• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.183-192
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• 1993

Fibricola seoulensis의 고환내 생식세포 및 정자의 미세구조를 관찰하고자 하였다. 실험감염 흰쥐로 부터 회수한 충체를 고정, 탈수 침투 포매, 중합 등의 통상적인 시료제작 과정을 거친 후 JEM 1200EX-ll(JEOL, Japan) 투과전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 정원세포는 주로 고환의 내벽에서 관찰되었으며 비교적 큰 핵과 상대적으로 적은 세포질을 가지고 있었다. 정모세포는 핵의 량이 세포질 보다 조금 많았고 난형 또는 타원형의 핵을 가지고 있었으며 비교적 염색질의 량이 적었다. 초기의 정자세포는 핵에 비하여 세포질의 량이 훨씬 많았고 핵주위를 사립체들이 둘러싸고 있었다. 발육이 진전된 정자세포에는 끈 모양의 염색질이 나타났고. 세포질에서는 결정체구조가 나타났으며 핵 근처에서는 2개의 축사 뿌리와 중심체가 관찰되었다. 고환과 저정낭에서 무수히 많은 정자의 단면이 관찰되었다 횡단면을 형태학적 특징과 구성요소를 토대로 분류·조합해 본 바 6가지 형으로 대별되었고 정자 부위별 횡단면의 특징적인 형태를 관찰할 수 있었다. F. seoulensis의 정자는 2편모성이었으며 축사는 9쌍의 미세소관과 1개의 core complex로 이루어져서 전형적인 9 + 1형 구조이었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.1514-1517
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• 2000

In chicken, exogenous genes introduced into germinal crescent region (GCR) of the early developmental stage, where primordial germ cells (PGCs) were concentrated, were successfully transferred to the gonads via PGCs. The foreign genes were also confirmed to be successfully incorporated into F1 and F2 generations. We tried to incorporate the exogenous genes into PGCs by lipofection, then the DNA mixture was injected into GCR at stage 3-5 or 9-11 of embryonic development (Hamburger and Hamilton, 1951). The manipulated eggs were incubated, and hatched chicks were reared until sexual maturation. F1 generation was obtained from the DNA-treated chicken (DNA-chicken) mated with normal birds. Furthermore, F2 generation was also obtained from the F1 chicken mated with normal birds. The transfer of introduced foreign genes were confirmed by marker gene detection methods and PCR analysis in the hatched chicks, F1 and F2 generations. However, in our experiments, DNA-chickens showed abnormal characteristics such as low egg production rate, abnormal appearance and decreased number of spermatozoa. In the case of F1 chicken, low egg production and the deterioration of sperm capacity for insemination in male chicken were observed.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.93-99
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• 1996

The effect of KTC-1, a new semisynthetic rifamycin antituberculous drug, on general toxicity, reproductive capability and fetal development was investigated in Sprague-Dawley rats. Male rats were administered KTC-1 with mashed feed from 63 days before mating to the end of mating period, and female rats were given from 14 days before mating to day 7 of gestation at dose levels of 0, 375, 750, and 1,500 ppm. The females were sacrificed on day 21 of gestation for examination of their fetuses. At 1,500 ppm, a reduction in body weight gain and testis atrophy were observed in male rats. Histological examination revealed testicular atrophy, absence or decrease of germinal cells, and vacuolization of Sertoli cells in testis. A reduction in body weight gain, a decrease in food consumption were found in female rats. In addition, decreases in the number of corpora lutea, iraplantations, and the litter size of live fetuses were seen. Mating, fertility, and pregnancy performances were also affected. There were no external abnormalities observed by examination of fetuses. At 750 ppm, a reduction in the body weight gain of male and female rats and decreases in the number of implantations and litter size were found. At 375 ppm, no treatment-related effects were observed. The results suggest that the no-effect dose levels (NOELs) of KTC-1 are 375 ppm for males and females on general toxicity, 750 ppm for males and females on reproductive capability, and 375 ppm for fetuses on embryonic development.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.585-590
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of oral-administered sex hormone for hybrid sturgeon, bester juvenile. The bester juveniles (2 months after hatching) were received a diet containing various doses of $17\alpha$-methyltestosterone (MT) or estradiol-$17\beta$ ($E_2$) for 6 months. Somatic growth of bester sturgeon juvenile did not show significant differences between experimental and control groups (27.9-30.5 cm; 125.1-161.7 g), although survival percentages showed a decreasing tendency in MT-treated animals. By histological examination, germ cells were recorded as smooth type in MT-treated fish and uneven type of germinal epithelium in $E_2$-treated animals. Their sex ratios were 5:4:1 (male: female: undifferentiation) in control and low dose of MT-treated fish (1 mg/kg), and 9:1:0 in fish treated with high dose of MT (10 mg/kg), whereas the ratios were reversed by both low and high doses of $E_2$ treatment, recorded as 2:8:0. Gonadal areas were not significantly differed in all trials (424,600.4 - 1,039,656.3 ${\mu}m^2$). Total number of germ cells, number of germ cells per gonadal areas and number of germ cells per area were significantly higher to 144.7-148.7 cells/section, 374.0-408.5 $cells/mm^2$ and 1,599.5-1,670.9 $cells/mm^2$ in $E_2$ treatment than those of others (30.4-63.9 cells/section, 148.4-226.9 $cells/mm^2$ and 850.0-1,050.6 $cells/mm^2$), respectively. And somatic growth according to their gender was not significantly differed between male and female.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.84-92
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• 2000

This Study was conducted to assess the single dose toxicity of DA-125, a new anthracycline anti-cancer agent, in rats and mice. The Drug was administered once intravenously to both sexes of rats and mice. Then followed a 14-day period of observation. The $LD_{50}$ Values (95% confidence limit) were estimated to be 60.9 mg/kg (57.5~64.3 mg/kg) for male rats and 60.2 mg/kg (56.2~64.5 mg/kg) for female rats, and 85.8 mg/kg (81.0~90.9 mg/kg) for male mice and 84.5 mg/kg (78.2~91.9 mg/kg) for female mice. Both sexes of rats and mice given the drug revealed the clinical sign of decreased locomotor activity, emaciation, hair loss, red-dish brown urine, salivation, and watery diarrhea. In addition, body weight from the next day to the 7th day tended to be decreased slightly in rats and mice treated with DA-125. Death occurred from the next day after administration to the 12th day. Macroscopically, congestion of gastrointestinal organ, lung, and adrenal glands were found in both sexes on the dead rats and mice. Histopathological examination of dead rats manifested atrophy of spleen, hypoplasia of bone marrow, hypcplasia and necrosis of lymphocyte in thymus, atrophy of villi in small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, and ileum), hyperplasia of granular epithelium in small intestine, degeneration of germinal epithelium in testis, defer oration of tubular epithelium in kidney, and vacuolation and myolysis of myocardium in heart. Histopathological examination of dead mice revealed hypoplasia of spleen and mesenteric lymph node, local necrosis of liver, atrophy of villi in small intestine, hyperplasia of glandular epithelium in small and large intestine, degeneration of tubular in kidney, degeneration of germinal cells in testis, and slight vacuolar degeneration of myocardium in heart.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.375-384
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• 2002

Repeated-dose toxicity of hyrubicin ID6105, a novel anthrarycline anticancer agent, was investigated in Sprague-Dawley rats. ID6105 was injected intravenously to rats at dose levels of 0.04, 0.2 or 1.0 mg/kg/day for 4 week. As a result, there were no dose-related mortality and specific clinical signs of all animals treated with the drug. However body weight gain of both male and female rats treated with a high dose (l.0 mg/kg/day) of ID6105 significantly decreased compared to control. Interestingly, the numbers of RBC and platelets, and concentration of hemoglobin remarkably increased, while protein synthesis was suppressed, which may be related to the atrophy of spleen, thymus and liver. Moreover there were severe lymphocytic depletion in spleen and thymus as well as decrease in the number of hematopoietic cells in bone marrow. Also, degeneration of cardiac muscles and testicular germinal epithelia were observed. Taken together, it is suggested that Long-term administration of ID6105 at high doses over 0.2 mg/kg/day might cause hematopoietic and male reproductive system injuries, in addition to hepatic dysfunction.

• 고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집
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• 고려인삼학회 2002년도 학술대회지
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• pp.385-391
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• 2002

Panax ginseng (family- Araliaceae) is a native plant of Korea and has been used for past several years among oriental people. To evaluate the radioprotective potential of P. ginseng on the formation of giant cells in the testis of Swiss albino mice, the animals were divided into four groups: -(I)-Only vehicle was administered. (II)P. ginseng treated group: -The animals received 10 mg/kg body weight P. ginseng root extract (in DDW) i.p. continuously for 30 days. (III) Irradiated group: -The animals were exposed to 8 Gy gamma radiation at the dose rate of 1.69 Gy/min at the distance of 80 ems. (IV) Combined treatment group: -Animals were given P. ginseng extract for four days and on fourth day they were irradiated to 8 Gy gamma radiation after 30 minute of extract administration. The animals of these three groups were autopsied on day 1,3, 7, 14 and 30 days. In ginseng treated group, active spermatogenesis was observed without any toxic effect. Histopathological studies of irradiated group (II) revealed reduction in germ cell count, loss of sperms and formation of multinucleated giant cells on day 7th. These giant cells were formed by round nuclei of early or late spermatids. In combination group (III), although germinal epithelium was still disorganized with loss of cells in few tubules, but no giant cell formation was observed. In order to know the mechanism of radioprotection of ginseng, LPO and GSH were estimated. It was observed that pretreated irradiated animals showed inhibition of LPO and increase in GSH. Thus the present study suggests ginseng protects male gonads. This may be attributed to the inhibition of LPO and increase synthesis of GSH byginseng.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.171-175
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• 2000

1998년 7월 섬진강 하구에서 채집한 참재첩, Corbicular leana를 대상으로 전자현미경적 연구를 수행하였다. 정원세포는 웅성생식세포 가운데서 가장 크고, 제1차 정모세와와 제2차 정모세포는 크기와 핵내 이형염색질의 응축정도로서 구분이 가능하였다. 정세포에서 정자로의 변태과정에서 핵내의 물질은 섬유상 다발을 형성한 이후 변태완료 후에는 섬유상 다발은 사라졌다. 성숙정자는 채찍모양으로 전형적인 primitive type이었으며, 첨체부는 $3\;{\mu}m$, 핵질부는 $9\;{\mu}m$ 전후 였다. 핵질부 후반부는 중심체쪽으로 융기되어 있고, 중편에는 2개의 중심체와 4개의 신장된 미토콘드리아를 가지고 있었다. 꼬리는 전형적인 9+2구조를 가졌다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.211-220
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• 2021

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the possibility that curcumin (CMN) protects against methotrexate (MTX)-induced testicular damage by affecting the phospho-p38 (p-p38) mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) signaling pathways. Methods: Eighteen male Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into three groups. The control group was given an intragastric administration of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) daily for 14 days, the MTX group was given a single intraperitoneal dose of MTX (20 mg/kg) on the 11th day, and the MTX+CMN group was given intragastric CMN (100 mg/kg/day, dissolved in DMSO) for 14 days and a single intraperitoneal dose of MTX (20 mg/kg) on the 11th day. At the end of the experiment, all animals were sacrificed and the testicular tissues were removed for morphometry, histology, and immunohistochemistry. Body and testicular weights were measured. Results: Body weights, seminiferous tubule diameter, and germinal epithelium height significantly decreased in the MTX group compared to the control group. Whereas, the number of histologically damaged seminiferous tubules and interstitial space width significantly increased in the MTX group. In addition, the number of p-p38 MAPK immunopositive cells and the immunoreactivity of NF-κB also increased in the MTX group compared to the control group. CMN improved loss of body weight, morphometric values, and histological damage due to MTX. CMN also reduced the number of p-p38 MAPK immunopositive cells and the NF-κB immunoreactivity. Conclusion: CMN may reduce MTX-induced testicular damage by suppressing the p38 MAPK and NF-κB signaling pathways.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2011

암컷호르몬으로 알려져 있는 에스트로겐이 실제로는 수컷 생식기관에도 영향을 미친다. 에스트로겐은 수용체와 결합하여 그 작용을 나타낸다. Propyl pyrazole triol (PPT)은 에스트로겐 수용체 베타에 비해 상대적으로 알파에 410배 혹은 1,000배 더 높은 선택적 친화성으로 결합하는 에스트로겐 수용체 알파 촉진제이다. 본 연구에서는 성체 수컷 생쥐를 대상으로 castor oil에 각각 0.01 mg, 0.1 mg, 1 mg, 4mg의 농도로 희석한 PPT를 1주에 1회씩 8주 동안 피하주사 하였다. 대조군은 castor oil을 주 1회씩 동일한 기간 동안 생쥐에 피하주사 하였다. 정소, 수출소관, 부정소의 조직학적 변화를 현미경으로 관찰하였다. PPT 4mg의 고농도 투여군에서는 체중, 정소, 부정소의 무게가 뚜렷하게 감소되었다. 실험기간 동안 PPT에 의해 세정관의 직경, 부정소의 상피세포 높이가 감소되었다. 부정소에 붙어 있던 지방세포의 크기는 PPT에 의해 줄어들었다. PPT 4 mg 투여군의 경우, 부정소의 꼬리 부위에 저장되는 정자가 관찰되지 않았다. 결론적으로 고농도의 PPT 투여로 인해 성체 수컷 생쥐의 정자형성 억제와 같은 생리학적 변화가 유발되었고 동시에 생식기관의 조직학적 변화도 유발되었다.