Protective effects of modafinil administration on testicular torsion/detorsion damage in rats.
Exp Mol Pathol
; 111: 104305, 2019 12.
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| ID: mdl-31491367
Testicular torsion is a pathological condition which leads to sever scrotal pain and ischemia. After surgical reperfusion, oxidative stress factors cause to germ cell apoptosis. Thus, adjuvant therapy to surgery should be useful to decrease of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury of testis. Modafinil, a drug to treat sleepiness, has been indicated to have anti-inflammatory effects. The aim was to evaluate the efficiency of modafinil administration after reperfusion surgery in a rat model of testicular torsion/detorsion (T/D). Male wistar rats were divided into three groups and each group contained 10 animals. To induce torsion right testis was rotated 720° clockwise and was left for 1â¯h. Modafinil group received modafinil (10â¯mg/kg) once daily intraperitoneally for 7â¯days after the surgery and the control group received physiologic saline once daily intraperitoneally for 7â¯days after the surgery. Thereafter, MDA, IL-1ß and TNF-α levels and histopathological changes were investigated. MDA, IL-1ß and TNF-α levels significantly increased in T/D group compared to the control group (ââPâ¯<â¯.01 and âââPâ¯<â¯.001, respectively). Moreover, modafinil administration significantly reduced these values compared to T/D group (#Pâ¯<â¯.05 and ##Pâ¯<â¯.01, respectively). Histopathological changes such as degeneration in germinal cells were detected in testis T/D group of rats whereas modafinil administration prevented degeneration in germinal cells, edema and hemorrhage compared with T/D group. In conclusion, administration of modafinil after reperfusion surgery had protective role on testicular torsion in rat and reduced ischemia/reperfusion cellular injury via anti-inflammatory and decrease of oxidative stress.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Torsión del Cordón Espermático
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Testículo
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Daño por Reperfusión
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Sustancias Protectoras
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Modafinilo
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Estimulantes del Sistema Nervioso Central
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Exp Mol Pathol
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Irán
Pais de publicación:
Países Bajos