Afsaneh Qadiri - Department of physiology, Faculty of medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.|Student research committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Fariba Mirzaei Bavil - Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Gholamreza Hamidian - Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
Zohreh Zavvari Oskuye - Department of physiology, Faculty of medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Objective: The glucose-reducing effects of troxerutin was previously proven. This study was conducted to evaluate troxerutin effect on testicular structure and spermatozoid parameters in type-1 diabetic adult male rats. Materials and Methods: Fifty male Wistar rats were randomly classified into 5 groups as follows: control (C), troxerutin (T), diabetic (DM), troxerutin-treated DM (DT) and insulin-treated DM (DI). Testicular structure, apoptosis, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant activity, and spermatozoid parameters were assessed 4 weeks after initiation of the interventions. Results: The results revealed that diabetes caused testicular stereological changes and significantly increased blood glucose level, testicular MDA content and apoptosis but decreased insulin level, testicular GPX activity, and sperm parameters compared to controls (p Conclusion: Taken together, troxerutin, comparable to insulin, effectively improved DM-induced testicular dysfunction and sperm parameters in diabetic rats and these effects might be mediated through troxerutin’s anti-apoptotic effects.

Diabetes, Troxerutin, Testis, Apoposis, Stress oxidative, Rat