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Quercetin protects embryonic chicken spermatogonial cells from oxidative damage intoxicated with 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol in primary culture

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Title: Quercetin protects embryonic chicken spermatogonial cells from oxidative damage intoxicated with 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol in primary culture
Authors: Mi, Yuling1,2, Zhang, Caiqiao2 cqzhang@zju.edu.cn, Li, ChunMei3,4, Taneda, Shinji3, Watanabe, Gen1,5, Suzuki, Akira K.3, Taya, Kazuyoshi1,5
Source: Toxicology Letters. Oct2009, Vol. 190 Issue 1, p61-65. 5p.
Subject Terms: *Air pollution, *Diesel motor exhaust gas, Quercetin, Chickens, Spermatogenesis, Oxidative stress, Nitrophenols, Antioxidants, Cytoplasm, Superoxide dismutase, Therapeutics
Abstract: Abstract: Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) are considered to be one of the most important air pollutants. In this study, the protective effect of quercetin, an antioxidant flavonoid, on oxidative damage of testicular cells was studied by analysis of the intracellular antioxidant system of embryonic chickens after treatment with 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol (PNMC) derived from DEP. Testicular cells from 18-day-old embryos were cultured in serum-free McCoys’5A medium and challenged with PNMC (10−7 to 10−5 M) alone or in combinations with quercetin (1.0μg/ml) for 48h. Results showed that exposure to PNMC (10−5 M) induced condensed nuclei and vacuolated cytoplasm, a decrease in testicular cell viability and spermatogonial cell number. Exposure to PNMC induced lipid peroxidation by an elevation of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances as well as decreasing glutathione peroxidation activity and superoxide dismutase activity. However, simultaneous supplementation with quercetin restored these parameters to the similar levels as the control. PNMC is therefore concluded to have induced the oxidative stress of the spermatogonial cells, which can be attenuated by combined quercetin treatment. Our results support the therapeutic use of quercetin in the prevention or treatment of the reproductive toxicity by environmental toxicant PNMC. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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Abstract:Abstract: Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) are considered to be one of the most important air pollutants. In this study, the protective effect of quercetin, an antioxidant flavonoid, on oxidative damage of testicular cells was studied by analysis of the intracellular antioxidant system of embryonic chickens after treatment with 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol (PNMC) derived from DEP. Testicular cells from 18-day-old embryos were cultured in serum-free McCoys’5A medium and challenged with PNMC (10−7 to 10−5 M) alone or in combinations with quercetin (1.0μg/ml) for 48h. Results showed that exposure to PNMC (10−5 M) induced condensed nuclei and vacuolated cytoplasm, a decrease in testicular cell viability and spermatogonial cell number. Exposure to PNMC induced lipid peroxidation by an elevation of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances as well as decreasing glutathione peroxidation activity and superoxide dismutase activity. However, simultaneous supplementation with quercetin restored these parameters to the similar levels as the control. PNMC is therefore concluded to have induced the oxidative stress of the spermatogonial cells, which can be attenuated by combined quercetin treatment. Our results support the therapeutic use of quercetin in the prevention or treatment of the reproductive toxicity by environmental toxicant PNMC. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
ISSN:03784274
DOI:10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.07.002