This Article Free Full Text (Free OnlineFirst PDF) All Versions of this Article: 0192623308317426v1 36/4/552    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Bryant, B. H. Articles by Boekelheide, K. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Bryant, B. H. Articles by Boekelheide, K. Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Spermatid Head Retention as a Marker of 2,5-Hexanedione-induced Testicular Toxicity in the Rat

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bhbryant{at}gmail.com.

	Abstract

Histopathological analysis is a basic methodology for assessing testicular injury after exposure to candidate therapeutics or toxicants. One possible injury response in rat testis is the failure of step 19 spermatids to spermiate. Such spermatids are transported toward the basement membrane, where they are retained for degradation by Sertoli cells. In control rats, these retained spermatid heads (RSH) were observed at Stages IX–XII. Exposure to the Sertoli cell toxicant, 2,5-hexanedione (HD), for eighteen days at 0.08%–1.0% in drinking water resulted in a dose-dependent increase in the number of RSH at Stages IX–XII (no observed effect level [NOEL], 0.14%). To explore the dynamics of spermatid head retention, rats were treated with 0.33% or 1% HD for various durations and RSH were assessed across all stages. After 0.33% HD exposure for eighteen days, there were more RSH present in Stage IX–XII tubules compared to control. Numbers of RSH dropped back to control levels after four weeks of recovery after the eighteen-day exposure. Exposure of rats to 1% HD for eighteen days resulted in markedly elevated numbers of RSH at Stages IX–II/III. There was no evidence of other histopathological alterations. These data identify RSH as a sensitive histopathological marker of testicular toxicity for subacute HD exposure.

First published on May 8, 2008, doi:10.1177/0192623308317426

Toxicologic Pathology 2008;36:552.

A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2008


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?