| Zinc therapy improves deleterious effects of chronic copper administration on mice testes: histopathological evaluation. | |
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PMID: 23137167 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This study was set to investigate whether the adverse effects of long-term copper (Cu) consumption on testicular tissue could be prevented by zinc (Zn) administration. Forty-five mature male rats were randomly divided into one control and two treatment groups. The first treatment group received copper sulfate (Cu experimental group). The second treatment group was given combined treatment of copper sulfate and zinc sulfate (ZC experimental group). Control animals received normal saline using the same volume. Five rats from each group were sacrificed on day 14, 28 and 56 from the beginning of treatments. Left testes were removed for histopathological and histomorphometrical evaluations. Morphometrically, diameter of seminiferous tubules and sertoli cells nuclei, epithelial height, meiotic index and the percentage of spermatogenesis in Cu groups showed significant decrease than those of the control groups (P < 0.05). A partial improvement was seen about the percentage of spermatogenesis and meiotic index (P < 0.05) in ZC groups, whereas a complete recovery was observed in the rest of parameters in ZC group after 56 days compared to the control group (P > 0.05). Results showed that long-term administration of Cu leads to histological impairments of testis and zinc supplementation might offset these damaging effects. |
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R Kheirandish; N Askari; H Babaei |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-11-9 |
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Title: Andrologia Volume: - ISSN: 1439-0272 ISO Abbreviation: Andrologia Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-11-9 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0423506 Medline TA: Andrologia Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2012 Blackwell Verlag GmbH. |
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Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran. |
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