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- Title
Effects of hypothermia and pentoxifylline on the adnexal torsion/detorsion injuries in a rat testis model.
- Authors
Elmimehr, Reza; Motamed‐Sanaye, Ali; Brazvan, Balal; Abtahi‐Eivary, Seyed‐Hosein; Moghimian, Maryam; Fani, Masoumeh
- Abstract
This study was designed to investigate the effects of separate and combined administration of hypothermia and pentoxifylline to preserve the effects on the testicles in an experimental model of testicular torsion/ detorsion injuries in rats. Forty male adult Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups, control, torsion/detorsion (TD), torsion/detorsion/hypothermia (TD+ICE), torsion/detorsion received of pentoxifylline (40mg/kg, ip) (TD+PTX) and torsion/detorsion/hypothermia/PTX (TD+ICE+PTX). Left testicular torsion (TT) was performed for 4 and half hours, and ice fragments have been used at the beginning of torsion. After the reperfusion period (a week), oxidative maker's serum levels, testosterone hormone, sperm parameters, and histopathological and gene expression evaluations have been performed. Significant adverse changes were observed in the TD group for histological variables, sperm count, oxidative marker, testosterone hormone, Bax, BCL2 and caspase‐3 expression. The parameters studied in the group receiving PTX improved in comparison with the TD group, while macroscopical parameters of both the hypothermia and PTX+ICE groups were not different compared with the TD group. The results revealed that PTX, as an antioxidant component, was protective against testicular torsion, while hypothermia and hypothermia plus PTX did not exhibit this property, which may have been due to the duration of hypothermia (4 hr) or reperfusion period.
- Subjects
TESTIS injuries; PENTOXIFYLLINE; SPERMATIC cord torsion; HYPOTHERMIA; LABORATORY rats
- Publication
Andrologia, 2021, Vol 53, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
0303-4569
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/and.14143