188
Views
8
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Articles

Fluoride induced testicular toxicities in adult Wistar rats

ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon
Pages 383-392 | Received 03 Jan 2021, Accepted 12 Feb 2021, Published online: 28 Feb 2021

References

  • Alvarez JG, Storey BT. 1995. Differential incorporation of fatty acids into and peroxidative loss of fatty acids from phospholipids of human spermatozoa. Mol Reprod Dev. 42(3):334–346.
  • Anne MJ. 2000. Male infertility. A guide for clinician. London: Blackwell Science Ltd.
  • Bedwal RS, Bahuguna A. 1994. Zinc, copper and selenium in reproduction. Experientia. 50(7):626–640.
  • Beers RF, Sizer IW. 1952. A spectrophotometric method for measuring the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide by catalase. J Biol Chem. 195(1):133–140.
  • Biswas S, Kumar Mukhopadhyay P. 2020. Casein- and pea-enriched high-protein diet can take care of the reprotoxic effects of arsenic in male rats. Andrologia. 52(5):e13560.
  • Boyland E, Chasseaud LF. 1969. The role of glutathione and glutathione S-transferases in mercapturic acid biosynthesis. Adv Enzymol Relat Areas Mol Biol. 32:173–219.
  • Cao J, Chen Y, Chen J, Yan H, Li M, Wang J. 2016. Fluoride exposure changed the structure and the expressions of Y chromosome related genes in testes of mice. Chemosphere. 161:292–299.
  • Chaithra B, Sarjan HN. Shivabasavaiah 2020. A comparative analysis of fluoride-contaminated groundwater and sodium fluoride-induced reproductive toxicity and its reversibility in male rats. Biol Trace Elem Res. 197(2):507–521.
  • Chinoy NF, Narayana MV, Dalal V, Rawat M, Patel D. 1995. Amelioration of fluoride toxicity in some accessory reproductive glands and spermatozoa of rat. Fluoride. 28:75–86.
  • Chinoy NJ, Sequeira E. 1989. Effects of fluoride on the histoarchitecture of reproductive organs of the male mouse. Reprod Toxicol. 3(4):261–267.
  • Chinoy NJ, Shukla S, Walimbe AS, Bhattacharya S. 1997. Fluoride toxicity on rat testis and cauda epididymal tissue components and its reversal. Fluoride. 30:41–50.
  • Compton MM. 1992. A biochemical hallmark of apoptosis: Internucleosomal degradation of the genome. Cancer Metastasis Rev. 11(2):105–119.
  • Das SS, Maiti R, Ghosh D. 2006. Management of fluoride induced testicular disorders by calcium and Vitamin-E co-administration in the albino rat. Reprod Toxicol. 22(4):606–612.
  • De Lamirande E, Gagnon C. 1995. Impact of reactive oxygen species on spermatozoa: a balancing act between beneficial and detrimental effects. Hum Reprod. 10:15–21.
  • Dong C, Cao J, Cao C, Han Y, Wu S, Wang S, Wang J. 2016. Effects of fluoride and aluminum on expressions of StAR and P450scc of related steroidogenesis in guinea pigs' testis. Chemosphere. 147:345–351.
  • Doull J, Boekelheide K, Isaacson RL, Klotz JB, Kumar JV, Limeback H, Poole C, Puzas JE, Reed NMR, Thiessen KM. 2006. Fluoride in drinking water: a scientific review of EPA’s standards. Washington (DC): National Academies Press.
  • Elbetieha A, Darmani H, Al-Hiyasat AS. 2000. Fertility effects of sodium fluoride in male mice. Fluoride. 33(3):128–134.
  • Feng D, Huang H, Yang Y, Yan T, Jin Y, Cheng X, Cui L. 2015. Ameliorative effects of N-acetylcysteine on fluoride-induced oxidative stress and DNA damage in male rats' testis. Mutat Res Genet Toxicol Environ Mutagen. 792:35–45.
  • Flores-Méndez M, Ramírez D, Alamillo N, Hernández-Kelly LC, Del Razo LM, Ortega A. 2014. Fluoride exposure regulates the elongation phase of protein synthesis in cultured Bergmann glia cells. Toxicol Lett. 229(1):126–133.
  • Ghosh D, Das S, Maiti R, Jana D, Das UB. 2002. Testicular toxicity in sodium fluoride treated rats: association with oxidative stress. Reprod Toxicol. 16(4):385–390.
  • Gupta R, Khan T, Agrawal D, Kachhawa J. 2007. The toxic effects of sodium fluoride on the reproductive system of male rats. Toxicol Ind Health. 23(9):507–513.
  • Hales DB, Diemer T, Hales KH. 1999. Role of cytokines in testicular function. Endocrine. 10(3):201–217.
  • Han H, Sun Z, Luo G, Wang C, Wei R, Wang J. 2015. Fluoride exposure changed the structure and the expressions of reproductive related genes in the hypothalamus-pituitary-testicular axis of male mice. Chemosphere. 135:297–303.
  • Hunt S, Mittwoch U. 1984. Effects of gossypol on sperm counts in two inbred strains of mice. J Reprod Fertil. 70(1):341–345.
  • Huo M, Han H, Sun Z, Lu Z, Yao X, Wang S, Wang J. 2016. Role of IL-17 pathways in immune privilege: a RNA deep sequencing analysis of the mice testis exposure to fluoride. Sci Rep. 6:32173.
  • Inkielewicz I, Krechniak J. 2004. Fluoride effects on glutathione peroxidase and lipid peroxidation in rats. Fluoride. 37(1):7–12.
  • Jana K, Jana S, Samanta PK. 2006. Effects of chronic exposure to sodium arsenite on hypothalamo-pituitary-testicular activities in adult rats: possible an estrogenic mode of action. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 4:9.
  • Jeyendran RS, Van der Ven HH, Zaneveld LJ. 1992. The hypoosmotic swelling test: an update. Arch Androl. 29(2):105–116.
  • Kaur P, Bansal MP. 2004. Effect of experimental oxidative stress on steroidogenesis and DNA damage in mouse testis. J Biomed Sci. 11(3):391–397.
  • Kumar A, Susheela AK. 1995. Effects of chronic fluoride toxicity on the morphology of ductus epididymis and the maturation of spermatozoa of rabbit. Int J Exp Pathol. 76(1):1–11.
  • Levine RL, Williams JA, Stadtman EP, Shacter E. 1994. Carbonyl assays for determination of oxidatively modified proteins. Methods Enzymol. 233(C):346–357.
  • Liu G, Chai C, Cui L. 2003. Fluoride causing abnormally elevated serum nitric oxide levels in chicks. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 13(3):199–204.
  • Lu L, Ying Zhang He-Feng G, Kai-Qiang Zhang Lin M, Rui-Bo C, Si-Yu Z. 2014. The effect of fluoride on the metabolism of teeth and bone in rats. Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue. 23(2):129–132.
  • Malymy M, Horecker BL. 1966. Alkaline phosphatase. Cambridge (MA): Academic Press.
  • Manivannan J, Sinha S, Ghosh M, Mukherjee A. 2013. Evaluation of multi-endpoint assay to detect genotoxicity and oxidative stress in mice exposed to sodium fluoride. Mutat Res. 751(1):59–65.
  • Martin JP, Dailey M, Sugarman E. 1987. Negative and positive assays of superoxide dismutase based on hematoxylin autoxidation. Arch Biochem Biophys. 255(2):329–336.
  • Michael M, Barot VV, Chinoy NJ. 1996. Investigations of soft tissue functions in fluorotic individuals of North Gujarat. Fluoride. 29:63–71.
  • Moussa TA, Abdel-Hafez MM. 1983. Alkaline phosphatase of the Guinea Pig testis in experimental conditions. Egypt J Histol. 6(1):80–93.
  • Neelam K, Suhasini RV, Sudhakar RY. 1987. Incidence of prevalence of infertility among married male members of endemic fluorosis district of Andhra Pradesh (abstract). In: Proceedings of a conference of the International society of fluoride research Nyon, Switzerland. p. 30.
  • Ohkawa H, Ohishi N, Yagi K. 1979. Assay for lipid peroxides in animal tissues by thiobarbituric acid reaction. Anal Biochem. 95(2):351–358.
  • Paglia DE, Valentine WN. 1967. Studies on the quantitative and qualitative characterization of erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase. J Lab C Med. 70:158–169.
  • Parihar S, Choudhary A, Gaur S. 2013. Toxicity of fluoride in liver of Albino rat and Mitigation after adopting artificial (Vitamin C and D) and natural (Aloe vera) food supplementations. Int J Adv Res Technol. 2(2):1–11.
  • Pushpalatha T, Srinivas M, Sreenivasula Reddy P. 2005. Exposure to high fluoride concentration in drinking water will affect spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis in male albino rats. Biometals. 18(3):207–212.
  • Rahman MF, Siddiqui MKJ, Jamil K. 2000. Acid and alkaline phosphatase activities in a novel phosphorothionate (RPR-11) treated male and female rats. Evidence of dose and time-dependent response. Drug Chem Toxicol. 23(3):497–509.
  • Reham Z, Hamza Nahla S, El-Shenawy Hayat AA. 2015. Protective effects of blackberry and quercetin on sodium fluoride-induced oxidative stress and histological changes in the hepatic, renal, testis and brain tissue of male rat. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol. 26(3):237–251.
  • Sikka SC. 1996. Oxidative stress and role of antioxidants in normal and abnormal sperm function. Front Biosci. 1(5):e78–86.
  • Skare JA, Schrotel KR, Nixon GA. 1986. Lack of DNA-strand breaks in rat testicular cells after in vivo treatment with sodium fluoride. Mutat Res Toxicol. 170(1–2):85–92.
  • Song GH, Huang FB, Gao JP, Liu ML, Pang WB, Li W, Bin Yan XY, Huo MJ, Yang X. 2015. Effects of fluoride on DNA damage and caspase-mediated apoptosis in the liver of rats. Biol Trace Elem Res. 166(2):173–182.
  • Spittle B. 2009. Halting the inertia of indifference: fluoride and fertility revisited. Fluoride. 42(3):159–161.
  • Sprando RL, Collins TFX, Black T, Olejnik N, Rorie J. 1998. Testing the potential of sodium fluoride to affect spermatogenesis: a morphometric study. Food Chem Toxicol. 36(12):1117–1124.
  • Susheela AK. 2006. Treatise on fluorosis. 3rd ed. Delhi, India: Fluorosis Research and Rural Development Foundation.
  • Susheela AK, Kumar A. 1991. A study of the effect of high concentrations of fluoride on the reproductive organs of male rabbits, using light and scanning electron microscopy. J Reprod Fertil. 92(2):353–360.
  • Thangapandiyan S, Miltonprabu S. 2015. Epigallocatechin gallate exacerbates fluoride-induced oxidative stress mediated testicular toxicity in rats through the activation of Nrf2 signaling pathway. Asian Pacific J Reprod. 4(4):272–287.
  • Tokar VI, Savchenko ON. 1977. The influence of inorganic fluorine compounds on functional condition of the hypophysistestes system. Probl Endokrinol. 23:104–107.
  • Upreti GC, Payne SR, Duganzich DM, Oliver JE, Smith JF. 1996. Enzyme leakage during cryopreservation of ram spermatozoa. Anim Reprod Sci. 41(1):27–36.
  • Vanha-Perttula T, Nikkanen V. 1973. Acid phosphatases of the rat testis in experimental conditions. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh)). 72(2):376–390.
  • WHO. 1999. WHO laboratory manual for the examination of human semen and semen–cervical mucus interaction. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Wyllie AH, Kerr JFR, Currie AR. 1980. Cell death: the significance of apoptosis. Int Rev Cytol. 68:251–306.
  • Xu W, Li Y, Wu Q, Wang S, Zheng H, Liu W. 2009. Effects of phenanthrene on hepatic enzymatic activities in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus ♀ × O. aureus ♂). J Environ Sci. 21(6):854–857.
  • Yan L, Yue D, Luo H, Jin X, Xu X. 2010. Effect of vitamin E supplementation on the enzymatic activity of selected markers in Aohan fine-wool sheep testis. Anim Reprod Sci. 122(3–4):264–269.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.