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Zinc Improves Semen Parameters in High-Fat Diet-Induced Male Rats by Regulating the Expression of LncRNA in Testis Tissue

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This study aimed to identify differentially expressed LncRNAs in testis tissue of male rats induced by high-fat diet and their changes after zinc supplementation, by constructing a high-fat feeding rat model, and then supplemented with zinc, and observed the expression of LncRNA in three groups of normal, high-fat fed, and zinc-intervened rats. Experimental studies show that the semen parameters of male rats with high-fat diet were decreased but recovered after zinc supplementation, and the related LncRNA also changed. Zinc may improve the high-fat diet-induced reduction of semen parameters by changing the expression of related LncRNA.

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This study was sponsored by the S&T Program of Hebei (Grant No. 21377796D and 226Z7722G) and the Hebei Natural Science Foundation (Grant No.H2021314001).

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Ma, J., Bi, J., Sun, B. et al. Zinc Improves Semen Parameters in High-Fat Diet-Induced Male Rats by Regulating the Expression of LncRNA in Testis Tissue. Biol Trace Elem Res 201, 4793–4805 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-022-03550-7

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