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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 46, 1114-1118, Copyright © 1992 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Impaired detoxification of reactive oxygen and consequent oxidative stress in experimentally cryptorchid rat testis

M Ahotupa and I Huhtaniemi
Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Finland.

The effect of experimental cryptorchidism on the level of oxidative stress and antioxidant functions in rat testis was studied. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were rendered unilaterally cryptorchid (by suturing one testis to the abdominal wall) and killed 1, 3, or 7 days after the operation. As an indicator of oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation was measured by the diene conjugation method in testis homogenates. The activities of the antioxidant enzymes were determined either in the 10,000 x g supernatant fraction (glutathione [GSH] peroxidase, GSH transferase, hexose monophosphate shunt) or in crude testis homogenates (superoxide dismutase, catalase). An expected reduction (48%) in weight of the abdominal testes was evident by postoperative Day 7. The catalytic activities per testis of superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn form) and catalase were found to decrease in cryptorchidism. The effect was seen on the first postoperative day and was most profound on Day 7 after surgery. The principal antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase, was most sensitive to cryptorchidism, the activity in the abdominal testes being 74% or 85% (per gram of tissue or per whole testis, respectively; p less than 0.01). After impairment of the reactive oxygen detoxifying capacity, lipid peroxidation was increased in the abdominal testis by 46% (p less than 0.01) on postoperative Day 7. Slight concomitant increases were detected in the activities of GSH- peroxidase (p less than 0.01), GSH-transferase (p less than 0.001), and the hexose monophosphate shunt (p less than 0.001). This effect was seen only when calculated per gram of tissue, not per whole testis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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