title: Ultrastructural alterations in mouse spermatogenic cells after treatment with anticancer drug biocarbazine.
abstract: Single doses of anticancer drug biocarbazine (BC)--DTIC synonym--were injected intraperitoneally at 50 and 200 mg/kg body weight to sexually mature BALB/c mice. Among other features previously reported (Martinova et al. 1989) BC causes ultrastructural alterations in spermatogonia and spermatocytes significantly expressed after administration of higher dose. In addition BC induces some defects in acrosome formation of early spermatids in Golgi and cap phase, while spermatids in later stages of maturation showed marked resistance to BC treatment.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell Biology and Morphology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Martinova
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Nikolova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013087:Spermatids / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013090:Spermatocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D013093:Spermatogonia / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D003606:Dacarbazine