The interplay of arsenic, silymarin, and NF-ĸB pathway in male reproductive toxicity : A review

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Arsenic toxicity is one of the most trending reasons for several malfunctions, particularly reproductive toxicity. The exact mechanism of arsenic poisoning is a big question mark. Exposure to arsenic reduces sperm count, impairs fertilization, and causes inflammation and genotoxicity through interfering with autophagy, epigenetics, ROS generation, downregulation of essential protein expression, metabolite changes, and hampering several signaling cascades, particularly by the alteration of NF-ĸB pathway. This work tries to give a clear idea about the different aspects of arsenic resulting in male reproductive complications, often leading to infertility. The first part of this article explains the implications of arsenic poisoning and the crosstalk of the NF-ĸB pathway in male reproductive toxicity. Silymarin is a bioactive compound that exerts anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties and has demonstrated hopeful outcomes in several cancers, including colon cancer, breast cancer, and skin cancer, by downregulating the hyperactive NF-ĸB pathway. The next half of this article thus sheds light on silymarin's therapeutic potential in inhibiting the NF-ĸB signaling cascade, thus offering protection against arsenic-induced male reproductive toxicity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:252

Enthalten in:

Ecotoxicology and environmental safety - 252(2023) vom: 01. März, Seite 114614

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mukherjee, Anirban Goutam [VerfasserIn]
Valsala Gopalakrishnan, Abilash [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arsenic
Journal Article
Male
N712M78A8G
NF-ĸB
NF-kappa B
Reproductive toxicity
Review
Silibinin
Silymarin

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Date Completed 23.02.2023

Date Revised 23.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.114614

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM352638281