Protective effect of co-enzyme Q10 on testicular tissue and sperm parameters in adult male rats treated with Sunset Yellow FCF

Objective:To determine the protective effect of co-enzyme Q10(CoQ10)on testicular tissue and sperm parameters in male rats treated with SunsetYellow FCF.Methods:Sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 6 groups of the control,CoQ10(10 mg/kg/day),low dose of Sunset Yellow(2.5 mg/kg),high dose of Sunset Yellow(70 mg/kg),low dose of Sunset Yellow(2.5 mg/kg)plus CoQ10,and high dose of Sunset Yellow(70 mg/kg)plus CoQ10.The drugs were administered via daily oral gavages for 6 weeks.At the end of the experiment,sperm analysis,stereological and histological assessments of the testis were carried out.Results:The normal morphology(by 41.1%)and progressive spermatozoa(by 74.8%),testicle volume(by 33.4%),lumen volume(by 38.3%),interstitial tissue volume(by 44.7%),seminiferous tubule volume(by 40.7%),and number of spermatogonia(by 53.9%)and Leydig cells(by 70.7%)reduced in the rats that received high doses of Sunset Yellow in comparison to the control group.Nonetheless,all these alterations were recovered by CoQ10 treatment in the CoQ10 plus high dose of Sunset Yellow group.Furthermore,low doses of Sunset Yellow did not affect different parameters of the testis and sperm.Conclusions:CoQ10 could,to some extent,prevent structural changes of the testis induced by the high dose of SunsetYellow.

Differences in nano-topography and tribochemistry of ZDDP tribofilms from variations in contact configuration with steel and DLC surfaces

In this work,we evaluated the effect of the counter-body material(the same or dissimilar)and contact configuration(moving or stationary body),at similar contact tribological conditions,on the tribochemical and nanotopography characteristics of adsorbed surface films.Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate(ZDDP),the best performing anti-wear additive,was used in self-mated steel/steel and DLC/DLC contacts,which were compared with mixed steel/DLC and DLC/steel contacts in 1-h and 6-h sliding tests.The macroscale(tribometer)and nanoscale(atomic force microscopy)friction,thickness,topography,and chemical(attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy)properties of the tribofilms were studied.The results revealed unexpectedly large differences in all the studied tribofilm parameters;this is because all the tribofilms are completely different;this includes the chemical composition,which is known to have a crucial effect on the nano-and macro-scale tribological properties.These results clearly demonstrate that the surface material,additives,and common contact operating parameters,that is,pressure,velocity,and temperature,crucially affect the ZDDP tribofilm as well as the position of the moving or stationary surface within the contact,and the material of the moving/stationary bodies.