論文

査読有り 国際誌
2018年9月3日

Gosha-Jinki-Gan Recovers Spermatogenesis in Mice with Busulfan-Induced Aspermatogenesis.

International journal of molecular sciences
  • Ning Qu
  • Miyuki Kuramasu
  • Yoshie Hirayanagi
  • Kenta Nagahori
  • Shogo Hayashi
  • Yuki Ogawa
  • Hayato Terayama
  • Kaori Suyama
  • Munekazu Naito
  • Kou Sakabe
  • Masahiro Itoh
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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3390/ijms19092606

Busulfan is an anti-cancer chemotherapeutic drug and is often used as conditioning regimens prior to bone marrow transplant for treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia. Male infertility, including spermatogenesis disturbance, is known to be one of the side effects of anticancer drugs. While hormone preparations and vitamin preparations are used for spermatogenesis disturbance, their therapeutic effects are low. Some traditional herbal medicines have been administered to improve spermatogenesis. In the present study, we administered Gosha-jinki-gan (TJ107; Tsumura Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) to mice suffering from severe aspermatogenesis after busulfan treatment to determine whether TJ107 can recover spermatogenesis. Male 4-week-old C57BL/6J mice were administered a single intraperitoneal injection of busulfan, and they were then fed a normal diet for 60 days and then a TJ107 diet or TJ107-free normal diet for another 60 days. After busulfan treatment, the weight of the testes and the epididymal sperm count progressively decreased in the normal diet group. On the other hand, in the TJ107 group, these variables dramatically recovered at 120 days. These results suggest that busulfan-induced aspermatogenesis is irreversible if appropriate treatment is not administered. Supplementation of TJ107 can completely recover the injured seminiferous epithelium via normalization of the macrophage migration and reduction of the expressions of Tool-like receptor (TLR) 2 and TLR4, suggesting that TJ107 has a therapeutic effect on busulfan-induced aspermatogenesis.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092606
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30177609
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6165450
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3390/ijms19092606
  • PubMed ID : 30177609
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC6165450

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