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KMID : 1034820160120020149
Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
2016 Volume.12 No. 2 p.149 ~ p.158
Testicular antioxidant mechanism of cultivated wild ginseng extracts
Ok Seon

Kang Jae-Seon
Kim Kang-Min
Abstract
Recent studies have reported the relationship between reduced sperm counts and male infertility. The effects of cultivated wild ginseng extracts, which include ginsenosides, on cellular antioxidant activities were studied in testicular cells and animal models. In a study of rats, the weight of testis-right (15.38%, P<0.05) and testis-left (16.98%, P<0.05) in group D (cultivated wild ginseng extracts with bisphenol A) increased in comparison with group A (only bisphenol A). Reactive oxygen species of TM3 Leydig and TM4 Sertoli cells treated with bisphenol A significantly increased, by 36-41%, compared to the controls. Cultivated wild ginseng extracts at 10 and 25 ¥ìg/mL significantly increased the expression of catalase in TM3 cells, and catalase, superoxide dismutase 1, and glutathione peroxidase enzymes in TM4 cells. The induction of expression of catalase and superoxide dismutase 1 by cultivated wild ginseng extracts in rats occurs via the ERK and p38 pathways. Cultivated wild ginseng extracts also ameliorated the histopathological changes induced by bisphenol A in the testis.
KEYWORD
Cultivated wild ginseng extract, Antioxidant, Bisphenol A, Testicular toxicity
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