ON TESTIS AND EPlDlDYMlS OF RATS - Pondicherry University ...
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'Tlic sctivi~y orcutulnr Jecreuud signifiantly in a<br />
Joscdepcndcnl manner in the mitochondriul and<br />
microrotnul Iractionc when compared to the cor-<br />
rapondig group of control ~nimalr (Fig. 2). The<br />
levels of hydrogcn pemride &nention and lipid<br />
~roxidntion wcrc incmscd rignificantly (P <<br />
(1.05) in rnitcchondrial and mimsomal fractions<br />
of thc tatis when cornpnred lo the wrmponding<br />
prnup of c~>orm\ animds (Figr. 3 and 4).<br />
(with and wi~hout secretions) nnd ventral prost;tte<br />
in a Josc-dcpcndent manner. In the mi~le rats<br />
TCDD exposurc during adulthood lius been<br />
shown to dccrcnsc the weights of the leslis, sctninal<br />
vesicles and ventrnl prostate us well as altcred<br />
1csticular und epididymal morphology Oobnson et<br />
al.. 1992). These eTTKts may be due to reduced<br />
TCDD one of the envimnmntul mnominunts.<br />
hut been &own to induce reproductive abnormaLilia<br />
in both wildlie and humma with reduction<br />
in futility (U-Sakuwy ct 11.. 1998). In the<br />
present dudy, the animals mrc administered with<br />
TCDD at low daa (I. 10 .ad 100 nag b.wt.<br />
pr day) lor 45 day& Sin@ muMIl expsurc lo<br />
low Jwcr ol TCDD (50 nL) haa been reported to<br />
rsduathcwdJIuoFthetcltirand~ryrr;<br />
orpm of nu (Otuako sc .I., 2001). Thc body<br />
weight of MI& lrutod ,with TCDD did not<br />
chuyo indiating that l s pml metabolic conditiona<br />
of the mi& wom within noml nnge.<br />
Administration of TCDD ad duaion in the<br />
wi#hu of lhc mllr, rpididymk minrl wicks<br />
FI. I. TCDD on lhe anivitin 01 ruprcrxide din~~ulaw.<br />
Ju~thionr ~~JWIIL 8rd $luelhinlx pcrnxaur ill Ik mil*<br />
chodrid (Mill m d mieraeml lractiont (MLI 01 1111 Icblir.<br />
The silvilia crpd in nmollmin per 111s prolcill al<br />
35 .C. Tb nlw *re upraxd u man f SD (01 six rnnltal<br />
and a iruporimaul mimuh pr pup. 'P