title: [Histomorphometric and histological investigations of the morphometric effects of furazolidone on spermatogenesis in mature rats].
abstract: The antispermatongenic effects of furazolidone on the testes of mature Wistar rats were investigated using histological and morphometric methods. The sections showed a varying degree of depopulation of the germinal epithelium, a shrinking and a deformation of the Tubuli contorti, and an enlargement of the intertubular lymphatic sinuses. The strain led to a standstill in the spermatogenesis at the primary-spermatocyte stage. After administering furazolidone, the following results could be seen: a weight loss of up to 42.1% and a decrease in testes volume by up to 30.2%; a decrease in the volume of the nuclei of the Leydig-cells by up to 51.6%; a reduction in the diameter, perimeter and area covered by Tubuli seminiferi contorti of up to 33.5%, 30.8%, and 53.4%, respectively; an increase in the number of Tubuli seminiferi contorti per mm2 by up to 44.8%; a decrease in the percentage of Tubuli seminiferi contorti of the total testes tissue by up to 39.1%.
authors.affiliation: Veterinär-Anatomisches Institut, Veterinärmedizineischen Fakultät, Universität Leipzig, Deutschland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ludewig
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gutte
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005664:Furazolidone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007985:Leydig Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012671:Seminiferous Tubules / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013090:Spermatocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D013737:Testis / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005664:Furazolidone
vernacular_title: Histomorphometrische und histologische Untersuchungen zur morphokinetischen Wirkung von Furazolidon auf die Spermiogenese geschlechtsreifer Ratten.