Effect of Erythropoietin on Unilateral Testicular Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury After Torsion/Detorsion in Rats | ||||
| Bulletin of Egyptian Society for Physiological Sciences | ||||
| Article 14, Volume 34, Issue 2, December 2014, Page 345-356 PDF (1.29 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/besps.2014.34827 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Nahid Tahoon  ; Risk Elkholy; Sahar Elsawy; Eman Basha
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| Department of Physiology. Faculty of medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, El Gharbia, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Testicular torsion is a medical emergency that requires urgent surgical intervention. Aim: To study the effect of erythropoietin (EPO) on unilateral testicular ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in rats.Methods: 32 adult male wistar rats were divided into 4 equal groups; sham-operated group, 2 hours torsion group, untreated torsion/detorsion (T/D) group and EPO-treated T/D group. In all groups testicular malondialdehyde (MDA), catalase activity, nitrite/ nitrate and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) were measured in testicular tissue. Free testosterone was measured in serum. Caspase-3 was examined by immunohistochemistry. Histopathological examination of testicular tissue was also done for all groups.Results: At the end of the experimental period, the 2 hours torsion and untreated T/D groups showed significant increases in testicular MDA, nitrite/ nitrate and TNF-α and significant reduction of testicular catalase activity and serum free testosterone. These biochemical results were significantly reversed in EPO-treated T/D group. These results were corroborated by immunohistochemistry of caspase-3 and histopathological results of testicular tissue in all groups. Conclusion: From these results, it is concluded that, EPO plays an important beneficial role in I/R injury of testis due to its antioxidant, antiinflammatory, antiapoptotic and angiogenic properties and can be used as a novel therapeutic approach in conjunction with surgical repair to decrease the rate of surgical resection of torted testis. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| erythropoietin; ischemia / reperfusion; torsion/ detorsion; testis | ||||
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