ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (8): 1363-1368.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2014.08.023

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Effects of Lycium Barbarum Polysaccharides on the Expression of Bax and Bcl-2 in Hamster Testicular Tissue Treated by Diethylstilbestrol

ZHANG Cai-li,LIU Yu-jiao,ZHAO Xing-hua,MA Ai-tuan*   

  1. (College of Veterinary Medicine,Agriculture University of Hebei,Baoding 071001,China)
  • Received:2014-01-13 Online:2014-08-23 Published:2014-08-23

Abstract:

The current study was undertaken to study the protective effects of lycium barbarum polysaccharides (LBP) on the expression of Bax and Bcl-2 in hamster testicular tissue treated by diethylstilbestrol.Sixty-six adult male hamsters were randomly divided into the control group (A),DES group (B),1,10,50 mg•kg-1 LBP group (C,D,E) and VC+VE group (F).Except the control group,the other 5 groups were subcutaneous injected with DES for 7 consecutive days,while the control group was injected equivalent amount of olive.Meanwhile hamsters in C,D,and E groups were gavaged 1,10,50 mg•kg-1 LBP respectively,and the group of F were gavaged 100 mg•kg-1 VC+200 IU•kg-1 VE,while the groups of A and B were given equivalent amount of normal saline.After 24 hours of the last treatment,the expressions of Bcl-2 and Bax in testicular tissue were tested through RT-PCR and Western blot.Results showed that DES dramatically decreased the expression of Bcl-2 (P<0.01),but the expression of Bax significantly increased.After treating with different dosage of LBP,the expression of Bcl-2 increased in a dose dependent manner,while the expression of Bax decreased,with 50 mg•kg-1 LBP being the best (P<0.01).There was no significant difference between vitamin group and 50 mg•kg-1 LBP group.These results indicated that regulating the expression of Bax and Bcl-2 may be one of the pathways that LBP alleviating the spermatogenic damage induced by DES on adult male hamster.

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