Melatonin provides protection against cisplatin-induced ovarian damage and loss of fertility in mice

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RESEARCH QUESTION: Can melatonin provide non-invasive ovarian protection against damage caused by cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (cisplatin) and preserve fertility in female cancer patients? And if so, what is the possible mechanism?.

DESIGN: Athymic BALB/c nude tumour-bearing female mice were used to demonstrate whether melatonin affects the antineoplastic effect when co-administrated with cisplatin. Sexually mature and newborn C57BL/6 female mice were used to evaluate the potential effects of melatonin on the ovarian follicle pool, pregnancy rate and litter number in cisplatin-treated mice. The ovaries underwent immunohistochemical, TdT (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase)-mediated dUTP nick-end labelling (TUNEL) and gene array analysis to explore the underlying mechanism. In addition, granulosa cells were isolated to investigate the potential protective mechanism of melatonin.

RESULTS: Melatonin not only enhanced the anti-cancer effect of cisplatin in tumour-bearing nude mice, but also reduced ovarian toxicity and preserved long-term fertility in cisplatin-treated C57BL/6 female mice. When co-administrated, melatonin was able to reduce the DNA damage and toxic effects on lipid peroxidation in the ovaries caused by cisplatin. Specifically, melatonin was able to largely restore lipid peroxidation in granulosa cells and thus prevent ovarian follicles from being depleted.

CONCLUSIONS: Melatonin has the potential to be used as a chemotherapeutic adjuvant to simultaneously improve the outcome of anti-cancer treatment and preserve ovarian function during cisplatin chemotherapy. Notably, its properties of DNA protection and antioxidant effects on follicles may benefit female cancer survivors and prevent premature ovarian failure as well as fertility loss caused by chemotherapy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Reproductive biomedicine online - 42(2021), 3 vom: 15. März, Seite 505-519

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Jia [VerfasserIn]
Shan, Wanying [VerfasserIn]
Li, Na [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Ensong [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yifan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Beibei [VerfasserIn]
Xi, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Ding [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Kezhen [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Chaoyang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antineoplastic Agents
Antioxidants
Chemotherapy
Cis-Diamminedichloroplatinum
Cisplatin
Fertility preservation
Follicle depletion
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Journal Article
Melatonin
Ovarian damage
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Date Completed 29.11.2021

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.10.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319522822