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Vitamin D3 mediated regulation of steroidogenesis mitigates testicular activity in an aged rat model
Malsawmhriatzuala Jeremy1, Guruswami Gurusubramanian1, Vikas Kumar Roy1
1Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, 796 004, India.
Abstract:
Testicular aging leads to a decrease in spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis. Vitamin D plays an important role in reproduction by modulating testicular steroidogenesis. As the role of vitamin D3 in testicular steroidogenesis during aging has not been explored, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of vitamin D3 on testicular functions in d-gal-induced aged rats. Vitamin D3 treatment on d-gal-induced aged rats resulted in significant improvement in sperm parameters, histoarchitecture, serum testosterone, and rostenedione and estrogen levels. The results of both in vivo and in vitro studies showed that vitamin D3 directly regulates testicular steroidogenic markers. Vitamin D3 treatment also increased CYP19A1 and decreased AR expression in the testes of d-gal-induced aged and normal rats. These results suggest that estrogen-mediated action may be responsible for an improvement in spermatogenesis in aged testis. Furthermore, it may be suggested vitamin D3 has a protective role in the aged testis and unaffected spermatogenesis in normal rats treated with vitamin D3 could be due to a balance between estrogen and androgen action.
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