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査読有り
2019年12月11日

The effectiveness of traditional Japanese medicine Goshajinkigan in irradiation-induced aspermatogenesis in mice

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • Kumpei Takahashi
  • Kenta Nagahori
  • Ning Qu
  • Miyuki Kuramasu
  • Yoshie Hirayanagi
  • Shogo Hayashi
  • Yuki Ogawa
  • Naoyuki Hatayama
  • Hayato Terayama
  • Kaori Suyama
  • Shuichi Hirai
  • Kou Sakabe
  • Masahiro Itoh
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研究論文(学術雑誌)
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10.1186/s12906-019-2786-z

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: Infertility and gonadal dysfunction are well known side-effects by cancer treatment in males. In particularly, chemotherapy and radiotherapy induced testicular damage, resulting in prolonged azoospermia. However, information regarding therapeutics to treat spermatogenesis disturbance after cancer treatment is scarce. Recently, we demonstrated that Goshajinkigan, a traditional Japanese medicine, can completely rescue severe busulfan-induced aspermatogenesis in mice. In this study, we aimed to detect the effects of Goshajinkigan on aspermatogenesis after irradiation. Methods: This is animal research about the effects of traditional Japanese medicine on infertility after cancer treatment. C57BL/6 J male mice received total body irradiation (TBI: a single dose of 6Gy) at 4 weeks of age and after 60 days were reared a Goshajinkigan (TJ107)-containing or TJ107-free control diet from day 60 to day 120. Then, two untreated females were mated with a single male from each experimental group. On day 60, 120 and 150, respectively, the sets of testes and epididymis of the mice in each group after deep anesthetization were removed for histological and cytological examinations. Results: Histological and histopathological data showed that 6Gy TBI treatment decreased the fertility rate (4/10) in the control diet group; in contrast, in the TJ107-diet group, the fertility rate was 10/10 (p < 0.05 vs. 6Gy group). Supplementation with TJ107 was found to rescue the disrupted inter-Sertoli tight junctions via the normalization of claudin11, occludin, and ZO-1 expression and reduce serum anti-germ cell autoantibodies. Conclusions: These findings show the therapeutic effect on TBI-induced aspermatogenesis and the recovering disrupted gonadal functions by supplementation with TJ107.

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-019-2786-z
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31829240
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  • DOI : 10.1186/s12906-019-2786-z
  • eISSN : 1472-6882
  • PubMed ID : 31829240
  • SCOPUS ID : 85076372135

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