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The Effect of Leptin on Sex Hormones and Antioxidant Enzyme Levels in Obese and Normal Male Rats

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The correlation between leptin, nutritional status and reproductive performance is known but its effect on male obese is not fully elicited. So, the aim of the current study was to determine effect of leptin on sex hormones and antioxidant enzyme levels in obese and normal male rats male rats. A 144 male 2-month-old rats randomly divided into 8 experimental groups. Group 1 as normal rat without leptin injection, groups 2–4 normal rats were injected with 10, 20 and 40 µg/kg leptin. Group 5 obese rats without leptin injection, groups 6–8 obese rats injected with 10, 20 and 40 µg/kg. All animals received 16 injection of leptin for 32 days. At the end of the study, after 12 h food restriction, blood samples obtained, animal sacrificed then testis were carried out. Then testis leptin, FSH, LH and testosterone levels were determined. Serum and testis total antioxidant, MDA, SOD, GPx levels were determined. According to the results, leptin injection significantly increased tissue leptin, LH, FSH and testosterone levels (P < 0.05), but there was no difference between obese and normal rat (P > 0.05). Serum total antioxidant levels increased in leptin-treated rat, but had no significant effect on tissue MDA, SOD and GPx levels compared to control group (P > 0.05). These results suggested leptin therapy improved sex hormone activity in obese rat, but no difference between obese and normal rat.

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  1. Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Hossein Cheraghi & Negar Panahi

  2. Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, 14155-6453, Iran

    Morteza Zendehdel

  3. Department of Veterinary Medicine, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran

    Jamshid GhiasiGhalehkandi

  4. Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, 14155-6453, Iran

    Parviz Tajik

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Cheraghi, H., Zendehdel, M., GhiasiGhalehkandi, J. et al. The Effect of Leptin on Sex Hormones and Antioxidant Enzyme Levels in Obese and Normal Male Rats. Int J Pept Res Ther 25, 1105–1111 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10989-018-9758-x

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