, n=10), exposed to cigarette smoke (G2, n=10; 20 cigarettes/ day/ 9 weeks) and exposed to tobacco smoke cigarette and supplemented with zinc (G3, n=8; 20 cigarettes/ day/ 9 weeks; 20 mg/ kg zinc chloride daily for 9 weeks, by gavage). After the treatment period, the animals were euthanized and materials were collected for analyses. The group exposed to cigarette smoke showed reduction in body mass, impaired sperm concentration, motility, morphology and vitality, besides increased malonaldehyde, thiol groups and superoxide dismutase activity when compared to control group. Zinc was able to prevent the reduction of sperm concentration and the excessive increase lipid peroxidation, induces an increase in the concentration of plasma testosterone, in the wet weight of testis and, also, in the thiol groups concentration. Thus, the cigarette smoke exposure can have harmful effects on testicular function at least partially due to oxidative stress induced by cigarette. Zinc supplementation can play an important modulator/protector role in certain parameters, which makes a promising alternative the association of zinc with conventional treatments of male infertility related to smoking
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Rato, Zinco - Efeito fisiologico, Cigarro, Testicular function
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SANKAKO, Michele kimie. Função testicular de raos expostos à fumaça do cigarro e possível papel protetor do zinco: análises seminais, morfológicas e moleculares. 2011. 72 f. Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, 2011.