Beta
321859

HISTOLOGICAL PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF WHEAT GERM OIL VERSUS ZINC ON FLUOXETINE –DAMAGED TESTES IN ALBINO RATS

Article

Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

HISTOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY

Abstract

Background: Fluoxetine is anti-depressive drug which induces oxidative stress in different organs, Wheat germ oil and zinc have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. Aim of the Study: to assess the histological effect of wheat germ oil (WGO) versus zinc on fluoxetine induced testicular injury in albino rats. Material & Methods: forty male albino rats were divided into four equal groups: group I (Control); group II: were received 10 mg/kg fluoxetine for 28 days; group III: administered fluoxetine + WGO at dose of 68.75 mg/kg; group IV: were received fluoxetine + zinc aspartate at dose of 30 mg/kg. samples of the testes were exposed to histological, ultrastructural and immunostaining examination. Results: fluoxetine significantly altered testicular structure. The seminefrous tubules were widely separated with significant decrease in their diameter. Separation of basal compartment of seminefrous tubules from adluminal compartment with cellular loss. This was confirmed by significant increase in Bax immunostaining. Widening of interstitial space with collagen fiber deposition was noticed. There was improvement of all histological aspects in WGO and zinc treated groups. This improvement was more evident in WGO treated group. The results were confirmed by significant increase in tubular diameter with more or less normal epithelial lining. Significant decrease in Bax immunoreaction was detected. Interstial tissue was normal .These data conclude that WGO augments the protection against fluoxetine induced testicular damage. Conclusion: fluoxetine induced oxidative damage in rat testis. We concluded that both WGO and zinc have protective role in ameliorating fluoxetine -associated testicular injury. However, WGO has better effects on all aspects.

DOI

10.21608/asmj.2023.321859

Keywords

fluoxetine, Wheat germ oil, zinc, testis, Bax, Ultrastructure

Authors

First Name

heba

Last Name

Fawzy

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. Cairo, Egypt.

Email

hebafawzy@med.asu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0009-0004-5369-9959

First Name

Faten

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. Cairo, Egypt.

Email

fatenmahmoud@med.asu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

74

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

43980

Issue Date

2023-09-01

Receive Date

2023-10-17

Publish Date

2023-09-01

Page Start

789

Page End

808

Print ISSN

0002-2144

Online ISSN

2735-3540

Link

https://asmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_321859.html

Detail API

https://asmj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=321859

Order

321,859

Type

Original Article

Type Code

1,311

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Ain Shams Medical Journal

Publication Link

https://asmj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

HISTOLOGICAL PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF WHEAT GERM OIL VERSUS ZINC ON FLUOXETINE –DAMAGED TESTES IN ALBINO RATS

Details

Type

Article

Created At

26 Dec 2024