Effects of Lupeol On Experimental Testicular Ischemia/Reperfusion Damage in Rats

Abstract

Objective Infertility and organ loss are possible outcomes of testicular torsion, a urological emergency. We sought to demonstrate the impact of lupeol on testicular ischemia reperfusion damage in this investigation.Methods 30 adult male Spraque Dawley rats were randomized and divided as Control(C), Lupeol(L), Ischemia(I), Treatment 1(T1) and Treatment 2(T2) groups. In the study groups, detorsion was applied to the left testicles by creating 720 degree testicular torsion for 2 hours. While 100 mg/kg Lupeol was injected intraperitoneally in the T1 and T2 groups 30 min. before and immediately after testicular detorsion. At the sixth hour, samples of blood and testicular tissue were obtained from every rat. Measurements were taken of serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) tissue glutathione (GSH), malondialdehyde (MDA), and caspase 3. Histopathological analysis was used to evaluate the Johnsen Tubular Biopsy Score (JTBS).Results It was observed that Caspase 3, MDA, IL-6 and TNF-ɑ values, which increased in Group I compared to the Group C, decreased more significantly in both treatment groups and especially in the GroupT1 group (p = 0.001, only p = 0.768 for TNF-ɑ). GSH levels was decreased in Group I, increased more significantly in both treatment groups and especially in the GroupT1 group. JTBS improvement was observed in both treatment groups (p = 0.001).Conclusion In this study, where Lupeol was used for the first time in an experimental testicular torsion model, its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects, as well as its histopathological damage-reducing and protective effects, were demonstrated.