TEMPORAL AND STAGE-SPECIFIC CHANGES IN SPERMATOGENESIS OF RAT AFTER GONADOTROPIN DEPRIVATION BY A POTENT GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING-HORMONE ANTAGONIST TREATMENT

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SINHAHIKIM, AP [1 ]
SWERDLOFF, RS [1 ]
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[1] UCLA,HARBOR MED CTR,DIV ENDOCRINOL,WALTER P MARTIN RES BLDG,RB-1,1000 W CARSON ST,TORRANCE,CA 90509
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10.1210/en.133.5.2161
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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GnRH antagonists (GnRH-As) rapidly and reversibly inhibit testicular functions in a variety of experimental models as well as man. Their potential for human male contraception is currently being tested in many centers, including our own. This study was undertaken to provide comprehensive quantitative information on the testes and to document the temporal and stage-specific changes in the kinetics of germ cell degeneration in rats treated daily with the Nal-Glu GnRH-A (1250 mug/kg body wt) for up to 4 weeks. Plasma levels of testosterone (T) and the concentrations of testicular T declined to 20.7% and 5.4% of control values, respectively, by 1 week and remained suppressed throughout the treatment period. Preleptotene and pachytene spermatocytes, and step-7 and step-19 spermatids at stage VII were the first germ cells to degenerate soon after (1 week) GnRH-A treatment. Germ cell counts at stage VII also revealed a significant (P < 0.05) reduction in number of preleptotene (25.6%), pachytene (35.4%), and step-7 spermatids (29.1%) in comparison with controls. The number of homogenization-resistant advanced spermatids decreased by 70%. A further progressive loss of spermatogenic activity occurred with time. Treatment with GnRH-A for 4 weeks caused advanced spermatids to decline to nearly undetectable, Step-7 spermatids to decline to 17.7% of the normal level, and the P and PL to decline to 28.6% and 67.7%, respectively, of control values. The number of Sertoli cells and A, spermatogonia remained unchanged throughout the experimental period. The effects of GnRH-A treatment on spermatogenesis were identical to that of hypophysectomy. These results suggest that: 1) early deprivation of gonadotropins and/or intratesticular T by GnRH-A treatment is followed by stage-specific degeneration of germ cells; 2) pituitary secretions other than LH and FSH have little primary influence on spermatogenesis during early regression; and 3) the GnRH-A-treated rat would be an excellent animal model for studying the targeted effects of LH, FSH, and T on the regulation of spermatogenesis.
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