Exposure to lead and dietary furan intake aggravates hypothalamus-pituitary-testicular axis toxicity in chronic experimental rats

Solomon E. Owumi; Uche O. Arunsi; Moses T. Otunla; Imisioluwa O. Oluwasuji

doi:10.7555/JBR.36.20220108

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Solomon E. Owumi, Uche O. Arunsi, Moses T. Otunla, Imisioluwa O. Oluwasuji. Exposure to lead and dietary furan intake aggravates hypothalamus-pituitary-testicular axis toxicity in chronic experimental rats[J]. The Journal of Biomedical Research, 2023, 37(2): 100-114. doi: 10.7555/JBR.36.20220108

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Solomon E. Owumi, Uche O. Arunsi, Moses T. Otunla, Imisioluwa O. Oluwasuji. Exposure to lead and dietary furan intake aggravates hypothalamus-pituitary-testicular axis toxicity in chronic experimental rats[J]. The Journal of Biomedical Research, 2023, 37(2): 100-114. doi: 10.7555/JBR.36.20220108

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Solomon E. Owumi, Uche O. Arunsi, Moses T. Otunla, Imisioluwa O. Oluwasuji. Exposure to lead and dietary furan intake aggravates hypothalamus-pituitary-testicular axis toxicity in chronic experimental rats[J]. The Journal of Biomedical Research, 2023, 37(2): 100-114. doi: 10.7555/JBR.36.20220108

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Exposure to lead and dietary furan intake aggravates hypothalamus-pituitary-testicular axis toxicity in chronic experimental rats

doi: 10.7555/JBR.36.20220108

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Cancer Research and Molecular Biology Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State 200004, Nigeria
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Department of Cancer Immunology and Biotechnology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK

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Corresponding author: Solomon E. Owumi, ChangeLab, Changing Live, Room NB 302, Cancer Research and Molecular Biology Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Ibadan, Odeziaku Road, Ibadan, Oyo State 200004, Nigeria. Tel: +234-806-951-3033. E-mail: owumisa@hotmail.com
Received: 2022-05-11
Revised: 2022-06-18
Accepted: 2022-08-04

Published: 2022-09-28

Issue Date: 2023-03-28

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Abstract

Lead (Pb) and furan are toxic agents, and persistent exposure may impair human and animal reproductive function. We therefore explored the effects of Pb and furan on male rat hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal reproductive status, oxidative stress, inflammation, and genomic integrity. We found that co-exposure to Pb and furan reduced the activities of testicular function enzymes, endogenous antioxidant levels, total sulfhydryl group, and glutathione. Sperm abnormality, biomarkers of oxidative stress, inflammation, and p53 expression were increased in a dose-dependent manner by treatment with furan and Pb. Typical rat gonad histoarchitecture features were also damaged. Conclusively, co-exposure to Pb and furan induced male reproductive function derangement by decreasing the antioxidant defences in rats, increasing abnormalities in spermatozoa morphology, and reducing reproductive hormone in circulation. These pathophysiological alterations, if persistent, might provide a permissive environment for potentiating reproductive dysfunction and infertility.
- infertility,
- furan,
- lead acetate,
- oxidative stress,
- DNA damage,
- inflammation

CLC number: X592; R114, Document code: A
The authors reported no conflict of interests.

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