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A view that 14 stages of rat spermatogenic cycle could be arranged into 4 groups, viz., conventional stages I-VI, VII-VIII, IX-XI and XII-XIV, according to the features of elongated spermatids was previously presented. A novel morphometry of seminiferous epithelia based on these 4 groups was also proposed. In the present study, utility of the proposed morphometry in the histopathological evaluations of testicular toxicities was monitored in comparison with the conventional one. After administrating adriamycin, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether or 1,3-dinitrobenzene to rats, the viability of their germ cells was estimated by the proposed morphometry and the conventional one employed stages II-III, V, VII, X and XII. In every case, the evaluating results of the proposed morphometry were similar to those of the conventional one. Thus, it was verified that the proposed morphometry was identical with the conventional one in respect of reliable detection of the testicular toxicities. In addition, in situ terminal dUTP nick end labeling indicated that death of spermatogonia, pachytene spermatocytes or round spermatids induced by the above 3 toxic compounds was exclusively apoptotic death. In conclusion, the proposed morphometry would be useful as a practical tool in the evaluation of testicular toxicities.

A novel quantitative morphometry of germ cells for the histopathological evaluation of rat testicular toxicity.