Oxidative versus reductive stress: a delicate balance for sperm integrity
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Abstract
Despite the long-standing notion of “oxidative stress,” as the main mediator of many diseases including male infertility induced by increased reactive oxygen species (ROS), recent evidence suggests that ROS levels are also increased by “reductive stress,” due to over-accumulation of reductants. Damaging mechanisms, like guanidine oxidation followed by DNA fragmentation, could be observed following reductive stress. Excessive accumulation of the reductants may arise from excess dietary supplementation over driving the one-carbon cycle and transsulfuration pathway, overproduction of NADPH through the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), elevated levels of GSH leading to impaired mitochondrial oxidation, or as a result NADH accumulation. In addition, lower availability of oxidized reductants like NAD+, oxidized glutathione (GSSG), and oxidized thioredoxins (Trx-S2) induce electron leakage leading to the formation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). In addition, a lower level of NAD+ impairs poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-regulated DNA repair essential for proper chromatin integrity of sperm. Because of the limited studies regarding the possible involvement of reductive stress, antioxidant therapy remains a central approach in the treatment of male infertility. This review put forward the concept of reductive stress and highlights the potential role played by reductive vs oxidative stress at pre-and post-testicular levels and considering dietary supplementation.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.010 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.004 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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