Uddandrao, V. V. Sathibabu and Eraniappan, Seshathri and Balakrishnan Ramajayam, Asokan and Singaravel, Sengottuvelu and Roy, Anitha and Parim, Brahma Naidu and Ponnusamy, Chandrasekaran and Ganapathy, Saravanan and Ponnusamy, Ponmurugan and Sasikumar, Vadivukkarasi (2024) Hydroxycitric acid and capsaicin combination alleviates obesity-induced testicular apoptosis, oxidative stress and inflammation. SYSTEMS BIOLOGY IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE, 70.0 (1). pp. 20-37. ISSN 1939-6368
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Recent research in rodents suggests that oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis in the testes caused by high-fat diets (HFD) are a cause of male infertility. To investigate the therapeutic efficacy of the combination of hydroxycitric acid and capsaicin (HCC) against male reproductive disorders, we developed an HFD-induced obese rat model. Rats received HFD supplementation for 21 weeks, which induced obesity. From week 16, HCC (100 mg/kg body weight) was administered to investigate its potential to treat testicular toxicity. According to the results of the current study, treatment of obese rats with HCC improved their sperm quality, increased the production of testosterone, follicle-stimulating hormone, and luteinizing hormone and significantly increased the activities of steroidogenic enzymes and corresponding mRNA levels. In addition, HCC decreased lipid peroxidation and nitric oxide levels in both spermatozoa and testes while increasing the expression of mRNA for the antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase in the testes, which in turn reduced oxidative stress in the testes. Moreover, after HCC treatment, testicular tissues showed a remarkable decrease in mRNA levels responsible for inflammation (TNF-alpha, IL-6, NF-kappa B) and apoptosis (Bax and Bcl-2). Our results suggest that HCC may alleviate obesity-induced male reproductive dysfunction by attenuating oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis in the testes of HFD-induced obese male rats.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Infertility, natural therapeutics, nutraceuticals, testicular toxicity, obesity |
| Subjects: | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology > Reproductive Biology Medicine > Andrology |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Aarupadai Veedu Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, India > Pharmacology Medicine > Aarupadai Veedu Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, India > Biochemistry |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email techsupport@mosys.org |
| Last Modified: | 06 Feb 2026 07:14 |
| URI: | https://ir.vmrfdu.edu.in/id/eprint/7332 |
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