General Information of the Disease (ID: DIS00155)
Name
Male reproductive disorders
ICD
ICD-11: VV5Z
Full List of Target(s) of This Ferroptosis-centered Disease
Unspecific Target
In total 1 item(s) under this target
Experiment 1 Reporting the Ferroptosis-centered Disease Response by This Target [1]
Responsed Disease Male reproductive toxicity [ICD-11: VV5Z]
Responsed Drug Sodium arsenite Investigative
Pathway Response Fatty acid metabolism hsa01212
Ferroptosis hsa04216
Cell Process Cell ferroptosis
In Vitro Model GC-2spd(ts) cells Normal Mus musculus CVCL_6633
In Vivo Model
Specific pathogen free C57BL/6J male mice, aged 7 weeks old, weighted 20-24 g, were provided by Experimental Animal Center of Chongqing Medical University. The animals were adaptive feeding for a week, then randomly divided into four groups: control group, 0.5 mg/L arsenite group, 5 mg/L arsenite group and 50 mg/L arsenite group (n = 8). After exposure of arsenite via drinking water for 6 months, the animals were anesthetized, and the bilateral testicles were immediately separated on ice, weighted and calculated to get viscera coefficient.

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Response regulation Sodium arsenite induced oxidative stress and consequently leading to testicular cell death by ferroptosis. These findings demonstrate a potential beneficial role of supplementation of ferroptosis inhibitors for prevention or treatment of arsenite-related male reproductive toxicity.
References
Ref 1 Arsenite induces testicular oxidative stress in vivo and in vitro leading to ferroptosis. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2020 May;194:110360. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110360. Epub 2020 Mar 6.