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Altered sperm chromatin structure in mice exposed to sodium fluoride through drinking water
Author(s) -
Sun Zilong,
Niu Ruiyan,
Wang Bin,
Wang Jundong
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
environmental toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1522-7278
pISSN - 1520-4081
DOI - 10.1002/tox.21796
Subject(s) - sodium fluoride , sperm , chromatin , fluoride , sodium , chemistry , toxicology , environmental chemistry , andrology , biology , medicine , biochemistry , inorganic chemistry , dna , organic chemistry
This study investigated the effects of sodium fluoride (NaF) on sperm abnormality, sperm chromatin structure, protamine 1 and protamine 2 ( P1 and P2 ) mRNA expression, and histones expression in sperm in male mice. NaF was orally administrated to male mice at 30, 70, and 150 mg/l for 49 days (more than one spermatogenic cycle). Sperm head and tail abnormalities were significantly enhanced at middle and high doses. Similarly, sperm chromatin structure was also adversely affected by NaF exposure, indicating DNA integrity damage. Furthermore, middle and high NaF significantly reduced the mRNA expressions of P1 and P2 , and P1/P2 ratio, whereas the sperm histones level was increased, suggesting the abnormal histone‐protamine replacement. Therefore, we concluded that the mechanism by which F induced mice sperm abnormality and DNA integrity damage may involved in the alterations in P1 , P2 , and histones expression in sperm of mice. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Environ Toxicol 29: 690–696, 2014.