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Lipid peroxidation activates mitogen-activated protein kinases in testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Journal of Urology 2006 October
PURPOSE: Testicular damage after torsion has been attributed to many mechanisms, of which one is lipid peroxidation of the plasma membrane, which could cause the activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase family. These proteins are of vital importance for signal transduction pathways and 2 of them, extracellular signal-regulated kinase and c-jun N-terminal kinase, participate in the pathogenesis of testicular ischemia. We investigated whether lipid peroxidation may trigger mitogen-activated protein kinase activation in testicular ischemia-reperfusion.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to 1-hour testicular ischemia, followed by 24 hours of reperfusion. Sham testicular ischemia-reperfusion rats served as controls. Animals were randomized to receive raxofelast, an inhibitor of lipid peroxidation (20 mg/kg intraperitoneally administered 15 minutes before detorsion and 15 minutes after detorsion) or vehicle (1 ml/kg 10% dimethyl sulfoxide/NaCl solution). A group of animals was sacrificed 0, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 minutes, and 1, 2 and 3 hours, respectively, after detorsion to evaluate testicular c-jun N-terminal kinase, extracellular signal-regulated kinase and tumor necrosis factor-alpha activation by Western blot analysis, and mRNA expression and conjugated dienes using a spectrophotometer technique. Another group was sacrificed 24 hours after detorsion to evaluate histological alterations.

RESULTS: Testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury caused a significant increase in the conjugated diene levels, extracellular signal-regulated kinase c-jun N-terminal kinase activity and tumor necrosis factor-alpha expression in both testes. Furthermore, histological examination revealed marked damage. Raxofelast inhibited these parameters and decreased histological damage.

CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that lipid peroxidation triggers extracellular signal-regulated kinase and c-jun N-terminal kinase activation. Furthermore, mitogen-activated protein kinase blockade might represent a potential therapeutic approach to treatment in patients with unilateral testicular torsion.

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