Metformin Ameliorates Testicular Function and Spermatogenesis in Male Mice with High-Fat and High-Cholesterol Diet-Induced Obesity

Liu, Chin-Yu; Chang, Ting-Chia; Lin, Shyh-Hsiang; Wu, Sheng-Tang; Cha, Tai-Lung; Tsao, Chih-Wei

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Metformin Ameliorates Testicular Function and Spermatogenesis in Male Mice with High-Fat and High-Cholesterol Diet-Induced Obesity

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Department of Nutritional Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei 242, Taiwan

School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan

Master of Program of Food Safety, College of Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan

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Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan

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Nutrients 2020, 12(7), 1932; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12071932

Received: 12 June 2020 / Revised: 25 June 2020 / Accepted: 25 June 2020 / Published: 29 June 2020

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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of metformin supplementation on metabolic dysfunction, testicular antioxidant capacity, apoptosis, inflammation and spermatogenesis in male mice with high-fat and high-cholesterol diet-induced obesity. Forty male C57BL/6 mice were fed a normal diet (NC group, n = 10) or a high-fat and high-cholesterol diet (HFC group, n = 30) for 24 weeks, and mice randomly chosen from the HFC group were later treated with metformin for the final 8 weeks of HFC feeding (HFC + Met group, n = 15). Compared with the HFC group, the obese mice supplemented with metformin exhibited improved blood cholesterol, glucose and insulin resistance. The HFC group diminishes in the sperm motility and normal sperm morphology, while the poorer maturity of testicular spermatogenesis was improved by metformin treatment. The HFC group exhibited a higher estradiol level and a lower 17β-HSD protein expression. Further analyses showed that metformin treatment increased the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase and reduced lipid peroxidation. Nevertheless, both the HFC and HFC + Met groups exhibited increased expressions of apoptosis and inflammation proteins in the testis. Metformin treatment ameliorated obesity-induced poor testicular spermatogenesis and semen quality through increasing the testosterone level and antioxidant capacity. View Full-Text

Keywords: high-fat and high-cholesterol diet; obesity; male infertility; metformin; spermatogenesis

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Liu, C.-Y.; Chang, T.-C.; Lin, S.-H.; Wu, S.-T.; Cha, T.-L.; Tsao, C.-W. Metformin Ameliorates Testicular Function and Spermatogenesis in Male Mice with High-Fat and High-Cholesterol Diet-Induced Obesity. Nutrients 2020, 12, 1932. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12071932

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Liu C-Y, Chang T-C, Lin S-H, Wu S-T, Cha T-L, Tsao C-W. Metformin Ameliorates Testicular Function and Spermatogenesis in Male Mice with High-Fat and High-Cholesterol Diet-Induced Obesity. Nutrients. 2020; 12(7):1932. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12071932

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Liu, Chin-Yu, Ting-Chia Chang, Shyh-Hsiang Lin, Sheng-Tang Wu, Tai-Lung Cha, and Chih-Wei Tsao. 2020. "Metformin Ameliorates Testicular Function and Spermatogenesis in Male Mice with High-Fat and High-Cholesterol Diet-Induced Obesity" Nutrients 12, no. 7: 1932. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12071932

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