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Significance of red ginseng extract pretreatment on cyclophosphamide-induced testicular damage in gamma-irradiated rats

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Animal and biological studies

Abstract

Cancer is a complicated disorder with negative impacts on humans' lives that intensifies the mortality rate. Chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy (RT) are used for cancer treatment to achieve the most efficient management of cancer. Cyclophosphamide (CP) is a recommended medication for plentiful tumors. It has valuable anti-neoplastic and immunosuppressive impacts. The combination of CP and gamma radiation (R) can boost the curative benefits of some malignant diseases. However, this combination has some drawbacks, such as testicular damage. Korean red ginseng (Panax ginseng; KRG) is rich in ginsenoside phytochemicals that exhibit antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. The purpose of the current investigation was to determine whether orally administering KRG water extract might significantly protect against CP and/or R toxicities. KRG exhibited significant amelioration of the testicular architecture as well as sperm count and sperm motility; and restored the serum levels of male reproductive hormones, TH, FSH, and LH. Moreover, it improved the levels of LDH, ACP, Ca2+, MDA, NO, H2O2, and GSH. Also, it boosted the SOD, CAT, and GPX activities, lowered the elevated levels of TNF-α, IL-6, NF-κB, IFN-γ, and PD-L1, down-regulated the protein expression ratios of p38-MAPK) and EGFR, and regulated the gene expression ratios of AR, iNOS, p65 NF-κB, miR-18a, and let7e in the testis tissues of R, CP, and R/CP intoxicated groups. It could be concluded that KRG may improve testicular impairment by attenuating oxidative stress and inflammatory responses via the regulation of PD-L1 and IFN-γ levels, miR-18a and let7e genes' expression, and p38-MAPK and EGFR proteins' expression.

DOI

10.21608/enj.2024.264818.1032

Keywords

Korean Red Ginseng, cyclophosphamide, gamma-radiation, Testicular damage

Authors

First Name

Amel

Last Name

Ismail

MiddleName

F. M.

Affiliation

Ahmed ELzommer street

Email

afmismail@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-3446-2372

First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Salem

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Regional Center for Food and Feed (RCFF), Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt 9 Cairo University Street, Giza, Egypt.

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namesaaa2013@gmail.com

City

Giza

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First Name

Mamdouh

Last Name

Eassawy

MiddleName

M.T.

Affiliation

9 Cairo University Street, Giza, Egypt.

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mamdouh.eassawy@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0003-4747-1996

Volume

39

Article Issue

1

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45385

Issue Date

2024-03-01

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2024-01-23

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

73

Page End

97

Print ISSN

1687-1235

Online ISSN

2090-2514

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1,704

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Egyptian Journal of Nutrition

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https://ejn.journals.ekb.eg/

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Significance of red ginseng extract pretreatment on cyclophosphamide-induced testicular damage in gamma-irradiated rats

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Created At

28 Dec 2024