Abstract:
:Previous studies showed that a 6-week pretreatment of rats with testosterone plus estradiol enhanced the recovery of spermatogenesis 9 weeks after gamma irradiation, resulting in a dose-modifying factor (DMF) of about 2. To test whether the effect of the hormone treatment was mediated through changes in oxygen tension, thiol levels or DNA repair, we irradiated the testes of rats with neutrons, which depend less on these factors than does low-LET radiation for their cytotoxic action. Control rats and rats treated with testosterone plus estradiol were irradiated with 0.7-2.7 Gy of cyclotron-generated high-energy neutrons. The recovery of spermatogenesis was assessed 9 weeks after irradiation by testis weights, sperm counts and the tubule repopulation indices. Greater recovery of spermatogenesis was observed for all end points, with a DMF of about 2 for rats treated with testosterone plus estradiol compared to the irradiated, cholesterol-treated rats. The equal protection factors for neutrons and gamma rays indicate that oxygen, thiols and repair of DNA damage are unlikely to be involved in the protective effect of the hormone treatment.
journal_name
Radiat Resjournal_title
Radiation researchauthors
Wilson G,Kangasniemi M,Meistrich MLsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-07-01 00:00:00pages
51-6issue
1eissn
0033-7587issn
1938-5404journal_volume
152pub_type
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