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Quercetin attenuates testicular dysfunction induced by aluminum chloride in male Wistar rats

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Biochemistry

Abstract

Aluminum (Al) exposure is one of the environmental factors involved in the pathogenesis of male infertility as a global health problem. Quercetin (Q) is a naturally occurring flavonol that improved testosterone (T) level and spermatogenesis against heavy metals-, diabetes-, and cancer-induced testicular intoxication in male rats. The present study aimed to investigate the therapeutic potential of Q against aluminum chloride (AlCl3)–induced testicular dysfunction in rats through evaluation of hormones of the pituitary-testicular axis, sperm parameters in the epididymis, and histological alterations in rat testis. After induction of testicular dysfunction in male rats by oral administration of AlCl3 (50 mg/kg) for 28 days, the therapeutic Q dose (50 mg/kg) was orally administered to rats for 28 days. The rats were divided into four groups (each group comprising eight rats): Normal control (NC), Q, AlCl3, and Q+ AlCl3. Q administration increased final body weight and genital organs' relative weight, and serum free testosterone (T), luteinizing hormone (LH), and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in the AlCl3-treated rats. Also, Q increased sperm count, motility, and progressive motility in the epididymis in AlCl3-treated rats. Further, Q administration to AlCl3-treated rats caused regeneration of the germinal epithelium in the seminiferous tubules and increased spermatocytes within the lumen. The current study suggests that Q administration may provide a significant therapeutic effect against AlCl3-induced testicular dysfunction in rats via improving the pituitary-testicular axis hormones, leading to increased sperm count and motility in the epididymis; and amelioration of histological alterations observed in the testes of AlCl3-rats.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.102711.4760

Keywords

Male infertility, Testicular dysfunction, AlCl3, Quercetin

Authors

First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

asmaamahmoud@sci.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0001-9655-5200

First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Elfiky

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Email

asmaaelfiky@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

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First Name

Hala

Last Name

Elreedy

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Email

alihalla351@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Khadiga

Last Name

Salaheldin

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National Research Centre, Egypt

Email

khadigasalah@yahoo.com

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-

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-

Volume

65

Article Issue

6

Related Issue

31791

Issue Date

2022-06-01

Receive Date

2021-10-25

Publish Date

2022-06-01

Page Start

665

Page End

676

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_205951.html

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Original Article

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Quercetin attenuates testicular dysfunction induced by aluminum chloride in male Wistar rats

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22 Jan 2023