• 대한수의학회지
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• 제59권2호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2019

We investigated whether ${\beta}$-carotene (${\beta}-CA$) or ellagic acid (EA), originating from various fruits and vegetables, has a preventive effect against male infertility induced by exogenous scrotal hyperthermia. ICR adult mice were intraperitoneally treated with 10 mg/kg of ${\beta}-CA$ or EA daily for 13 days consecutively. During this time, mice were subjected to transient scrotal heat stress in a water bath at $43^{\circ}C$ for 20 min on day 7, and their testes and blood were obtained on day 14 for histopathologic and biochemical analyses. Heat stress induced significant testicular weight reduction, germ cell loss and degeneration, as well as abnormal localization of phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (PHGPx) and manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) in spermatogenic and Leydig cells. Heat stress also altered the levels of oxidative stress (lipid peroxidation, SOD activity, and PHGPx, MnSOD, and $HIF-1{\alpha}$ mRNAs), apoptosis (Bax, Bcl-xL, caspase 3, $NF-{\kappa}B$, and $TGF-{\beta}1$ mRNAs), and androgen biosynthesis (serological testosterone concentration and $3{\beta}$-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase mRNA) in testes. These changes were all improved significantly by ${\beta}-CA$ treatment, but only slightly improved by EA treatment. These findings indicate that ${\beta}-CA$, through modulations of oxidative stress, apoptosis, and androgen biosynthesis, is a potent preventive agent against testicular injuries induced by scrotal hyperthermia.

• 한국전자현미경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국현미경학회 1999년도 제30차 춘계학술대회
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• pp.23-24
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• 1999

• 대한생식의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한불임학회 2004년도 제47차 추계학술대회
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• pp.44-45
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• 2004

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제29권9호
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• pp.800-807
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• 2006

This study examined the possibility of using a tissue cultured root of wild Panax ginseng (tcwPG) as a fertility agent. The effect of tcwPG on spermatogenesis was studied using male rats. The tcwPG crude powder was administered orally to 7-week-old rats over a 6-week period. The number of sperm in the testes and epididymides was significantly higher than the control. A histological examination did not reveal any morphological changes in the testes from the tcwPG powder treated rats. Moreover, there were no significant differences in the weights of the heart, spleen, liver, kidney, brain, testes and epididymides. Oligospermia was also induced by administering 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodaibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) to the rats in order to estimate the feasibility of using tcwPG as treatment for infertility caused by spermatogenic disorders. After exposing the rats to TCDD, the tcwPG saponin fraction treated rats showed some improvement in the body weight, sperm number and testis morphology. It was estimated that tcwPG had feasibility as a therapeutic agent on spermatogenic disorder.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.51-51
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• 1990

This study was undertaken to observe the effects of $^{60}Co\;{\gamma}-irradiation$ on the cell of spermatogenic epithelium in the testis of the chicken. 16-week-old chicken were provided as an experimental group and compared with control group. The experimental group was divided into a single irradiation (800, 1000, 1200 rads) and into three partial irradiation group (800/3, 1000/3, 1200/3 rads). The morphological changes of epithelial cell of the testis were observed by means of hematoxyline and eosin stain. Microstructure of spermatocyte and sperm was observed by means of semithin section of electron microscopic specimen. The results obstained are summerized as follows. 1. Spermatogonia and sertoli cells were found to be isolated from the basal membrane of seminiferous tubules as dose of $^{60}Co\;{\gamma}-irradiation$ was increased. 2. Spermatocytes of pachytene stage were seperated from the cytotplasmic process of sertoil cell in case of 1000 rads of $^{60}Co\;{\gamma}-irradiation$. 3. Normal arrangement of the cell of spermatogenic epithelium was found in control group and only the partial irradiation group of 800 rads. Vaculation in the seminiferous was pronounced in case of a single irradiation group of 800 rads, but the irradiation group of 1000 rads and 1200 rads were found to be damaged severely in both a single and a partial dose.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.143-149
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• 2007

This study describes spermatogenesis and sperm ultrastructure of the granular ark, Tegillarca granosa using light and electron microscopy. In the active spermatogenic season, the testis comprises many spermatogenic follicles that contain germ cells in different developmental stages. Primary spermatocytes in the pachytene stage are characterized by synaptonemal complexes. The early spermatids are characterized by the appearance of several Golgi bodies, increased karyoplasmic electron density, and tubular mitochondria. The mass of proacrosomal granules consists of numerous heterogeneous granules with high electron density that are about 20 nm in diameter. From the midstage of spermiogenesis, the well-developed mitochondria in the cytoplasm aggregate posterior to the nucleus and surround the proximal and distal centrioles. The proacrosomal granules condense and form a single acrosome with a thin envelope. During late spermiogenesis, the acrosome begins to elongate becoming conical. The sperm is approximately $35.0{\mu}m$ long and consists of a head, midpiece, and tail. The head comprises a round nucleus and a conical acrosome. A micro fibrous axial rod is observed between the nucleus and acrosome. The midpiece has a calyx-like structure with five mitochondria, and the tail, which has the typical "9+2" microtubular system, originates from the distal centriole.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.204-210
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• 2012

Sulfur has been used as a general physical strengthening agent from ancient times in Asia. On the basis of this point, we measured spermatogenic effect of sulfur and methyl sulfonyl methane (MSM) which is used a functional food for arthritis in rats. MSM, a kind of organic sulfur, is used as an alternative of sulfur by some people. Sulfur was administered as a dietary supplement and MSM was administered orally as a solution to 7 week old rat for 6 weeks. All sulfur administered groups showed a significant dose dependent increase in the number of sperm in the testes compared with the control group. Moreover, a histological examination showed an apparent increase in the number of seminiferous tubular cell layers in the testes of the sulfur treated rats. However, there were no observed any increase of sperm in MSM dosing group. In sulfur treated rats, the weights of body, liver, spleen, kidney, testes and epididymides didn't show significantly differences compared with the control. Histopathological examination was not revealed any morphological change in the liver, spleen and kidney. Thus, sulfur may be effectively used to treat sperm deficiency of men, but not MSM.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.89-99
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• 1998

본 연구는 미성숙 혹은 성숙된 3년생 무지개 송어(Oncorhynchus mykiss) 수컷 150마리의 뇌하수체와 정자형성세포의 형태적인 변화를 조사하기 위해서 실시되었다. 3월부터 그 이듬해 2월까지 번식주기에 따라 광학현미경, 투과 및 주사전자현미경으로 정자 형성과 정자완성시기의 미세구조적 변화를 연구하였다. 뇌하수체 호르몬 분비세포의 성숙은 휴지기 (3월부터 8월까지), 정자형성기 (9월부터 11월가지), 번식기 (12월부터 2월까지)의 3가지 시기로 구분되었다. 뇌하수체 호르몬 분비세포의 미세구조가 변하는 추세는 정소의 주기적 변화와 대체적으로 일치하였다. 정자형성초기에는 여러 단계의 세포군이 하나의 세정관안에 위치해 있었다. 정원세포로부터 정자세포까지 사류ㅕ볼 때 핵과 세포질의 크기는 각 발달단게마다 점진적으로 감소하였다. 제2차 정모세포 및 정자세포의 세포질 외측에 작은 크기의 미토콘드리아가 확인되었다. 정자세포의 2개의 미토콘드리아는 세포질의 한쪽에 위치하면서 길게 늘어지기 시작하였다. 정자의 경우, 핵의 크기가 감소하였고, 핵막과 세포질막은 두부의 핵과 근접해 있었따. 2개의 미토콘드리아는 다른 척추동물과 달리 그 수가 적었고, 축사로부터 분리되어 있었다. 무지개송어의 축사구조는 축추동물의 전형적인 "9+2"형을 나타내었다. 투과 및 주사전자현미경으로 여러 단계의 정자형성세포들을 관찰한 결과 그 두부의 크기와 형태의 구체적인 차이를 확인할 수 있었다.확인할 수 있었다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.205-212
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• 2008

6-aminonicotinamide (6-AN)의 햄스터 정소에 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위해 실험군에는 체중 kg 당 10 mg의 6-AN을, 대조군에는 동량의 생리식염수를 격일로 복강 투여한 후 정소의 변화를 광학 및 투과전자현미경을 이용하여 관찰하였다. 최초 6-AN 투여 당시의 체중에 비해 7회 투여군부터 유의하게 체중이 감소하였으며, 정소 중량의 감소는 5회 투여시 크게 감소하여 이후 비슷한 양상을 보였다. 정세관상피의 퇴행변화는 5회 투여군부터 나타나기 시작하여 9회 투여군부터는 대부분의 정세관이 심하게 손상을 받은 것으로 나타났다. 손상을 받은 정세관에서 정세관상피를 이루는 정자발생세포 및 지지세포 모두 심한 공포화에 따른 세포의 파괴를 뚜렷하게 관찰할 수 있었으며, 다핵거대세포가 출현하였다. 사이질조직의 부종은 관찰할 수 없었으며, 사이질세포 역시 비교적 온전하게 보존되어 있었다. 따라서 6-AN은 햄스터 정소에서 정자발생세포, 지지세포 등에는 영향을 미치나 사이질세포에는 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한생식의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한불임학회 2005년도 제48차 춘계 학술대회
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• pp.111-111
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• 2005