TY - JOUR AB - Cisplatin is an effective antineoplastic drug that is usually used to treat a number of different types of cancer in the clinic. One of the most notable side effects of cisplatin use is infertility. The present study was designed to determine the non‑oxidative testicular effects caused by the use of cisplatin in rats. The rats were randomly allocated to the experimental groups. The untreated rats represented the control group (group I) and the treatment groups were as follows: cisplatin alone (group II), cisplatin+amifostine (group III), cisplatin+curcumin (group IV), and cisplatin+caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE; group V). The present study observed that following cisplatin administration, the expression of nuclear factor‑κB (NF‑κβ)/p65, caspase‑3 and 8‑deoxyguanosine (8‑OHdG) increased in germinal epithelium and Leydig cells. However, the expression of these markers decreased in groups III‑V, most notably in the group treated with amifostine. cisplatin induced‑damage was countered by amifostine and curcumin. The results revealed that the activation of NF‑κB, caspase‑3 and 8‑OHdG had a significant role in cisplatin‑induced testicular toxicity. Thus, amifostine, curcumin and, to a lesser extent, CAPE have the potential for use as therapeutic adjuvants in cisplatin-induced testis injury. AD - Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize 53010, Turkey Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum 25000, Turkey Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize 53010, Turkey AU - Mercantepe,Tolga AU - Unal,Deniz AU - Tümkaya,Levent AU - Yazici,Zihni ,Acar DA - 2018/04/01 DO - 10.3892/etm.2018.5819 EP - 3412 IS - 4 JO - Exp Ther Med KW - amifostine caffeic acid phenethyl ester cisplatin curcumin testis PY - 2018 SN - 1792-0981 1792-1015 SP - 3404 ST - Protective effects of amifostine, curcumin and caffeic acid phenethyl ester against cisplatin-induced testis tissue damage in rats T2 - Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine TI - Protective effects of amifostine, curcumin and caffeic acid phenethyl ester against cisplatin-induced testis tissue damage in rats UR - https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2018.5819 VL - 15 ER -