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Title: | Impairment of mice spermatogenesis by sodium arsenite |
Author: | Ferreira, Mónica Matos, Rita Cerejeira Oliveira, Helena Nunes, Bruno Pereira, Maria de Lourdes |
Keywords: | Arsenic Histopathology Oxidative stress Sspermatogenesis Recovery |
Issue Date: | Mar-2012 |
Publisher: | Sage |
Abstract: | In order to assess the effect of arsenic on the male reproductive impairment in mice, 7-week-old animals were exposed to 7.5 mg sodium arsenite (NaAsO(2))/kg body weight, during 35 days (one spermatogenic cycle). One group of animals was sacrificed after exposure, while another group received distilled water for an additional period of 35 days, in order to study the spermatoxic effect and the recovery of spermatogenesis. In mice sacrificed after NaAsO(2) exposure, a decrease in testis/body weight ratio and reduction of tubular diameter were observed. Both groups of NaAsO(2)-exposed animals showed remarkable histopathological changes, such as sloughing of immature germ cells. Animals sacrificed after NaAsO(2) exposure showed decreased sperm motility, increased abnormal sperm morphology and decreased sperm viability. The effects of NaAsO(2) on sperm motility recovered to normal values after one spermatogenic cycle, while increased sperm abnormality was maintained. However, at this period, a decrease in acrosome integrity was detected. Concerning oxidative stress parameters, animals sacrificed after NaAsO(2) exposure showed a decreased selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase activity, which was not detected after the recovery. Conversely, at this period, total glutathione peroxidase activity increased in exposed animals. These results demonstrate the toxic effects of NaAsO(2) on mice spermatogenesis and show the lack of recovery after one spermatogenic cycle. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/34790 |
DOI: | 10.1177/0960327111405862 |
ISSN: | 0960-3271 |
Appears in Collections: | CESAM - Artigos CICECO - Artigos DBio - Artigos |
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