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Deiab NS, Kodous AS, Mahfouz MK, Said AM, Ghobashy MM, Abozaid OAR. Smart Hesperidin/Chitosan Nanogel Mitigates Apoptosis and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Fluoride and Aluminum-Induced Testicular Injury. Biol Trace Elem Res 2024; 202:4106-4124. [PMID: 38087036 PMCID: PMC11252208 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-023-03991-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2024]
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Fluoride and aluminum are ubiquitous toxic metals with adverse reproductive effects. The citrus flavonoid hesperidin has protective activities but poor solubility and bioavailability. Nanoparticulate delivery systems can improve flavonoid effectiveness. We conducted this study to prepare a pH-responsive chitosan-based nanogel for hesperidin delivery and evaluate its effectiveness against sodium fluoride (NaF) and aluminum chloride (AlCl3) induced testicular toxicity in mice. The nanogel was synthesized using 2 kGy gamma irradiation, enabling a size under 200 nm and enhanced hesperidin release at pH 6 matching testicular acidity. Male mice received 200 mg/kg AlCl3 and 10 mg/kg NaF daily for 30 days. Hesperidin nanogel at 20 mg/kg was administered orally either prophylactically (pretreatment) or after intoxication (posttreatment). The results showed that AlCl3 + NaF induced severe oxidative stress, hormonal disturbance, apoptosis, and endoplasmic reticulum stress, evidenced by significant changes in the studied parameters and testicular histological damage. Hesperidin nanogel administration significantly inhibited oxidative stress markers, restored luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and testosterone levels, and alleviated tissue damage compared to the intoxicated group. It also downregulated the expression level of pro-apoptotic genes Bax, caspase-3, caspase-9, and P38MAPK, while upregulating the expression level of the anti-apoptotic BCL2 gene. Endoplasmic reticulum stress sensors PERK, ATF6, and IRE-α were also downregulated by the nanogel. The chitosan-based nanogel enhanced the delivery and efficacy of poorly bioavailable hesperidin, exhibiting remarkable protective effects against AlCl3 and NaF reproductive toxicity. This innovative nanosystem represents a promising approach to harnessing bioactive phytochemicals with delivery challenges, enabling protective effects against chemical-induced testicular damage.
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- Nora S Deiab
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Al Qalyubiyah, Egypt.
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- Radiation Biology Department, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, P.O. Box 13759, Cairo, Egypt
- Department of Molecular Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), P.O. Box 600036, 38, Sardar Patel Road, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Al Qalyubiyah, Egypt
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Al Qalyubiyah, Egypt
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- Radiation Research of Polymer Chemistry Department, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Cairo, Egypt
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Al Qalyubiyah, Egypt
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Wen J, Yao X, Lu R, Geng S, Wang J, Zhou J, Li Y, Hu L. Associations between seminal plasma metals/metalloids and semen quality: A cross-sectional study. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2024; 279:116472. [PMID: 38761496 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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Exposure to metals/metalloids is reported to potentially influence semen quality. While most studies have focused on single metal impacts, the link between exposure to multiple metals and semen quality has remained less explored. The study aimed to investigate the effects of both individual and mixed metal/metalloid exposure on semen quality. A total of 330 men were recruited from three reproductive centers in eastern China. Seminal plasma levels of 25 metals/metalloids and sperm parameters were determined. We used the Generalized Linear Model (GLM) and Restricted Cubic Spline (RCS) to assess the relationships between single metals/metalloids and semen quality. The weighted quantile sum (WQS) models were then applied to evaluate the combined effect of all these metals/metalloids. We observed positive associations of exposure to lithium (Li), zinc (Zn), and magnesium (Mg) with an increased risk of below reference values for progressive motility and total motility using a logistic regression model (P < 0.05). Additionally, our results also revealed a significant inverse relationship between aluminum (Al) and both sperm concentration and count, while cobalt (Co) demonstrated a positive association with sperm concentration (P < 0.05). Notably, the WQS model indicated a significant positive association between exposure to metal/metalloid mixtures and the risk of abnormal progressive motility (OR: 1.57; 95%CI: 1.10, 2.24) and abnormal total motility (OR: 1.53; 95%CI: 1.06, 2.19), with this association primarily driven by Li, Mg, and Zn. In summary, our findings indicate that exposure to metal/metalloid mixtures might have an adverse effect on semen quality.
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- Juan Wen
- Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Institute, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China.
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- Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Institute, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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- Changzhou Third People's Hospital, Changzhou Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213000, China
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- Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Institute, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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- Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Institute, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, China
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- Department of Reproduction, Changzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Changzhou Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213000, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, China
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- Department of Reproduction, Changzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Changzhou Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213000, China.
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Dathees TJ, Makarios Paul SP, Sanmugam A, Abiram A, Murugan S, Kumar RS, Almansour AI, Arumugam N, Nandhakumar R, Vikraman D. Naphthalene derived Schiff base as a reversible fluorogenic chemosensor for aluminium ions detection. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 308:123732. [PMID: 38064962 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.123732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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Schiff base (HNPD) was achieved by reacting 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde with N-phenyl-o-phenylenediamine in enthanol medium. The spectroscopic analyses were done to establish the formation of Schiff base apparently. Further, synthesized Schiff base conjugate was successfully used as a fluorogenic chemosensor to detect aluminium ions (Al3+) with high fluorescence amplification among the other interfering various metal ions. The limit of detection of 0.0248 × 10-6 M and a binding constant of 6.19 × 103 M-1 were obtained by the receptor HNPD for Al3+ detection. A high influence of intramolecular charge transfer kinetics was established to realize the selective responsiveness towards Al3+ ions. Density functional theory approximation formulated the band energy modulation and localization and delocalization of electron density for the HNPD and Al3+ complexation. The developed sensor ultimately inspected on the real soil and water samples and ascertained the practical ability of Al3+ ions detection of HNPD chemosensor.
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- T Johny Dathees
- Fluorensic Materials Laboratory, Department of Physical Sciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (Deemed-to-be University), Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore 641 114, India
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (Deemed-to-be University), Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore 641 114, India
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumpudur 602 117, India
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (Deemed-to-be University), Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore 641 114, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (Deemed-to-be University), Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore 641 114, India
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Fluorensic Materials Laboratory, Department of Physical Sciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (Deemed-to-be University), Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore 641 114, India.
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- Division of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea.
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Maghraoui S, Florea A, Ayadi A, Matei H, Tekaya L. Changes in Organ Weight, Sperm Quality and Testosterone Levels After Aluminum (Al) and Indium (In) Administration to Wistar Rats. Biol Trace Elem Res 2023; 201:766-775. [PMID: 35262856 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-022-03180-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Aluminum and indium are widely used in industrial manufacturing, in pharmaceutical products, in medical treatments, and in food packaging, so they could reach organisms by different way. In order to clarify whether these elements are dangerous, we already demonstrated the ultrastructural modifications observed in the testicles, the epididymides, and the seminal vesicles of rat. Their pro-oxidative effect was also confirmed concomitantly to a decrease in anti-oxidant defenses in the blood, the testicles, and the liver. Thus, it seemed very logic to evaluate damages in the reproductive organs, especially on the exocrine and endocrine functions of the testicles. METHODS Aluminum and indium were intraperitoneally administered to male Wistar rats. Sperm solution was obtained from cauda epididymides. Motility, viability, density, and malformation of spermatozoa solution were assessed. Serum total unconjugated testosterone concentrations were measured using RIA technique. RESULTS Our results showed a decrease in weight of the testicles, epididymides, and seminal vesicles of indium-treated rats and an increase in the weight of their kidneys. A decrease in motility, viability, and density of epididymides stored sperm as well as generation of many spermatozoa malformations was also observed especially in indium-treated rats. Testosterone levels were increased in indium but were enhanced in aluminum group. This confirmed our previous studies showing that aluminum and indium are toxic for the testicular tissues. This could be explained by the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) affecting strongly the exocrine and the endocrine functions of the testicles. CONCLUSION Aluminum and indium are disturbing elements for the exocrine and endocrine functions of rat testicles.
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- Samira Maghraoui
- Laboratory of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (University of Tunis El Manar), 15, Djebel Lakhdar Street, La Rabta, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia.
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 L. Pasteur St, 400349, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Research Unit: Valorization of Active Molecules, Higher Institute of Applied Biology Medenine (University of Gabes), El Jorf Road - Km 22.5-4119, Medenine, Tunisia
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 L. Pasteur St, 400349, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Laboratory of Complementary Investigations, Institute of Legal Medicine, 3-5 Clinicilor St, 400006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Laboratory of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (University of Tunis El Manar), 15, Djebel Lakhdar Street, La Rabta, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia
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Experimental and theoretical studies on naphthalene based fluorophores: Applications in detection of Al3+ ions in water, soil, food and live cells. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A simple "turn-on" fluorescent sensor for reversible recognition of aluminum ion in living cell. ANAL SCI 2022; 38:1163-1169. [PMID: 35861911 DOI: 10.1007/s44211-022-00154-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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A simple and reliable "turn-on" fluorescent sensor (E)-1-[((2-hydroxyethyl)imino) methyl] naphthalen-2-ol (HNP) has been designed, synthesized, and characterized by 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, FT-IR, and EI-MS analysis. The binding property of HNP was examined employing UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. HNP exhibited high selectivity towards Al3+ among other cations and anions. The fluorescence titration experiment has established binding stoichiometry of HNP with Al3+ is 2:1, which can be further verified by HR-MS. The detection limit of HNP is 2.9 μM, and it can be reversible five-to-seven times to detect Al3+ without losing much efficiency which indicates that it can be a reliable probe for Al3+. Additionally, HNP was successfully applied for the detection of Al3+ in living cells. To achieve the detection of aluminum ion across a simple, reliable, and precise method, we have investigated the reversible detection (which can reversible response to Al3+ for five-to-seven times) of Al3+ through an extremely simple (requires only one-step reaction) "turn-on" fluorescent probe which enables us to visualize and analyze Al3+ with low detection limit (2.9 μM) and high selectivity in living cell without interference from the high abundant small biological molecules.
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PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy is activated to protect against testicular damage caused by aluminum. J Inorg Biochem 2022; 232:111840. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Jia B, Liang J, Lv C, Memon S, Fang Y, Wu G, Quan G. The characteristics of proteome and metabolome associated with contrasting sperm motility in goat seminal plasma. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15562. [PMID: 34330982 PMCID: PMC8324791 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95138-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Sperm motility is an index tightly associated with male fertility. A close relationship between seminal plasma and sperm motility has been confirmed. This study was to assess the protein and metabolite profiles of seminal plasma obtained from adult goats with high or low sperm motility using the proteomic and metabolomic strategies. In total, 2098 proteins were found. 449 differentially abundant proteins (DAPs) were identified, and 175 DAPs were enriched in the high motility group. The obtained DAPs primarily exist in cytoplasma and extra-cellular portion. The Gene Ontology enrichment analysis demonstrated the main functional roles of these DAPs in regulating biological process, metabolic process of organic substances, cellular-metabolic process, primary-metabolic process, metabolic process of nitrogen compounds, etc. Additionally, the Kyoto-Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis revealed that these DAPs were primarily involved in phosphatidylinositol signaling system, salivary secretion, proteasome, apoptosis, mitophagy-animal, etc. Aided by the parallel reaction monitoring technology, the abundance changing pattern of 19 selected DAPs was consistent with that of the corresponding proteins obtained by TMT. A total of 4603 metabolites were identified in seminal plasma. 1857 differential metabolites were found between the high motility group and the low motility group, and 999 metabolites were up-regulated in the high motility group. The KEGG analysis demonstrated the primary involvement of the differential metabolites in metabolic and synthetic activities. In conclusion, we first established the proteome and metabolome databank of goat seminal plasma, detecting some proteins and metabolites which may affect sperm motility. This study will be valuable for understanding mechanisms leading to poor sperm motility.
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- Baoyu Jia
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China
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- Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Jindian, Panlong County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China
- Yunnan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Animal Genetic Resource Conservation and Germplasm Enhancement, Jindian, Panlong County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China
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- Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Jindian, Panlong County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China
- Yunnan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Animal Genetic Resource Conservation and Germplasm Enhancement, Jindian, Panlong County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China
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- Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Jindian, Panlong County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Grassland Farming, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agoecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China
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- Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Jindian, Panlong County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China.
- Yunnan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Animal Genetic Resource Conservation and Germplasm Enhancement, Jindian, Panlong County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China.
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- Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Jindian, Panlong County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China.
- Yunnan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Animal Genetic Resource Conservation and Germplasm Enhancement, Jindian, Panlong County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China.
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Odo RI, Uchendu CN, Okeke SE. Protective effects of Citrullus lanatus seed ethanol extract on aluminum chloride-induced testosterone, testicular and hematological changes in an experimental male rat model. VETERINARY RESEARCH FORUM : AN INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY JOURNAL 2021; 12:7-13. [PMID: 33953868 PMCID: PMC8094133 DOI: 10.30466/vrf.2020.104327.2480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The study was done to ascertain the protective potentials of ethanol seed extract of Citrullus lanatus on aluminum chloride-induced reproductive and hematological toxicities. Thirty mature male rats were used for the study. They were assigned into five groups (n = 6). Group 1 was treated daily with aluminum chloride (100 mg kg-1) per os for 8 weeks. Group 2 was treated with aluminum chloride (100 mg kg-1) and C. lanatus seed extract (CLSE) 200 mg kg-1 per os simultaneously for 8 weeks. Group 3 was served as a normal control and given distilled water as a placebo per os daily for 8 weeks. Group 4 was only treated with CLSE (200 mg kg-1) for eight weeks. Group 5 was only treated with aluminum chloride (100 mg kg-1) per os for 8 weeks and then treated with CLSE (200 mg kg-1) per os for another 4 weeks. Testosterone level, testicular weight, sperm motility, gonadal sperm, and extragonadal sperm reserves showed significant increases in group 2 compared to groups 1 and 5. Optimum histoarchitectural protection of the seminiferous tubules was observed in group 2, which did not differ from normal ones. For the hematological parameters, optimum protection was also observed in group 2 compared to other groups. From the results, ethanol seed extract of C. lanatus demonstrated protective potentials against aluminum's harmful effects on the male reproductive system and hematology in an experimental male rat model.
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- Rita Ifeoma Odo
- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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Liu Y, Zhang L, Chen L, Liu Z, Liu C, Che G. 2-Hydroxynaphthalene based acylhydrazone as a turn-on fluorescent chemosensor for Al 3+ detection and its real sample applications. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 248:119269. [PMID: 33302217 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.119269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Developing high performance fluorescent chemosensor for Al3+ detection is highly desirable, due to the excess of Al3+ will lead to many diseases. In this paper, a simple 2-hydroxynaphthalene-based fluorescent chemosensor has been synthesized and characterized by different spectroscopic methods. The compound exhibited an "turn-on-type" fluorescent chemosensing for the detection of Al3+, which was ascribed to the chelation-enhanced fluorescence (CHEF). The high selectivity and sensitivity of the compound for Al3+ were verified by fluorescence spectra in its DMF solution, and the enhancement of fluorescent intensity could be observed by naked-eye from non-fluorescence to green light. The detection limit of the compound for Al3+ was found to be 4.22 × 10-8 M and the stability constant was 4.82 × 104 M-1. The 1:1 binding stoichiometry of the compound to Al3+ was confirmed from the Job's plot based on fluorescence titrations. Additionally, the sensing process of the compound to Al3+ was chemically reversible by adding Na2EDTA. Importantly, the probe was successfully applied to quantitative analysis of Al3+ in real drug and potable water samples.
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- Yucun Liu
- Key Laboratory of Preparation and Applications of Environmental Friendly Materials (Jilin Normal University), Ministry of Education, Changchun 130103, China; College of Chemistry, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Preparation and Applications of Environmental Friendly Materials (Jilin Normal University), Ministry of Education, Changchun 130103, China; College of Chemistry, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000, China
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Preparation and Applications of Environmental Friendly Materials (Jilin Normal University), Ministry of Education, Changchun 130103, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Preparation and Applications of Environmental Friendly Materials (Jilin Normal University), Ministry of Education, Changchun 130103, China.
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Metwally DM, Alajmi RA, El-Khadragy MF, Al-Quraishy S. Silver Nanoparticles Biosynthesized With Salvia officinalis Leaf Exert Protective Effect on Hepatic Tissue Injury Induced by Plasmodium chabaudi. Front Vet Sci 2021; 7:620665. [PMID: 33614756 PMCID: PMC7889953 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.620665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Malaria is an important health problem in subtropical and tropical areas around the world. Infection with protozoan parasites of the Plasmodium genus, which grow inside host erythrocytes, causes malaria and may lead to morbidity and mortality. Liver tissue plays an important role in the pathogenesis of malaria and is closely involved in parasitic pre-erythrocytic development. Numerous published studies have demonstrated that the liver is not only the source of Plasmodium parasites prior to erythrocytic growth but is also a primary immune effector toward the blood stage of the malaria life cycle. Despite efforts to improve antimalarial drugs and vaccines, Plasmodium species that cause severe malaria are being detected increasingly frequently in endemic regions. In this study, Salvia officinalis (S. officinalis) leaf extract was employed to synthesize silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs). This method is eco-friendly and represents a single-step technique for the biosynthetic process; therefore, it has attracted considerable attention. Accordingly, we biosynthesized Ag-NPs with extract of the S. officinalis leaf and examined the antimalarial activity of these nanoparticles in a murine model of Plasmodium chabaudi malaria (P. chabaudi malaria). Forty mice were chosen and classified into four types: infected group, healthy control, pretreated mice infected after treatment with 50 mg/kg of S. officinalis leaf extract-biosynthesized Ag-NPs for two weeks, and post-treated mice infected before treatment with 50 mg/kg of S. officinalis leaf extract-biosynthesized Ag-NPs (administered daily for 7 d). In this study, both pre-treatment and post-treatment with Ag-NPs produced a substantial reduction in parasitemia relative to the infected group. We investigated the antiplasmodial and hepatoprotective effects of S. officinalis leaf extract-biosynthesized Ag-NPs on P. chabaudi-induced inflammation and hepatic oxidative stress markers.
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- Dina M Metwally
- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdelrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Yokel RA. Aluminum reproductive toxicity: a summary and interpretation of scientific reports. Crit Rev Toxicol 2020; 50:551-593. [PMID: 32869713 DOI: 10.1080/10408444.2020.1801575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Publications addressing aluminum (Al)-induced reproductive toxicity were reviewed. Key details were compiled in summary tables. Approximate systemic Al exposure, a measure of bioavailability, was calculated for each exposure, based on the Al percentage in the dosed Al species, Al bioavailability, and absorption time course reports for the exposure route. This was limited to laboratory animal studies because no controlled-exposure human studies were found. Intended Al exposure was compared to unintended dietary Al exposure. The considerable and variable Al content of laboratory animal diets creates uncertainty about reproductive function in the absence of Al. Aluminum-induced reproductive toxicity in female mice and rats was evident after exposure to ≥25-fold the amount of Al consumed in the diet. Generally, the additional daily Al systemic exposure of studies that reported statistically significant results was greater than 100-fold above the typical human daily Al dietary consumption equivalent. Male reproductive endpoints were significantly affected after exposure to lower levels of Al than females. Increased Al intake increased fetus, placenta, and testes Al concentrations, to a greater extent in the placenta than fetus, and, in some cases, more in the testes than placenta. An adverse outcome pathway (AOP) was constructed for males based on the results of the reviewed studies. The proposed AOP includes oxidative stress as the molecular initiating event and increased malondialdehyde, DNA and spermatozoal damage, and decreased blood testosterone and sperm count as subsequent key events. Recommendations for the design of future studies of reproductive outcomes following exposure to Al are provided.
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- Robert A Yokel
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky Academic Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA
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Silva Pinheiro JP, Bertacini de Assis C, Sanches EA, Moreira RG. Aluminum, at an environmental concentration, associated with acidic pH and high water temperature, causes impairment of sperm quality in the freshwater teleost Astyanax altiparanae (Teleostei: Characidae). ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 262:114252. [PMID: 32126440 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2019] [Revised: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Given the toxicity of metals, including aluminum (Al), and the effects of water temperature on ectotherms, we investigated the individual or association effect of these variables (Al + acidic pH + temperature changes) on sperm quality of Astyanax altiparanae. Mature males were divided into nine experimental groups based on the combination of each of three water temperatures (20, 25, and 30 °C) with neutral and acidic pH values (7.0 and 5.5, respectively) with or without 0.5 mg L-1 Al. The fish were subjected to subacute, semi-static exposure and at 24 and 96 h were evaluated for seminal parameters: (1) pH; (2) osmolality; (3) sperm concentration; (4) sperm morphology; (5) sperm kinetics; and (6) sperm ultrastructure. At 30 °C, Al caused a reduction in osmolality (24 and 96 h) and sperm concentration (24 h). When analysing sperm kinetics (30 s post-activation), Al caused a reduction in total motility at all temperatures (24 h), and when this exposure time was longer (96 h), both acidic pH and Al addition to the water caused sperm motility reduction. By analysing curvilinear velocity (VCL) 30 s after sperm activation (24 and 96 h), the acidic pH caused a reduction in sperm movement at 20 and 30 °C, but at 25 °C Al triggered this reduction. Finally, Al in the water caused ultrastructural changes in the sperm head, midpiece, and flagella regardless of water temperature. Also, it was found that the combination of Al at 30 °C caused a reduction in sperm head area while at 20 °C, Al triggered a reduction in the midpiece area. Therefore, acidity influenced some A. altiparanae sperm parameters but Al in the water accentuated these effects on seminal quality, especially seminal osmolality and sperm concentration, kinetics, and ultrastructure. This toxicity was also influenced by changes in water temperature.
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- João Paulo Silva Pinheiro
- Universidade de São Paulo, Institute of Biosciences, Department of Physiology, Laboratory of Metabolism and Reproduction of Aquatic Organisms LAMEROA, Matão Street, 14 lane, number 101 Room 220, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Institute of Biosciences, Department of Physiology, Laboratory of Metabolism and Reproduction of Aquatic Organisms LAMEROA, Matão Street, 14 lane, number 101 Room 220, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista, Fishery Engineering Course, Nelson Brihi Badur Avenue, 430, Registro, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Institute of Biosciences, Department of Physiology, Laboratory of Metabolism and Reproduction of Aquatic Organisms LAMEROA, Matão Street, 14 lane, number 101 Room 220, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Apoptotic Inducement of Neuronal Cells by Aluminium Chloride and the Neuroprotective Effect of Eugenol in Wistar Rats. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2020; 2020:8425643. [PMID: 32089784 PMCID: PMC7008282 DOI: 10.1155/2020/8425643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Aluminium is known to accelerate oxidative stress, amyloid beta (Aβ) deposition, and plaque formation in the brain of rats. Objective. The present study is aimed at studying the neuroprotective effects of eugenol following aluminium-induced neurotoxicity on caspase-3, apoptotic proteins (Bcl-2 and Bax), and oxidative stress markers in Wistar rats such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), nitric oxide (NO), and assay oxidative stress to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) by measuring the levels of 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG). Materials and methods. Twenty (20) adult Wistar rats were randomly divided into four (4) groups with five animals in each group. Route of administration was oral throughout the duration of this study and this study lasted for 21 days. Rats were sacrificed 24 hours after administration of the last dose (i.e., day 22) with 0.8 mg/kg ketamine as an anaesthetic agent. Results. Exposure to AlCl3 resulted in a significant (p < 0.01) elevation in the levels of nitric oxide and 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), enhanced the activity of caspase-3, increased the level of proapoptotic protein Bax and reduced the levels of antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2, and significantly (p < 0.01) reduced the levels of SOD and GPx. However, treatment with eugenol resulted in a significant reduction (p < 0.01) in the levels of nitric oxide (NO) and 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) levels, inhibited the activity of caspase-3, increased levels of Bcl-2 and significantly (p < 0.05) reduced levels of Bax protein, respectively, and also significantly (p < 0.05) increased the levels of SOD and GPx. Our results would hereby suggest that eugenol would provide a therapeutic value against aluminium-induced oxidative stress as related to antioxidant and antiapoptotic activities.
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Güvenç M, Cellat M, Gökçek İ, Arkalı G, Uyar A, Tekeli İO, Yavaş İ. Tyrosol prevents AlCl 3 induced male reproductive damage by suppressing apoptosis and activating the Nrf-2/HO-1 pathway. Andrologia 2019; 52:e13499. [PMID: 31828839 DOI: 10.1111/and.13499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Aluminium is a ubiquitous element that occurs naturally in the soil making human exposure to it is unavoidable. Tyrosol is present in olive oil and is known to have antioxidant effects. Therefore, the present study explores the toxic effects of aluminium chloride (AlCl3 ) and evaluates the possible protection by tyrosol in male rats. Testicular injury was induced by the administration of AlCl3 (34 mg kg-1 day-1 ). Rats were treated with either tyrosol (20 mg kg-1 day-1 ) or AlCl3 (34 mg kg-1 day-1 ). The experiment lasted for 10 weeks. Biochemical, histopathological and protein expression profiles were determined to decipher the role of tyrosol in protecting the cellular damage. Further, histomorphometric analyses of testes showed deranged architecture along with other noted abnormalities. AlCl3 group rats' testes showed decreased GSH levels, CAT activities, Nrf-2, HO-1, bcl-2 expressions and sperm motility whereas increased caspase-3 expressions, MDA levels, abnormal and dead/live sperm ratio. However, tyrosol treatment attenuated these changes. The present results demonstrate the beneficial role of tyrosol treatment in AlCl3 induced testicular toxicity alterations of rat.
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- Mehmet Güvenç
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmocology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
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- Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
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Dey S, Maity A, Shyamal M, Das D, Maity S, Giri PK, Mudi N, Samanta SS, Hazra P, Misra A. An antipyrine based fluorescence "turn-on" dual sensor for Zn 2+ and Al 3+ and its selective fluorescence "turn-off" sensing towards 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP) in the aggregated state. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2019; 18:2717-2729. [PMID: 31560015 DOI: 10.1039/c9pp00226j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A 2,6-diformyl-p-cresol (DFC)-4-amino antipyrine (AP) based dual signaling fluorescent Schiff base ligand (DFCAP) is found to exhibit colorimetric and fluorescence turn on selective sensing towards metal ions, Zn2+ and Al3+. It also exhibits a significant aggregation induced emission (AIE) phenomenon by controlling the water-THF solvent ratio which provides robust green emissive fluorogenic aggregates with well-defined morphologies. Turn-on fluorescence enhancements as high as 195 fold and 168 fold in methanol for Al3+ and Zn2+ at 480 nm and 508 nm, respectively, were noticed. The binding constants and stoichiometry determined from the fluorescence titration data are K = 7.63 × 104 M-1 and 3.42 × 104 M-1 and 1 : 1 complexation for both Al3+ and Zn2+ respectively, supported by Job's method. DFCAP shows high sensitivity towards the detection of Zn2+ and Al3+ ions with very low detection limit values of ca. ∼21 nM and 30 nM respectively. Besides by applying its attractive AIE feature, the green emissive hydrosol functions as a good chemosensor with high sensitivity for a selected explosive TNP through ground state complexation with a LOD value of ca. ∼1.74 μM and especially a high Stern-Volmer quenching constant of ca. ∼4.14 × 105 M-1. For instant 'naked eye' response for the trace detection of TNP in the solution state, we fabricated a simple paper strip that could detect TNP on-site in a fast, inexpensive and simple way.
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- Sudipto Dey
- Department of Chemistry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore-721102, W.B., India.
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Newly selective electrochemical sensors for trace-level determination of Al(III) ions in drainage water, spiked tap water and pharmaceutical preparation samples. JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s13738-019-01740-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Jayaraman J, Pavadai N, Venugopal T, Ramaiyan R. Interfacial charge-transfer in Cu-TiO2-HBDPPIN-Ag film and AIEE-active chemosensor. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Sun J, Zhang M, Sun C. A highly selective fluorescent chemosensor for Al(III) ions based on 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde derivative. CAN J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2018-0141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This manuscript reports the synthesis and fluorescent chemosensor property of a Schiff base derivative, 4-[(2-hydroxy-1-naphthyl) methylideneamino]benzoic acid (H2L). The fluorescence spectrum shows that H2L exhibits a highly selective and sensitive recognition for Al3+ ions in N,N′-dimethylformamide/water (DMF/H2O, 1/1, v/v). The fluorescence titration experiments and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI–MS) show that H2L and Al3+ ions form a 1:1 complex. 1H NMR titration results show that H2L coordinates to Al3+ ions with carboxylate, hydroxyl groups, and imine groups and the probable sensing mechanism may be the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) process.
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- Jiayi Sun
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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Chen J, Jiang W, Lu W, Xu L, Yang S, Xue H, Shi J, Sun X. A Study on the Interaction between New Indole Amide Compound and Aluminum(III) Ion. ChemistrySelect 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201900217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Jichao Chen
- College of ScienceNanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 China
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- College of Chemical EngineeringNanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 China
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- College of ScienceNanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 China
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- College of ScienceNanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 China
- Southern Modern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center of Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037 China
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- Advanced Analysis and Testing CenterNanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037 China
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- College of Chemical EngineeringNanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 China
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- College of ScienceNanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 China
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- Advanced Analysis and Testing CenterNanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037 China
- College of Information Science and TechnologyNanjing Forestry University, 210037 China
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Aluminum disrupts the prenatal development of the male and female gerbil prostate (Meriones unguiculatus). Exp Mol Pathol 2019; 107:32-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2019.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Revised: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Rangasamy M, Palaninathan K. Thiophene and furan appended pyrazoline based fluorescent chemosensors for detection of Al3+ ion. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2019.01.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Zhang CL, Liu ZT, Xu H, Zheng HG, Ma J, Zhao J. An excellent example illustrating the fluorescence sensing property of cobalt–organic frameworks. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:2285-2289. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt00005d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A cobalt–organic framework senses metal ions via fluorescence enhancement and quenching based on exposed pyridyl and carboxyl functional sites.
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- Chuan-Lei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
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- Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Institute
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
- China
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- Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Optoelectronic and Magnetism Functional Materials
- School of Chemistry and Engineering
- Anqing Normal University
- Anqing 246011
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
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- Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Institute
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
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Abeywickrama CS, Bertman KA, Pang Y. A bright red-emitting flavonoid for Al3+ detection in live cells without quenching ICT fluorescence. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:7041-7044. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc02322d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A bright red-emitting flavonoid derivative was synthesized, which exhibited a large Stokes shift (Δλ > 150 nm) and high fluorescence quantum yields (ϕfl = 0.10–0.35).
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Akron
- Akron
- USA
- Maurice Morton Institute of Polymer Science
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HOSHINO Y, TANAKA M. Evaluation of Effects of Sulfate Ion and Ascorbic Acid on Aluminium Tridecamer by ESI-MS. BUNSEKI KAGAKU 2018. [DOI: 10.2116/bunsekikagaku.67.687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Yoko HOSHINO
- Graduate school of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
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- Graduate school of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
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Review on Recent Advances in Metal Ions Sensing Using Different Fluorescent Probes. J Fluoresc 2018; 28:999-1021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10895-018-2263-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Mouro VGS, Menezes TP, Lima GDA, Domingues RR, Souza ACF, Oliveira JA, Matta SLP, Machado-Neves M. How Bad Is Aluminum Exposure to Reproductive Parameters in Rats? Biol Trace Elem Res 2018; 183:314-324. [PMID: 28887675 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-017-1139-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Aluminum (Al) is the most widely distributed metal in the environment and is extensively used in human daily life without any known biological function. It is known that exposure to high concentrations of Al impacts negatively on serum testosterone levels, testicular histomorphometry, and sperm parameters; however, no information is available about the effects of low exposure levels on reproduction. International organizations have established the Al concentration tolerated in drinking water as 3.35 × 10-4 mg/kg. Therefore, we aimed to compare the effects of long-term exposure to low and high concentrations of Al on male reproductive functions, focusing on testis, epididymis, and sperm parameters. Adult Wistar rats were exposed to aluminum chloride (AlCl3) at 6.7 × 10-5, 3.35 × 10-4, 10, and 40 mg/kg for 112 days by gavage. Al-exposed animals presented low values of testis and epididymis weight, and serum testosterone levels when compared to controls. The stereology of Leydig cells, epididymis histomorphometry, sperm motility, and structural integrity of sperm membranes changed depending on the Al concentration. In regard to epididymis histomorphometry, the initial segment and caput regions were more affected by Al exposure than distal regions. Otherwise, the histology of testis and epididymis did not alter after the Al exposure, as well as sperm morphology. In summary, we concluded that the consequences of Al exposure at low levels were as negative as high levels on reproductive parameters, suggesting adverse impact on male fertility.
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- Viviane G S Mouro
- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Av. P.H. Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Av. P.H. Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Av. P.H. Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Av. P.H. Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Av. P.H. Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Av. P.H. Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Av. P.H. Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Av. P.H. Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Sun X, Sun H, Yu K, Wang Z, Liu Y, Liu K, Zhu Y, Li Y. Aluminum Chloride Causes the Dysfunction of Testes Through Inhibiting the ATPase Enzyme Activities and Gonadotropin Receptor Expression in Rats. Biol Trace Elem Res 2018; 183:296-304. [PMID: 28856574 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-017-1120-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The aim of this experiment is to explore the effects of aluminum chloride (AlCl3) on the ATPase enzymes and gonadotropin receptors in the testes. Eighty male Wistar rats were orally exposed to 0 mg/kg body weight (BW) (control group, CG), 64 mg/kg BW (low-dose group, LG), 128 mg/kg BW (mid-dose group, MG), or 256 mg/kg BW (high-dose group, HG) for 120 days. The microstructure and ultrastructure of testes; the activities of Na+-K+-ATPase, Mg2+-ATPase, and Ca2+-ATPase; and the mRNA and protein expressions of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) and luteinizing hormone receptors (LHR) in the testes were examined. The results showed that the testes histological structure were damaged; the activities of Na+-K+-ATPase, Mg2+-ATPase, and Ca2+-ATPase, the mRNA and protein expressions of FSHR and LHR in the testes were all decreased in the rats with AlCl3 exposure. It indicates that AlCl3 causes the dysfunction of testes in rats.
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- Xudong Sun
- Key Laboratory of the Provincial Education Department of Heilongjiang for Common Animal Disease Prevention and Treatment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, 5333 Xi'an Road, Changchun, Jilin, 130062, China
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- Laishan District Bureau of Commerce of Yantai city, Yantan, Shandong Province, 264003, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Provincial Education Department of Heilongjiang for Common Animal Disease Prevention and Treatment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Vascular Surgery Department, The First hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Provincial Education Department of Heilongjiang for Common Animal Disease Prevention and Treatment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Provincial Education Department of Heilongjiang for Common Animal Disease Prevention and Treatment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130112, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Provincial Education Department of Heilongjiang for Common Animal Disease Prevention and Treatment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China.
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Sun C, Miao X, Zhang L, Li W, Chang Z. Design and synthesis of a 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde -based fluorescent chemosensor for selective detection of aluminium ion. Inorganica Chim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2018.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Velho ALC, Menezes E, Dinh T, Kaya A, Topper E, Moura AA, Memili E. Metabolomic markers of fertility in bull seminal plasma. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0195279. [PMID: 29634739 PMCID: PMC5892889 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Metabolites play essential roles in biological systems, but detailed identities and significance of the seminal plasma metabolome related to bull fertility are still unknown. The objectives of this study were to determine the comprehensive metabolome of seminal plasma from Holstein bulls and to ascertain the potential of metabolites as biomarkers of bull fertility. The seminal plasma metabolome from 16 Holstein bulls with two fertility rates were determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Multivariate and univariate analyses of the data were performed, and the pathways associated with the seminal plasma metabolome were identified using bioinformatics approaches. Sixty-three metabolites were identified in the seminal plasma of all bulls. Fructose was the most abundant metabolite in the seminal fluid, followed for citric acid, lactic acid, urea and phosphoric acid. Androstenedione, 4-ketoglucose, D-xylofuranose, 2-oxoglutaric acid and erythronic acid represented the least predominant metabolites. Partial-Least Squares Discriminant Analysis (PLSDA) revealed a distinct separation between high and low fertility bulls. The metabolites with the greatest Variable Importance in Projection score (VIP > 2) were 2-oxoglutaric acid and fructose. Heat-map analysis, based on VIP score, and univariate analysis indicated that 2-oxoglutaric acid was less (P = 0.02); whereas fructose was greater (P = 0.02) in high fertility than in low fertility bulls. The current study is the first to describe the metabolome of bull seminal plasma using GC-MS and presented metabolites such as 2-oxoglutaric acid and fructose as potential biomarkers of bull fertility.
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- Ana Luiza Cazaux Velho
- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
- Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Alta Genetic Inc., Watertown, WI, United States of America
- Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- Alta Genetic Inc., Watertown, WI, United States of America
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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Cheraghi E, Golkar A, Roshanaei K, Alani B. Aluminium-Induced Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis and Alterations in Testicular Tissue and Sperm Quality in Wistar Rats: Ameliorative Effects of Curcumin. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FERTILITY & STERILITY 2017; 11:166-175. [PMID: 28868838 PMCID: PMC5582144 DOI: 10.22074/ijfs.2017.4859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background Reproductive toxicity is a major challenge associated with aluminum (Al) exposure. No studies have evaluated the possible effects of curcumin (CUR) on Al-induced reproductive dysfunction. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of CUR treatment on Al-induced reproductive damage. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this experimental study, 40 male Wistar rats were allocated to the five groups (n=8) based on the treatment they received: no treatment (control), solvent [dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or distilled water], CUR 10 mg/kg body weight (BW), Al chloride 10 mg/kg BW, and CUR+Al chloride (10 mg/kg BW/each alone). Treatments were performed by intraperitoneal (IP) injections for 28 days. The left testis was assessed for histopathological analysis as well as the incidence of germ cell apoptosis. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by the Tukey's test was used. P<0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS Significant reductions in body and testis weight; plasma testosterone and luteinizing hormone levels; sperm count, motility, morphology, and viability; germinal epithelium thickness; seminiferous tubules diameter; as well as, superoxide dismutase activity were observed in rats treated with Al. Moreover, Al exposure caused significant increments in the lumen diameter of tubules, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL)-positive cells and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels compared to the control group. However, in rats receiving CUR+Al, CUR significantly reversed the adverse effects of Al on testis and sperm quality. No significant differences in follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels and nuclear diameter of spermatogonia were detected among all groups. CONCLUSION It can be concluded that Al causes reproductive dysfunction by creating oxidative damage. CUR, on the other hand, reduces the toxic effects of Al and improves the antioxidant status and sperm quality in male rats.
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- Ebrahim Cheraghi
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Qom, Qom, Iran.
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- Sciences Research Laboratory, Department of Biology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Applied Cell Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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Miska-Schramm A, Kapusta J, Kruczek M. The Effect of Aluminum Exposure on Reproductive Ability in the Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus). Biol Trace Elem Res 2017; 177:97-106. [PMID: 27687699 PMCID: PMC5371634 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-016-0848-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Human impact on the environment is steadily increasing the amounts of aluminum in the ecosystems. This element accumulates in plants and water, potentially exposing herbivores to its harmful effect. In heavily polluted sites, a decrease in the density of small rodent populations has been observed. This decline may be caused by many factors, including decreased fertility. The aim of the presented research was to determine how aluminum, administered at concentrations similar to those recorded in industrial districts (Al I = 3 mg/l, Al II = 200 mg/l), affects the reproductive abilities of small rodents. As the indicators of reproductive abilities, body weight, weight of the testes and accessory sex glands of males, and uterus weight of females were estimated. In females, the number of matured follicles (types 6, 7, and 8) was analyzed, while in males, the quantity and quality (matured, viable, swollen, motile, head abnormalities) of epididymal sperm cells were assessed. Moreover, the development of testes, measured by spermatogenic index, was determined. The model species was the bank vole. Our results have proven that aluminum impairs adult individuals' reproductive abilities by decreasing the quality and quantity of sperm cells and by causing morphologically abnormal development of the gonads. However, no difference in male organometric parameters was found, and only in females treated with 3 mg/l Al, the uterus weight was higher than control. No differences were found in the total number of matured follicles. These results suggest that the decline in rodent numbers in industrial districts is due, at least in part, to poorer males' reproductive abilities, resulting from exposure to aluminum contamination.
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- Agata Miska-Schramm
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387, Kraków, Poland.
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387, Kraków, Poland
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Benyettou I, Kharoubi O, Hallal N, Benyettou HA, Tair K, Belmokhtar M, Aoues A, Ozaslan M. Aluminium-Induced Behavioral Changes and Oxidative Stress in Developing Rat Brain and the Possible Ameliorating Role of Omega-6/Omega-3 Ratio. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2017.106.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Don D, Velmurugan K, Prabhu J, Bhuvanesh N, Thamilselvan A, Nandhakumar R. A dual analyte fluorescent chemosensor based on a furan-pyrene conjugate for Al 3+ & HSO 3. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2017; 174:62-69. [PMID: 27888783 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2016.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 11/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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A simple chalcone based dual analyte fluorescent probe FPC for Al3+ and HSO3- ions was developed. FPC detects both the analytes through a "turn off-on" approach and by the PET and ICT mechanism. FPC showed high selectivity and sensitivity for Al3+ and HSO3- ions detection over other interfering and competing metal ions. In addition, the LOD of FPC for sensing Al3+ and HSO3- ions was found to be 1.60×10-7M and 0.17×10-6M respectively. An electrochemical desalination technique was employed for the complete removal of Al3+ ions from the environmental water samples by using the probe FPC.
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- Derin Don
- Department of Chemistry, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore 641 114, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore 641 114, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore 641 114, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore 641 114, India
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- Water Institute, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore 641 114, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore 641 114, India.
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Kutlubay R, Oğuz EO, Can B, Güven MC, Sinik Z, Tuncay OL. Vitamin E Protection from Testicular Damage Caused by Intraperitoneal Aluminium. Int J Toxicol 2016; 26:297-306. [PMID: 17661220 DOI: 10.1080/10915810701470952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Different forms of Aluminium (Al) are environmental xenobiotics that induce free radical–mediated cytotoxicity and reproductive toxicity. Vitamin E ( α-tocopherol) is an antioxidative agent that has been reported to be important for detoxification pathways. This study was thus aimed at elucidating the protective effects of vitamin E towards aluminium toxicity on the histology of the rat testis. Al (5 mg/kg body weight) was administered intraperitoneally in 2 ml saline, either alone or immediately before vitamin E (500 mg/kg body weight), at a different point of abdomen, and the alterations in the testis tissue were analyaed histologically. Seven treated animals were sacrificed for each group, with the testes removed and examined histologically. In the Al-treated group, the germinal epithelium of the seminiferous tubules was thinner in places and spermatids were almost absent; sperm numbers were low and there were no sperm in the lumen. In the Al plus vitamin E rats, there were large numbers of spermatids and sperm in the seminiferous tubule lumen. In the vitamin E alone group, a normal histology was seen. Electron microscopically, in the Al-treated group there were irregularities in the nuclear membrane, some damaged mitochondria, a decrease in the number of ribosomes, and an increase in the number of lysosomes in the sertoli cell cytoplasm. In the primary spermatocyte cytoplasm, there was an increase in the rough endoplasmic reticulum. In the Al plus vitamin E group, the spermatogeneic cells and the sertoli cell cytoplasm showed an almost normal appearance. The ultrastructure of the testis in the vitamin E alone group showed a normal appearance. In conclusion, vitamin E antagonizes the toxic effects of Al at the histological level, thus potentially contributing to an amelioration of the testis histology in the Al-treated rats. The associated biochemical parameters merit further investigation.
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- Recep Kutlubay
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
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Jamalan M, Ghaffari MA, Hoseinzadeh P, Hashemitabar M, Zeinali M. Human Sperm Quality and Metal Toxicants: Protective Effects of some Flavonoids on Male Reproductive Function. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FERTILITY & STERILITY 2016; 10:215-23. [PMID: 27441055 PMCID: PMC4948074 DOI: 10.22074/ijfs.2016.4912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Background Metals can cause male infertility through affection of spermatogenesis and
sperm quality. Strong evidences confirm that male infertility in metal-exposed humans is
mediated via various mechanisms such as production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Flavonoids
have antioxidant and metal chelating properties which make them suitable candidates for neutralizing
adverse effects of metals on semen quality. In the current study, we have evaluated
the effects of five types of flavonoids (rutin, naringin, kaempferol, quercetin, and catechin) on
recovery of sperm motility and prevention of membrane oxidative damage from aluminum
chloride (AlCl3), cadmium chloride (CdCl2), and lead chloride (PbCl4).
Materials and Methods In this experimental study, motility and lipid peroxidation of metalexposed sperm was investigated
in the presence of different concentrations of five kinds of
flavonoids. Malondialdehyde (MDA) production was assessed as a lipid peroxidation marker. Results Aluminum chloride (AlCl3), cadmium chloride (CdCl2), and lead chloride
(PbCl4) diminished sperm motility. Treatment of metal-exposed sperm with rutin, naringin,
and kaempferol attenuated the negative effects of the metals on sperm motility.
Quercetin and catechin decreased the motility of metal-exposed sperm. Conclusion Based on the MDA production results, only AlCl3 significantly induced lipid peroxidation.
Treatment with rutin, naringin, and kaempferol significantly decreased
MDA production.
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran; Department of Biochemistry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran; Department of Anatomical Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Tehran, Iran
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Esteban S, Moreno-Merino L, Matellanes R, Catalá M, Gorga M, Petrovic M, López de Alda M, Barceló D, Silva A, Durán JJ, López-Martínez J, Valcárcel Y. Presence of endocrine disruptors in freshwater in the northern Antarctic Peninsula region. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2016; 147:179-92. [PMID: 26882535 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 01/16/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The increasing human presence in Antarctica and the waste it generates is causing an impact on the environment at local and border scale. The main sources of anthropic pollution have a mainly local effect, and include the burning of fossil fuels, waste incineration, accidental spillage and wastewater effluents, even when treated. The aim of this work is to determine the presence and origin of 30 substances of anthropogenic origin considered to be, or suspected of being, endocrine disruptors in the continental waters of the Antarctic Peninsula region. We also studied a group of toxic metals, metalloids and other elements with possible endocrine activity. Ten water samples were analyzed from a wide range of sources, including streams, ponds, glacier drain, and an urban wastewater discharge into the sea. Surprisingly, the concentrations detected are generally similar to those found in other studies on continental waters in other parts of the world. The highest concentrations of micropollutants found correspond to the group of organophosphate flame retardants (19.60-9209ngL(-1)) and alkylphenols (1.14-7225ngL(-1)); and among toxic elements the presence of aluminum (a possible hormonal modifier) (1.7-127µgL(-1)) is significant. The concentrations detected are very low and insufficient to cause acute or subacute toxicity in aquatic organisms. However, little is known as yet of the potential sublethal and chronic effects of this type of pollutants and their capacity for bioaccumulation. These results point to the need for an ongoing system of environmental monitoring of these substances in Antarctic continental waters, and the advisability of regulating at least the most environmentally hazardous of these in the Antarctic legislation.
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- S Esteban
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health Research Group (Toxamb), Rey Juan Carlos University, Avda. Atenas s/n, E-28922 Alcorcón, (Madrid), Spain.
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- Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), C/ Ríos Rosas 23, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health Research Group (Toxamb), Rey Juan Carlos University, Avda. Atenas s/n, E-28922 Alcorcón, (Madrid), Spain
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- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health Research Group (Toxamb), Rey Juan Carlos University, Avda. Atenas s/n, E-28922 Alcorcón, (Madrid), Spain; Biology and Geology Department, ESCET, Rey Juan Carlos University, Avda Tulipán s/n, Mostoles, (Madrid), Spain
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- Water and Soil Quality Research Group, Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Parc Científic i Tecnològic de la Universitat de Girona, Edifici H2O, Emili Grahit 101, 17003 Girona, Spain; Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Water and Soil Quality Research Group, Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Water and Soil Quality Research Group, Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Parc Científic i Tecnològic de la Universitat de Girona, Edifici H2O, Emili Grahit 101, 17003 Girona, Spain
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- National Institute of Water, Empalme J. Newbery km 1,620, Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), C/ Ríos Rosas 23, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health Research Group (Toxamb), Rey Juan Carlos University, Avda. Atenas s/n, E-28922 Alcorcón, (Madrid), Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine, Public Health, Inmunology and Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciencies, Rey Juan Carlos University, Avda. Atenas s/n, E-28922 Alcorcón, (Madrid), Spain.
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Dong C, Cao J, Cao C, Han Y, Wu S, Wang S, Wang J. Effects of fluoride and aluminum on expressions of StAR and P450scc of related steroidogenesis in guinea pigs' testis. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 147:345-351. [PMID: 26774298 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.12.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2015] [Revised: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A lot of studies have shown that fluoride and aluminum have toxic effect on male reproductive system, but the mechanism of which and the interaction between fluoride and aluminum is still unknown. This study investigated the effects of fluoride (NaF) or/and aluminum (AlCl3) on serum testosterone level, gene and protein expression levels of Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein (StAR) and Cytochrome P450 cholesterol side chain cleavage enzyme (P450scc) in the testes of guinea pigs. Fifty-two guinea pigs were divided randomly into four groups (Control, HiF, HiAl and HiF + HiAl). Fluoride (150 mg NaF/L) or/and aluminum (300 mg AlCl3/L) were orally administrated to male guinea pigs for 13 weeks. The results showed that F and Al reduced number and elevated abnormal ratio of sperm. Meanwhile, the concentrations of serum testosterone in all experimental groups were decreased. P450scc protein expression was significantly reduced in all treatment groups, and StAR expression was decreased remarkably in HiF group and HiF + HiAl group. The levels of StAR mRNA in three groups were reduced by 53.9%, 21.4% and 33.4%, respectively, while the expressions of P450scc mRNA were reduced by 67.8%, 17.0% and 47.8%. Therefore, we concluded that F induced the reduction in testosterone and sperm amount, and thus in lower fertility, which might occur as a consequence of depressed StAR and P450scc mRNA expression. There were no synergistic effects between F and Al, instead, Al weakened the toxicity of F to some extents. The results indicated that Al had antagonism effects on F.
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- Chunguang Dong
- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Animal Science and Environmental Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, 030801, People's Republic of China; Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Institute, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Science, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030032, People's Republic of China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Animal Science and Environmental Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, 030801, People's Republic of China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Animal Science and Environmental Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, 030801, People's Republic of China
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- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Institute, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Science, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030032, People's Republic of China
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- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Institute, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Science, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030032, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural Univerisity, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Animal Science and Environmental Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, 030801, People's Republic of China.
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Akinola OB, Biliaminu SA, Adedeji OG, Oluwaseun BS, Olawoyin OM, Adelabu TA. Combined effects of chronic hyperglycaemia and oral aluminium intoxication on testicular tissue and some male reproductive parameters in Wistar rats. Andrologia 2015; 48:779-86. [DOI: 10.1111/and.12512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- O. B. Akinola
- Department of Anatomy; Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences; College of Health Sciences; University of Ilorin; Ilorin Nigeria
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- Chemical Pathology and Immunology; Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences; College of Health Sciences; University of Ilorin; Ilorin Nigeria
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- Department of Anatomy; Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences; College of Health Sciences; University of Ilorin; Ilorin Nigeria
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- Department of Anatomy; Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences; College of Health Sciences; University of Ilorin; Ilorin Nigeria
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- Department of Anatomy; Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences; College of Health Sciences; University of Ilorin; Ilorin Nigeria
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- Department of Anatomy; Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences; College of Health Sciences; University of Ilorin; Ilorin Nigeria
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Ghorbel I, Maktouf S, Kallel C, Ellouze Chaabouni S, Boudawara T, Zeghal N. Disruption of erythrocyte antioxidant defense system, hematological parameters, induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines and DNA damage in liver of co-exposed rats to aluminium and acrylamide. Chem Biol Interact 2015; 236:31-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2015.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Revised: 04/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Singha DK, Mahata P. Highly Selective and Sensitive Luminescence Turn-On-Based Sensing of Al3+ Ions in Aqueous Medium Using a MOF with Free Functional Sites. Inorg Chem 2015; 54:6373-9. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Debal Kanti Singha
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Material Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Block-JD, Sec-III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700098, India
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Material Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Block-JD, Sec-III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700098, India
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Sharma S, Hundal MS, Walia A, Vanita V, Hundal G. Nanomolar fluorogenic detection of Al(III) by a series of Schiff bases in an aqueous system and their application in cell imaging. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 12:4445-53. [PMID: 24849460 DOI: 10.1039/c4ob00329b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Three positional isomers of a Schiff base containing -OH as end groups have been synthesized and evaluated for selective Al(III) detection due to inhibition of ESIPT, PET and activation of CHEF in 70% aqueous medium. Devoid of any conventional fluorophore, these sensors have nanomolar detection limits with high quantum yields and naked eye sensing of Al(III). Moreover, these probes have been demonstrated to enable the Al(III) detection in live human HeLa cells and rat C6 glioma cells using a confocal microscope.
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- Sanyog Sharma
- Department of Chemistry, UGC Center for Advance Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India.
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Al-Olayan EM, El-Khadragy MF, Abdel Moneim AE. The protective properties of melatonin against aluminium-induced neuronal injury. Int J Exp Pathol 2015; 96:196-202. [PMID: 25891353 DOI: 10.1111/iep.12122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Aluminium (Al) toxicity is closely linked to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). This experimental study investigated the neuroprotective effect of melatonin (Mel; 10 mg/kg bwt) on aluminium chloride (AlCl3 ; 34 mg/kg bwt) induced neurotoxicity and oxidative stress in rats. Adult male albino Wistar rats were injected with AlCl3 for 7 days. The effect on brain structure, lipid peroxidation (LPO), nitric oxide (NO) levels, glutathione (GSH) content, antioxidant enzymes (SOD, CAT, GPx and GR), apoptotic proteins (Bax and Bcl-2) and an apoptotic enzyme (caspase-3) was investigated. No apparent changes occurred following the injection of melatonin. Melatonin pretreatment of the AlCl3 -administered rats reduced brain damage, and the tissues appeared like those of the control rats. Compared to treatment with AlCl3 , pretreatment with melatonin decreased LPO and NO levels and increased the GSH content and antioxidant enzyme activity. Moreover, melatonin increased the levels of the anti-apoptotic protein, Bcl-2, decreased the levels of the pro-apoptotic protein, Bax, and inhibited caspase-3 activity. Therefore, our results indicate that melatonin may provide therapeutic value against aluminium-induced oxidative stress and histopathological alternations in the rat brain and that these effects may be related to anti-apoptotic and antioxidant activities.
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- Ebtesam M Al-Olayan
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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Ali R, Razi SS, Srivastava P, Shahid M, Misra A. A polynuclear hetero atom containing molecular organic scaffold to detect Al3+ ion through a fluorescence turn-on response. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra09693f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A simple polynuclear hetero atom (N and O) containing molecular organic scaffold/probe, 3 has been designed and synthesized and explored as a potential chemosensor to detect Al3+ (22 nM; ∼0.6 ppb) ion in a HEPES buffer.
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- Rashid Ali
- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221 005
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221 005
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221 005
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221 005
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221 005
- India
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Kumar A, Kumar A, Dubey M, Biswas A, Pandey DS. Detection of copper(ii) and aluminium(iii) by a new bis-benzimidazole Schiff base in aqueous media via distinct routes. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra18566a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Synthesis and characterization of a bis-benzimidazole appended Schiff base ligand, 2-(3,5-bis(1H-benzimidazole-2-yl)-phenyliminomethyl)phenol (H3L) displaying excellent selectivity towards Cu2+and Al3+in mixed aqueous media.
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- Ashish Kumar
- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221 005
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221 005
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221 005
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221 005
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi-221 005
- India
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Mosbah R, Yousef MI, Maranghi F, Mantovani A. Protective role of Nigella sativa oil against reproductive toxicity, hormonal alterations, and oxidative damage induced by chlorpyrifos in male rats. Toxicol Ind Health 2014; 32:1266-77. [DOI: 10.1177/0748233714554675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study is aimed at elucidating the possible protective effects of Nigella sativa oil (NSO) in alleviating the toxicity of chlorpyrifos (CPF) on reproductive performance in male rats. Animals were orally administered with NSO (1 ml/kg/day), CPF (20 mg/kg/day), and NSO + CPF every day for 4 weeks. Results showed that CPF decreased spermatid number, sperm count, daily sperm production, and sperm motility while increased dead sperm and abnormal sperm compared with the control. Also the levels of testosterone, thyroxine levels, steroidogenic enzyme 17-ketosteroid reductase, body weight, food intake, and relative weight of reproductive organs were decreased. Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances were increased, while glutathione (GSH) and antioxidant enzymes were decreased in plasma and testes of rats treated with CPF. Histopathological examination of testes showed a decrease in the number of seminiferous tubules, form shrinkage, enlargement of the connective tissue and gametogenic changes in germ cells of rats treated with CPF. NSO alone increased testosterone, semen characteristics, GSH, and antioxidant enzymes and decreased the levels of free radicals. Furthermore, the presence of NSO with CPF alleviates its toxic effects. Our results indicated that NSO can improve semen picture and moderate CPF-induced reproductive toxicity.
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- Rachid Mosbah
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Boumerdes, Algeria
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- Department of Environmental Studies, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, IstitutoSuperiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, IstitutoSuperiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Tamilselvan P, Langeswaran K, Vijayaprakash S, kumar SG, Revathy R, Balasubramanian MP. Efficiency of lycopene against reproductive and developmental toxicity of Bisphenol A in male Sprague Dawley rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bionut.2014.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Maghraoui S, Clichici S, Ayadi A, Login C, Moldovan R, Daicoviciu D, Decea N, Mureşan A, Tekaya L. Oxidative stress in blood and testicle of rat following intraperitoneal administration of aluminum and indium. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 101:47-58. [PMID: 24311226 DOI: 10.1556/aphysiol.100.2013.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Aluminum (Al) and indium (In) have embryotoxic, neurotoxic and genotoxic effects, oxidative stress being one of the possible mechanisms involved in their cytotoxicity. We have recently demonstrated that indium intraperitoneal (ip) administration induced histological disorganization of testicular tissue. In the present research we aimed at investigating the effect of Al and In ip administration on systemic and testicular oxidative stress status. Studies were performed on Wistar rats ip injected with Al, In or physiological solution for two weeks. Our results showed that In significantly decreased the absolute weight of testicles. Measurements of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and paraoxonase (PON) activities showed that In induced a significant augmentation in the first parameter but no changes were observed in the second. Both Al and In caused oxidative stress in testicles by increasing malondialdehyde (MDA) and protein carbonyls (PC) production. Concomitantly, thiol group (-SH) and glutathione (GSH) level were enhanced in the testicles. In the blood, while concentrations of MDA was not changed, those of GSH was significantly decreased in the Al and In groups. Our results indicated that Al and In cause oxidative stress both in blood and testicles but In has cytotoxic effect as well as negative impact on testicle weights. These findings could explain the testicular histological alterations previously described after In ip administration.
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- S Maghraoui
- University of Tunis El Manar Laboratory of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis Tunis Tunisia
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu" of Cluj-Napoca Department of Physiology 1-3 Clinicilor Street Cluj-Napoca Romania
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- University of Tunis El Manar Laboratory of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis Tunis Tunisia
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu" of Cluj-Napoca Department of Physiology 1-3 Clinicilor Street Cluj-Napoca Romania
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu" of Cluj-Napoca Department of Physiology 1-3 Clinicilor Street Cluj-Napoca Romania
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu" of Cluj-Napoca Department of Physiology 1-3 Clinicilor Street Cluj-Napoca Romania
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu" of Cluj-Napoca Department of Physiology 1-3 Clinicilor Street Cluj-Napoca Romania
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu" of Cluj-Napoca Department of Physiology 1-3 Clinicilor Street Cluj-Napoca Romania
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- University of Tunis El Manar Laboratory of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis Tunis Tunisia
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Cao W, Zheng XJ, Sun JP, Wong WT, Fang DC, Zhang JX, Jin LP. A Highly Selective Chemosensor for Al(III) and Zn(II) and Its Coordination with Metal Ions. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:3012-21. [DOI: 10.1021/ic402811x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Wei Cao
- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
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Ghosh K, Majumdar A, Sarkar T. Selective sensing of Al3+ by naphthyridine coupled rhodamine chemosensors. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra01737d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Naphthyridine-based rhodamine chemosensors 1 and 2 are designed and synthesized for selective sensing of Al3+ ion.
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- Kumaresh Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Kalyani
- Kalyani-741235, India
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Kalyani
- Kalyani-741235, India
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Kalyani
- Kalyani-741235, India
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