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Lee WK, Lam TKY, Tang HC, Ho TC, Wan HT, Wong CKC. PFOS-elicited metabolic perturbation in liver and fatty acid metabolites in testis of adult mice. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1302965. [PMID: 38075064 PMCID: PMC10703039 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1302965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Introduction Multiple factors can contribute to sub-fecundity, including genetics, lifestyle, and environmental contaminants. PFASs are characterized as "forever chemicals" due to their ubiquitous contamination and their persistence in the environment, wildlife, and humans. Numerous studies have demonstrated that PFAS exposure adversely affects multiple bodily functions, including liver metabolism and gonadal function. It is unclear, however, how the disruption of hepatic fatty acid metabolism affects testicular function. Methods In this study, male mice were administered 0.3 and 3 μg/g body weight of PFOS for 21 days. Results Our data showed that PFOS exposure caused hepatic steatosis, as evidenced by significant increases in triglyceride levels, expression of ATP-citrate lyase, and fatty acid synthase, as well as fasting insulin levels. PFOS perturbed the expression levels of hepatokines, of which fibroblast growth factor-21 (Fgf-21), leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin-2 (Lect-2), and retinol-binding protein-4 (Rbp-4) were significantly reduced, whereas angiopoietin-like 4 (Angptl4) was noticeably increased. While Rbp-4 and Fgf-21 are known to contribute to spermatogenesis and testosterone synthesis. In PFOS-exposed groups, testicular ATP, and testosterone decreased significantly with a significant increase in the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-coactivator 1α. Mass spectrophotometry imaging revealed the localization of PFOS in testes, along with significant increases in fatty acid metabolites. These included arachidonic acid, dihomo-α-linolenic acid, dihomo-γ-linolenic acid, oxidized ceramide, diacylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, and phosphatidylethanolamine, which are associated with inflammation and post-testicular causes of infertility. Discussion This study revealed potential links between PFOS-elicited changes in hepatic metabolism and their impacts on testicular biology. This study provides insights into alternative targets elicited by PFOS that can be used to develop diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for improving testicular dysfunction.
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- Wang Ka Lee
- Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory in Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- State Key Laboratory in Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- State Key Laboratory in Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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He Y, Liu W. TissueSpace: a web tool for rank-based transcriptome representation and its applications in molecular medicine. Genes Genomics 2022; 44:793-799. [PMID: 35511320 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-022-01245-w] [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: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cross-platform or cross-experiment transcriptome data is hard to compare as the original gene expression values from different platforms cannot be compared directly. The inherent gene expression ranking information is rarely utilized. OBJECTIVE Use of reduced vector to represent transcriptome data independent of platforms. METHODS Thus, we turned the expression profile into a rank vector, where a higher expression has a higher rank value, then applied Latent semantic analysis (LSA) to get compact and continuous 100-dimensional vector representations for samples. RESULTS Results showed that the reconstructed vector has a precision of 96.7% in recovering tissue labels from an independent dataset. A user-friendly tool TissueSpace was developed, which provides users the following functionalities: (1) convert different gene ID types to Ensembl gene IDs; (2) project any human transcriptome profile to get vector representation for downstream analysis; (3) functional enrichment for each of the 100-dimensional vector features. Case studies for its applications in human common diseases indicate its usefulness. CONCLUSIONS TissueSpace could be used to generate testable hypotheses for translational medicine. The TissueSpace tool is available at http://bioinformatics.fafu.edu.cn/tissuespace/ .
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- Yiruo He
- Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University, 11549, Hempstead, NY, USA.,Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 350002, Fuzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 350002, Fuzhou, P.R. China.
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He L, Wu X, Wu R, Guo P, He W, Sun W, Chen H. Seminal plasma piRNA array analysis and identification of possible biomarker piRNAs for the diagnosis of asthenozoospermia. Exp Ther Med 2022; 23:347. [PMID: 35493429 PMCID: PMC9019763 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2022.11275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Asthenozoospermia (AZS) is characterized by reduced sperm motility and its pathogenesis remains poorly understood. Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) have been indicated to serve important roles in spermatogenesis. However, little is known about the correlation of piRNA expression with AZS. In the present study, small RNA sequencing (small RNA-seq) was performed on sperm samples from AZS patients and fertile controls. Reverse transcription-quantitative (RT-q) PCR was used to validate the small RNA-seq results. Bioinformatics analyses were performed to predict the functions of differentially expressed piRNAs (DEpiRNAs). Logistic regression models were constructed and receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis was used to evaluate their diagnostic performance. A total of 114 upregulated and 169 downregulated piRNAs were detected in AZS patients. Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analyses showed that the DEpiRNAs were mainly associated with transcription, signal transduction, cell differentiation, metal ion binding and focal adhesion. These results were verified by RT-qPCR analysis of eight selected piRNAs. The PCR results were consistent with the sequencing results in patients with AZS compared with controls in the first cohort. The expression of piR-hsa-32694, piR-hsa-26591, piR-hsa-18725 and piR-hsa-18586 was significantly upregulated in patients with AZS. The diagnostic power of the four piRNAs was further analyzed using ROC analysis; piR-hsa-26591 exhibited an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.913 (95% CI: 0.795-0.994). Logistic regression modelling and subsequent ROC analysis indicated that the combination of the 4 piRNAs achieved good diagnostic efficacy (AUC: 0.935).
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- Ling He
- Department of Geratology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Assisted Reproductive Center, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Jiangxi Health Vocational College, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330052, P.R. China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yichun Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Jiangxi 336000, P.R. China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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Hosseini M, Alsadat Hashemi SV, Bagheri MH, Tavalaee M, Seifati SM, Zohrabi D, Nasr-Esfahani MH. Effect of Low-Intensity Endurance Training and High-Intensity Interval Training on Sperm Quality in Male Rats with Fatty Liver. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FERTILITY & STERILITY 2021; 15:141-147. [PMID: 33687168 PMCID: PMC8052797 DOI: 10.22074/ijfs.2020.134593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Background We aimed to investigate the effect of low-intensity endurance training (LIET) and high-intensity inter-
val training (HIIT) on sperm parameters, chromatin status, and oxidative stress in a rat model of non-alcoholic fatty
liver disease (NAFLD). Materials and Methods For this experimental study, we divided 40 male Wistar rats into four groups (control, sham,
HIIT and LIET) according to diet treatment and exercise training protocol. Liver triglycerides, sperm parameters,
sperm lipid peroxidation (BODIPY C11 probe) and chromatin status [chromomycin A3 (CMA3)], and acridine orange
[AO] staining) were assessed in these groups at the end of the study. Results The mean liver triglyceride values significantly improved in both the LIET and HIIT groups compared to
the control and sham groups. The mean of testicular volume, sperm concentration, motility, intensity of sperm lipid
peroxidation and DNA damage were similar within groups. While, the mean percentage of sperm lipid peroxidation
and protamine deficiency were significantly higher in the LIET and HIIT groups compared to the control group. Conclusion Both LIET and HIIT in the rat NAFLD model had no adverse effects on testicular morphometric param-
eters, sperm concentration, motility, and DNA integrity. However, the mean sperm lipid peroxidation and protamine
deficiency were significantly higher in both exercise groups. Our study suggests that exercise or antioxidant supple-
mentation could minimise the adverse effects of oxidant by-products of exercise.
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- Mahnaz Hosseini
- Department of Animal Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Nour Danesh Institute of Higher Education, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran.,Biology Department, Medical Biotechnology Research Center, Ashkezar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ashkezar, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran
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- Biology Department, Medical Biotechnology Research Center, Ashkezar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ashkezar, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Nour Danesh Institute of Higher Education, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran.
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Wang M, Wang Q, Du Y, Jiang H, Zhang X. Vitamins combined with traditional Chinese medicine for male infertility: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Andrology 2020; 8:1038-1050. [PMID: 32170803 DOI: 10.1111/andr.12787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Male infertility is a tough problem in medicine. This article aims to provide the latest evidence for the efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) combined with vitamins in the treatment of male infertility. METHOD All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that used TCM combined with vitamins for male infertility treatment were included in databases of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang, VIP Database, China Biology Medicine disc (CBM), MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library. The quality of the included articles was evaluated using the Cochrane Reviewer's Handbook 5.3, and meta-analysis was performed using Stata 15. RESULTS A total of 14 eligible studies with 1488 patients were included in this meta-analysis. The results suggested that, compared with vitamin E or vitamin E + C alone, combination of TCM with vitamins increased significantly sperm concentration, sperm motility, sperm viability, liquefaction time of semen, the activity of acrosome enzyme, and the pregnancy rate of patients with male infertility. Three kinds of TCM (Shengjing capsule, Huanshao capsule, and compound Xuanju capsule) showed significant improvement for male infertility in terms of pregnancy rate, sperm concentration, or sperm motility. In addition, the results of the publication bias test demonstrated that no significant bias occurred. CONCLUSION Traditional Chinese medicine combined with vitamins has significant efficacy in the treatment of male infertility with no increase in side effects. The specific implementing regulations still need more long-term, multicenter, randomized, and double-blind clinical trials.
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- Ming Wang
- Fuyang People's Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Fuyang, China
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- Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Fuyang People's Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Fuyang, China
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- The Department of Urology, Peking University Third Hospital, Andrology, Peking, China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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Çeribaşı S, Türk G, Özçelik M, Doğan G, Çeribaşı AO, Mutlu Sİ, Erişir Z, Güvenç M, Güngören G, Acısu TC, Akarsu SA, Kaya ŞÖ, Sönmez M, Yüce A, Çiftçi M, Çambay Z, Bağcı E, Azman MA, Şimşek ÜG. Negative effect of feeding with high energy diets on testes and metabolic blood parameters of male Japanese quails, and positive role of milk thistle seed. Theriogenology 2020; 144:74-81. [PMID: 31927417 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2019.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In this study, it was aimed to investigate the changes in testicular tissue and cell count, testicular oxidative stress and some metabolic blood parameters of male broiler Japanese quails fed with high energy diet and milk thistle (Silybum marianum) seed. One hundred-twenty male 15-day-old Japanese quail chicks were divided into 4 equal groups with 30 each. The applications in each group were repeated 3 times with 10 animals each. Control group was fed with basal diet. Milk thistle seed group was fed with diet including 1% milk thistle seed. High energy diet group was fed with high energy diet including 10% corn syrup. High energy diet + milk thistle seed group was fed with high energy diet including 10% corn syrup along with 1% milk thistle seed. The feeding period in all groups was 35 days. When the quails reached 50 days old, a total of 48, 12 from each group (4 from each replication) were euthanized and blood samples and testes were collected. Compared with the control group, significant increases in body weight, serum cholesterol and glucose level, aspartate aminotransferase activity and testicular malondialdehyde level; however, significant decreases in serum testosterone level, testicular glutathione peroxidase activity, counts of round and elongated spermatid and sperm as well as histopathologically, significant decreases in seminiferous tubular diameter and seminiferous epithelium thickness, and marked disorganization in germinal cells were determined in quails fed with high energy diet. It was observed that almost all of the disturbances in testicular tissue, cell number, oxidant-antioxidant balance and metabolic blood parameters caused by feeding with high energy diet were significantly prevented by supplementation of milk thistle seed to the diet with high energy. On the other hand, alone milk thistle seed and high energy diet + milk thistle seed administrations decreased body weight in comparison to control and high energy diet groups. As a result, feeding with high energy diet causes disturbances in testes of male quails by affecting liver metabolic functions and testicular oxidant-antioxidant balance, but milk thistle seed addition to diet plays a protective role.
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- S Çeribaşı
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey.
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- Department of Medical Services and Technics, High School of Medical Services, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
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- Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Elbistan High School, İstiklal University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
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- Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Services and Technics, High School of Medical Services, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Balıkesir University, Balıkesir, Turkey
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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Gholizadeh E, Khaleghian A, Najafgholi Seyfi D, Karbalaei R. Showing NAFLD, as a key connector disease between Alzheimer's disease and diabetes via analysis of systems biology. GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY FROM BED TO BENCH 2020; 13:S89-S97. [PMID: 33585009 PMCID: PMC7881394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM This study was designed to perform network analysis of Alzheimers҆ disease and diabetes and to find their correlation with each other and other diseases/pathways. BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) as a neurodegenerative disease and diabetes as a metabolic disease are two major health problems in the recent years. The recent studies have reported their correlation and same spreading pathways of these two diseases together, but details of this relation are not well known yet at molecular level.. METHODS In thermal proteome profiling (TPP) technique, after treatment of the extracted proteins by heat and drug concentration, the resulting proteins were analyzed by mass spectrometry. Enrichment analysis of these proteins led to development of AD and diabetes. First, corresponding genes for each disease were extracted from DisGeNET database and then, protein-protein interaction network was constructed for each of them using the search tool for retrieval of interacting genes and proteins (STRING). After analyzing these networks, hub-bottleneck nodes of networks were evaluated. Also, common nodes between two networks were extracted and used for further analysis. RESULTS High correlation was found between AD and diabetes based on the existence of 40 common genes. Results of analyses revealed 14 genes in AD and 12 genes in diabetes as hub-bottleneck 7 of which were common including caspase 3 (CASP3), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), catalase (CAT), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), leptin (LEP), vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA), and interleukin 6 ( IL-6). CONCLUSION Our results revealed a direct correlation between AD and diabetes and also a correlation between these two diseases and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), suggesting that a small change in each of these three diseases can lead to development of any other diseases in the patients. Also, the enrichments exhibited the existence of common pathways between AD, diabetes, NAFLD, and male infertility.
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- Elham Gholizadeh
- Department of Biochemistry, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Proteomics Research Center, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Association between high-fat diet feeding and male fertility in high reproductive performance mice. Sci Rep 2019; 9:18546. [PMID: 31811184 PMCID: PMC6898043 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54799-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The increasing worldwide prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), especially in younger populations, is a risk factor for fertility disorders. However, a direct correlation of MetS with male infertility still remains unclear. In this work, we evaluated whether MetS has a negative impact on fertility of hybrid male mice with high reproductive performance. To induce a MetS-like condition, (C57BL/6xBALB/c) F1 male mice were fed a high-fat diet (HFD, 30% fat) for 19 weeks, while controls received a normal-fat diet (NFD, 6% fat). HFD-fed animals exhibited increased body weight, hypercholesterolemia, hyperglycemia and glucose intolerance. In vivo fertilisation assays performed along the treatment period showed no differences in fertilisation nor in vitro embryo development rates between groups. While testicular weight and morphology were similar in both groups, HFD-fed mice presented lighter epididymides and higher amounts of gonadal fat. Moreover, sperm count was lower in HFD-fed mice, despite normal sperm viability, morphology, motility or acrosome reaction. Finally, no differences were observed in in vitro fertilisation rates between groups. In summary, although HFD feeding altered some reproductive parameters, it did not impair male fertility in high performance breeders suggesting the possibility that a fertility impairment could be the result of the cumulative combination of environmental and/or genetic factors.
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Rabijewski M, Papierska L, Maksym R, Tomasiuk R, Kajdy A, Siekierski BP. The Relationship Between Health-Related Quality of Life and Anabolic Hormone Levels in Middle-Aged and Elderly Men With Prediabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study. Am J Mens Health 2018; 12:1593-1603. [PMID: 29882445 PMCID: PMC6142157 DOI: 10.1177/1557988318777926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to compare health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between men with prediabetes (PD) and a control group as well as to investigate the relationship between HRQoL and anabolic hormones. The analysis was carried out in 176 middle-aged (40–59 years) and elderly (60 80 years) men with PD, and 184 control peers. PD was defined according the American Diabetes Association and HRQoL was assessed by the SF-36 questionnaire. Total testosterone (TT), calculated free testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) were measured. Analysis of the standardized physical and mental component summary scores (SF-36p and SF-36m) revealed that patients with PD had lower SF-36p and SF-36m than control group (p < .02 and p < .001). Middle-aged men with PD had lower SF-36p and SF-36m than control peers, whereas elderly men with PD had lower only SF-36p. In men with PD negative correlations between glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and SF-35m score (r = −0.3768; p = .02) and between HbA1c and SF-36p score (r = −0.3453; p = .01) were reported. In middle-aged prediabetic men, SF-36p was associated with high free testosterone and low HbA1c while SF-36m with high TT and high DHEAS. In elderly patients with PD, SF-36p was associated with high TT, high IGF-1, and low HbA1c, while SF-36m correlated with high free testosterone and high DHEAS. In conclusion, PD in men is associated with decreased HRQoL in comparison with healthy men, and generally better quality of life is associated with higher testosterone, higher free testosterone, higher DHEAS, and lower HbA1c.
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- Michał Rabijewski
- 1 Department of Reproductive Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- 2 Department of Endocrinology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- 1 Department of Reproductive Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- 3 Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Mazovian Bródno Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
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- 1 Department of Reproductive Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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