Testosterone-induced spermatogenic impairment is associated with looser arrangement of spermatogenic cells in rats / 中华男科学杂志
National Journal of Andrology
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(12): 507-510, 2011.
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en Chino
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| ID: wpr-305855
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To determine whether testosterone-induced intra-testicular testosterone withdrawal and therefore spermatogenic impairment is associated with looser arrangement of spermatogenic cells in rats.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Adult male SD rats received intramuscular injection of testosterone undecanoate at 19 mg/(kg x 15 d) for 130 days, and then testicular tissue blocks were obtained for the preparation of methacrylate resin-embedded sections and observation of the changes in testicular histology.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Apart from such changes as impaired spermiogenesis and spermiation, apparently looser arrangement of spermatogenic cells was seen in 11.5% of the seminiferous tubule profiles, with radial cracks (empty spaces) running towards the tubule lumen being formed between lines, bundles or groups of spermatogenic cells (mainly spermatids and spermatocytes).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Looser arrangement of spermatogenic cells is one of the key histological changes resulting from intra-testicular testosterone withdrawal in rats.</p>
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Asunto principal:
Patología
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Túbulos Seminíferos
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Espermatogénesis
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Testículo
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Testosterona
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Ratas Sprague-Dawley
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Biología Celular
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Animales
Idioma:
Chino
Revista:
National Journal of Andrology
Año:
2011
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