Objective : To elucidate the pathophysiology of varicocele (VC) and the mechanism of repair effect of
Morinda officinalis polysaccharide (MOP) on testis injury from the proteomic aspect. Methods : Healthy Sprague
Dawley(SD)male rats were randomly divided into a sham group, a VC model group, and a VC+MOP treatment
group. The Tandem Mass Tags-label based quantitative proteomic analyses of left testicular tissue were performed to
evaluate the differentially expressed proteins( fold change>25%), followed by the bioinformatics analysis. Results :
The number of differentially expressed proteins between the VC model group and sham group, the VC+MOP
treatment group and VC model group, the VC+MOP treatment group and sham group was 46, 21, and 5 respectively.
The result of hierarchical clustering analysis of differentially expressed proteins showed that the protein expression
of VC+MOP treatment group was similar to that of sham group, but the protein expression of VC model group was
far different from that of the other two groups. The Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and
Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis showed that the differentially expressed proteins predominantly enrich on
ribosome biogenesis, apoptotic signaling pathway, regulation of hormone levels, regulation of blood circulation,
humoral immune response, regulation of protein kinase C signaling, regulation of peptide hormone secretion
pathways. Conclusion : MOP can decrease the number and reverse the expression of dif ferentially expressed proteins
induced by VC in rat left testis. The differentially expressed proteins and their enriched GO and KEGG pathways
may contribute to the VC pathophysiology and the MOP
repair efficacy.
Quantitative proteomic analyses of testis in varicocele rats
treated with Morinda officinalis polysaccharide*[J]. Chinese Journal of Anatomy, 2022, 45(3): 213-218 https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1001-1633.2022.03.003