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Histomorphometry of immature rat testis after heating
Author(s) -
Miraglia Sandra Maria,
Hayashi Hisakazu
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1052170106
Subject(s) - biology , multinucleate , giant cell , parenchyma , spermatogenesis , seminiferous tubule , endocrinology , medicine , andrology , anatomy , sertoli cell , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , genetics
The scrotal testes of albino rats aged 35 and 45 days were immersed in water at constant temperatures of 43°C, 44°C, or 45°C for periods of 15–45 min in a special heating device. At an age of 60 days, the rats were mated in individual cages with two primiparous rats each. At an age of 90 days, they were killed and their testes were histologically processed. Rats with testes that had been subjected to heating when the animals were 45 days old showed both alterations of the seminiferous tubules and a decrease in fertilizing capacity. The effect of heat was greater in animals at 45 than at 35 days of age. In heat‐treated testes, tubules contained PAS‐positive concretion, sometimes engulfed by macrophage‐derived giant cells and multinucleate cells derived from spermatids that failed to separate during spermiogenesis. The decrease in testicular volume observed after heat treatment was due mainly to reduced parenchymal volume. Thermic lability of seminiferous stem cells increases with age until adulthood, and recovery from heat injury declines. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.