Comparison of Intraperitoneal and Intratesticular GYY4137 Therapy for the Treatment of Testicular Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Rats

Abstract

The efficacy of intraperitoneal GYY4137 therapy and intratesticular GYY4137 therapy in an experimental rat model was investigated. Four groups were set up as the sham-operation group, torsion/detorsion (T/D) group, T/D plus intraperitoneal GYY4137 (G-IP) group, and T/D plus intratesticular GYY4137 (G-IT) group. In order to establish a testicular T/D model, the left testis was operated and the rotation reached 720° clockwise which lasted 1 h before reperfusion. The G-IP group accepted 100 µmol/kg of GYY4137 intraperitoneally 30 min after testicular rotation, while the G-IT group was treated with the same dose by intratesticular injection. Six h after detorsion, the testis was collected and subsequently assessed. The T/D group showed significant changes in histology and an enhancement in the level of oxidative stress and apoptosis compared to the sham-operation group. The expression of Caspase-3 and Bax turned out to be strengthened by T/ D and relatively decreased with GYY4137 treatment in both the G-IP and G-IT groups. Moreover, the Bcl-2 expression was inhibited in the T/D group, and promoted by GYY4137 in the G-IP and G-IT groups. GYY4137, moderating these observed changes, displayed a more protective effect with G-IT therapy than G-IP therapy.This study indicated that the efficacy of intratesticular therapy with GYY4137 is better than that of intraperitoneal therapy, which may provide a more valuable approach for testicular torsion therapy.

Keywords

testicular torsion / GYY4137 / apoptosis / oxidative stress / intratesticular therapy

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