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Calabrese EJ, Agathokleous E, Dhawan G, Kapoor R, Dhawan V, Manes PK, Calabrese V. Nitric oxide and hormesis. Nitric Oxide 2023; 133:1-17. [PMID: 36764605 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2023.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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This present paper provides an assessment of the occurrence of nitric oxide (NO)-induced hormetic-biphasic dose/concentration relationships in biomedical research. A substantial reporting of such NO-induced hormetic effects was identified with particular focus on wound healing, tumor promotion, and sperm biology, including mechanistic assessment and potential for translational applications. Numerous other NO-induced hormetic effects have been reported, but require more development prior to translational applications. The extensive documentation of NO-induced biphasic responses, across numerous organs (e.g., bone, cardiovascular, immune, intestine, and neuronal) and cell types, suggests that NO-induced biological activities are substantially mediated via hormetic processes. These observations are particularly important because broad areas of NO biology are constrained by the quantitative features of the hormetic response. This determines the amplitude and width of the low dose stimulation, affecting numerous biomedical implications, study design features (e.g., number of doses, dose spacing, sample sizes, statistical power), and the potential success of clinical trials.
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- Edward J Calabrese
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Morrill I, N344, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
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- School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China.
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- Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, Indian Naval Ship Hospital, Mumbai, India.
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, School of Medicine University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 97, Catania, 95123, Italy.
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Upadhyay VR, Ramesh V, Dewry RK, Yadav DK, Ponraj P. Bimodal interplay of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in physiology and pathophysiology of bovine sperm function. Theriogenology 2022; 187:82-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2022.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lee JS, Kwon WS, Rahman MS, Yoon SJ, Park YJ, Pang MG. Actin-related protein 2/3 complex-based actin polymerization is critical for male fertility. Andrology 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/andr.12076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- J.-S. Lee
- Department of Animal Science and Technology; Chung-Ang University; Anseong Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology; Chung-Ang University; Anseong Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology; Chung-Ang University; Anseong Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology; Chung-Ang University; Anseong Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology; Chung-Ang University; Anseong Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology; Chung-Ang University; Anseong Korea
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Rahman MS, Kwon WS, Lee JS, Kim J, Yoon SJ, Park YJ, You YA, Hwang S, Pang MG. Sodium nitroprusside suppresses male fertility in vitro. Andrology 2014; 2:899-909. [PMID: 25180787 DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00273.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Revised: 07/30/2014] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sodium nitroprusside is a nitric oxide donor involved in the regulation of the motility, hyperactivation, capacitation, and acrosome reaction (AR) of spermatozoa. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this regulation has not yet been elucidated. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the molecular basis for the effects of sodium nitroprusside on different processes in spermatozoa and its consequences on subsequent oocyte fertilization and embryo development. In this in vitro study, mouse spermatozoa were incubated with various concentrations of sodium nitroprusside (1, 10, and 100 μM) for 90 min. Our results showed that sodium nitroprusside inhibited sperm motility and motion kinematics in a dose-dependent manner by significantly enhancing intracellular iron and reactive oxygen species (ROS), and decreasing Ca(2+), and adenosine triphosphate levels in spermatozoa. Moreover, short-term exposure of spermatozoa to sodium nitroprusside increased the tyrosine phosphorylation of sperm proteins involved in PKA-dependent regulation of intracellular calcium levels, which induced a robust AR. Finally, sodium nitroprusside significantly decreased the rates of fertilization and blastocyst formation during embryo development. Based on these results, we propose that sodium nitroprusside increases ROS production and precocious AR may alter overall sperm physiology, leading to poor fertilization and compromised embryonic development.
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- M S Rahman
- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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Saugandhika S, Kumar D, Singh M, Shah R, Anand T, Chauhan M, Manik R, Singla SK, Palta P. Effect of sodium nitroprusside, a nitric oxide donor, and aminoguanidine, a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, on in vitro development of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) embryos. Reprod Domest Anim 2011; 45:931-3. [PMID: 19416489 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01359.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- S Saugandhika
- Animal Biotechnology Centre, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
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Glenn DR, McClure N, Cosby SL, Stevenson M, Lewis SE. Sildenafil citrate (Viagra) impairs fertilization and early embryo development in mice. Fertil Steril 2009; 91:893-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2007] [Revised: 12/05/2007] [Accepted: 12/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Machado-Oliveira G, Lefièvre L, Ford C, Herrero MB, Barratt C, Connolly TJ, Nash K, Morales-Garcia A, Kirkman-Brown J, Publicover S. Mobilisation of Ca2+ stores and flagellar regulation in human sperm by S-nitrosylation: a role for NO synthesised in the female reproductive tract. Development 2008; 135:3677-86. [PMID: 18842814 DOI: 10.1242/dev.024521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Generation of NO by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is implicated in gamete interaction and fertilisation. Exposure of human spermatozoa to NO donors caused mobilisation of stored Ca(2+) by a mechanism that did not require activation of guanylate cyclase but was mimicked by S-nitroso-glutathione (GSNO; an S-nitrosylating agent). Application of dithiothreitol, to reduce protein -SNO groups, rapidly reversed the actions of NO and GSNO on [Ca(2+)](i). The effects of NO, GSNO and dithiothreitol on sperm protein S-nitrosylation, assessed using the biotin switch method, closely paralleled their actions on [Ca(2+)](i). Immunofluorescent staining revealed constitutive and inducible NOS in human oviduct and cumulus (the cellular layer investing the oocyte). 4,5-diaminofluorescein (DAF) staining demonstrated production of NO by these tissues. Incubation of human sperm with oviduct explants induced sperm protein S-nitrosylation resembling that induced by NO donors and GSNO. Progesterone (a product of cumulus cells) also mobilises stored Ca(2+) in human sperm. Pre-treatment of sperm with NO greatly enhanced the effect of progesterone on [Ca(2+)](i), resulting in a prolonged increase in flagellar excursion. We conclude that NO regulates mobilisation of stored Ca(2+) in human sperm by protein S-nitrosylation, that this action is synergistic with that of progesterone and that this synergism is potentially highly significant in gamete interactions leading to fertilisation.
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Wang J, Zhou F, Dong M, Wu R, Qian Y. Prolonged gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist therapy reduced expression of nitric oxide synthase in the endometrium of women with endometriosis and infertility. Fertil Steril 2006; 85:1037-44. [PMID: 16580392 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2005] [Revised: 09/10/2005] [Accepted: 09/10/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether endometrial expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) or inducible NOS (iNOS) protein in women with endometriosis-associated infertility is different from that in the fertile controls, whether GnRH agonist (GnRH-a) regulates the endometrial expression of NOS in women with endometriosis-associated infertility, and whether there is a correlation between serum E2 or P levels, and the endometrial expression of eNOS or iNOS. DESIGN Prospective controlled study. SETTING University hospital for reproductive medicine and gynecologic endocrinology. PATIENT(S) Thirty patients with endometriosis-associated infertility and 19 patients with carcinoma in situ of the cervix. INTERVENTION(S) Endometrial biopsy specimens and blood samples. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Endometrial eNOS and iNOS protein relative levels and serum concentrations of E2 or P. RESULT(S) By Western blot analysis, iNOS was not detected, and a unique menstrual cycle-dependent expression of eNOS was observed. Eutopic endometrium in women with endometriosis-associated infertility before GnRH-a treatment showed higher levels of eNOS than that of the control group. After 3 months of GnRH-a therapy, eNOS levels in the endometrium were reduced. In addition, a significant positive correlation was found between serum E2 or P concentrations, and the endometrial expression of eNOS. CONCLUSION(S) The GnRH-a treatment attenuated the endometrial expression of eNOS in women with endometriosis-associated infertility. Endogenous ovarian steroids influence endometrial eNOS expression.
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- JianHua Wang
- Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women's Hospital, The School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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Orsi NM. Embryotoxicity of the nitric oxide donor sodium nitroprusside in preimplantation bovine embryos in vitro. Anim Reprod Sci 2006; 91:225-36. [PMID: 15964159 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2005] [Revised: 04/21/2005] [Accepted: 04/29/2005] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Many early pregnancy complications are associated with an imbalance in pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, resulting in alterations in nitric oxide (NO) profile. Since very little is known about the modus operandi of this free radical in early embryos, this study characterised NO embryotoxicity in terms of bovine embryo development and metabolism. Embryos were generated by in vitro maturation and fertilisation of oocytes aspirated from abattoir-derived ovaries. Zygote to blastocyst rates were measured in SOFaaBSA in the presence and absence of the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) over the 0-50 microM range (n=10 per group). Since concentrations <10 microM SNP depressed blastocyst rate, blastocyst cell numbers (determined by bisbenzimide staining; n=22 and 20), glucose, pyruvate, lactate (measured ultramicrofluorometrically) and amino acid profiles (quantified by HPLC; n=28 and 23) were assessed at 0 and 10 microM SNP. SNP depressed cell numbers, reduced pyruvate and glucose uptake, perturbed quantitative tyrosine, threonine, phenylalanine, lysine, glycine, tryptophan, methionine and valine profiles, and decreased retention into the negative range (P<0.05). Qualitative asparagine and lysine profiles were affected by SNP, while proportional amino acid production and consumption were increased and decreased, respectively (P<0.05). These findings indicate that SNP (presumably through increases in NO profile): (i) fails to improve bovine embryo development in vitro, (ii) exerts toxic effects, likely through ATP starvation induced by cytochrome c oxidase (oxidative phosphorylation) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (glycolysis) inhibition, and (iii) may affect albumin endocytosis/hydrolysis or protein biosynthesis, rather than causing a loss of intracellular amino acids or simply depressing their metabolism.
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- Nicolas M Orsi
- Perinatal Research Group, Academic Unit of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, D Floor, Clarendon Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Belmont Grove, Leeds, LS2 9NS, UK.
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Bull spermatozoa were examined for the presence and localization of constitutive Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS), as nitric oxide (NO) is involved in calcium-dependent capacitation. In bull spermatozoa, NO generation is enhanced by l-arginine (3 microm) and abolished by the NOS-inhibitor N-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME). In addition, presence of NOS in bull spermatozoa was verified by immunohistochemistry, revealing the existence of both neuronal NOS (nNOS) and endothelial NOS (eNOS) immunoreaction. These findings were confirmed by Western blot technique, showing immunoreactive bands at 161 kDa (nNOS) and 133 kDa (eNOS). Confocal laser microscopy localized nNOS related immunofluorescence at the acrosome cap of sperms and their flagellum-mainpart. This technique also identified eNOS staining spread over the spermatozoan head. In conclusion, immunohistochemistry, Western blot technique, and NO generation suggest the presence of n- and eNOS in bull spermatozoa.
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- H Meiser
- Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, University of Munich, Königinstr.16, D-80539 Munich, Germany.
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In species with external fertilization, the guanylate cyclase family is responsible for the long-distance interaction between gametes, as its activation allows sperm chemotaxis toward egg-derived substances, gamete encounter, and fertilization. In species with internal fertilization, guanylate cyclase-activating substances, which are secreted by several tissues in the genital tracts of both sexes, deeply affect sperm motility, capacitation, and acrosomal reactivity, stimulating sperm metabolism and promoting the ability of the sperm to approach the oocyte, interact with it, and finally fertilize it. A complex system of intracellular pathways is activated by guanylate cyclase agonists in spermatozoa. Sperm motility appears to be affected mainly through an increase in intracellular cAMP, whereas the acrosome reaction depends more directly on cyclic GMP synthesis. Both cyclic nucleotides activate specific kinases and ion signals. A complex cross-talk between cAMP- and cyclic GMP-generating systems occurs, resulting in an upward shift in sperm function. Excessive amounts of certain guanylate cyclase activators might exert opposite, antireproductive effects, increasing the oxidative stress on sperm membranes. In view of the marked influence exerted by guanylate cyclase-activating substances on sperm function, it seems likely that guanylate cyclase activation or inhibition may represent a new approach for the diagnosis and treatment of male and/or female infertility.
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- Alberto Revelli
- Department of Obstetrical and Gynecological Sciences, University of Torino, S. Anna Hospital, Torino, Italy 10126.
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Osborn BH, Haney AF, Misukonis MA, Weinberg JB. Inducible nitric oxide synthase expression by peritoneal macrophages in endometriosis-associated infertility. Fertil Steril 2002; 77:46-51. [PMID: 11779590 DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(01)02940-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Determine whether peritoneal macrophages from women with endometriosis-associated infertility express more inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2) and produce more NO than fertile controls. DESIGN Unblinded clinical study. PATIENT(S) Nine infertile women with endometriosis and nine normal fertile women undergoing laparoscopy. INTERVENTION(S) Peritoneal fluid and macrophages were collected. Cells were also cultured with the NOS2 inducers interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) or IFN-gamma plus lipopolysaccharide (LPS). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Peritoneal fluid NO levels, peritoneal macrophage NOS activity, and peritoneal macrophage NOS2 protein expression. RESULT(S) NOS enzyme activity was higher in peritoneal macrophages from endometriosis patients. Immunoblots demonstrated NOS2 protein only in peritoneal macrophages from women with endometriosis. Peritoneal fluid NO concentration was similar in the two groups, but total peritoneal fluid NO content was higher in endometriosis patients. After 3 days' culture, peritoneal macrophages from women with endometriosis produced more NO in response to IFN-alpha or IFN-gamma plus LPS than controls. CONCLUSION(S) Peritoneal macrophages from women with endometriosis-associated infertility express higher levels of NOS2, have higher NOS enzyme activity, and produce more NO in response to immune stimulation in vitro. As high levels of NO adversely affect sperm, embryos, implantation, and oviductal function, reducing peritoneal fluid NO production or blocking NO effects may improve fertility in women with endometriosis.
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- Barbara H Osborn
- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
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