Journal
REDOX BIOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue -, Pages 609-617Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2017.11.007
Keywords
Resveratrol; Type 1 diabetes; Testis; Apoptosis; Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2; Ketch-like ECH-associated protein 1; p62
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Funding
- National Science Foundation of China [81300724, 81670221, 81672275]
- Jilin Science and Technology Development Program [20170520005JH, 20160101091, 20150414039GH]
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Infertility is a common complication in diabetic men, mainly due to the loss of germ cells by apoptotic cell death. However, effective and safe approaches to prevent diabetic induction of testicular apoptosis for diabetic patients have not been available. Resveratrol (RSV), a group of compounds called polyphenols from plants, has been indicated its promising used clinically for cancers and cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, the present study aimed determining whether RSV attenuates type 1 diabetes (T1D)-induced testicular apoptotic cell death in a mouse model. We found that testicular apoptosis and oxidative stress levels were significantly higher in T1D mice than control mice. In addition, the phosphorylation level of metabolism-related Akt and GSK-3 beta was downregulated and Akt negative regulators PTEN, PTP1B and TRB3 were upregulated in the T1D group. These effects were partially prevented by RSV treatment. Nrf2 and its downstream genes, such as NQO-1, HO-1, SOD, catalase and metallothionein were significantly upregulated by RSV treatment. In addition, RSV-induced Nrf2 activation was found due to Keapl degradation, mainly reliant on p62 that functions as an adaptor protein during autophagy. These results indicate that the attenuation of T1D-induced testicular oxidative stress and apoptosis by RSV treatment was mainly related to Akt-mediated Nrf2 activation via p62-dependent Keapl degradation.
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