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Journal of Clinical Research in Paramedical Sciences, In Press(In Press), 2020

DOI: 10.5812/jcrps.102497

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Effect of Nandrolone Treatment with And Without Resistance Training on Superoxide Dismutase Concentration and Pathology of Kidney Tissue in Rats

Journal article published in 2020 by Esfandiyar Heidari, Seyed Ali Hosseini ORCID, Mohammad Ali Azarbayjani ORCID
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Abstract

Background: The prevalence of anabolic steroids abuse in athletes and non-athletes is associated with the risk of injury to various organs, but there are limited studies of oxidative changes in kidney tissue following nandrolone (N) administration. Objectives: the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of N treatment with and without resistance training (RT) on superoxide dismutase (SOD) concentration and tissue pathology of kidney tissue in rats. Methods: In this experimental study, 20 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups of five rats including 1) control (C), 2) sham (normal saline) (Sh), 3) N, and 4) N + RT. Groups 3 and 4 received 10 mg/kg N peritoneally, and the N + RT group performed 1 m ladder climbing for eight weeks and three sessions per week. SOD levels of kidney tissue were measured by ELISA and radioimmunoassay. Hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining was used to evaluate oxidative stress levels in kidney tissue. One-way ANOVA with Bonferroni’s post- hoc tests were used for analysis of research findings in SPSS version 22 (P ≤ 0.05). Results: SOD levels in the C group were higher than the Sh (P = 0.001), N (P = 0.001), and N + RT (P = 0.001) groups. SOD levels were lower in the Sh group than in the N (P = 0.049) and N + RT (P = 0.001) groups. However, there was no significant difference in SOD levels in the N + RT group and N group (P = 0.28). Also, oxidative stress levels were normal in tissue studies in all groups. Conclusions: It seems that Ntreatment with and without RT reduces SOD activity in kidney tissue, but more studies are needed in this regard given the normality of tissue oxidative stress results.