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Effect of irradiation on testicular cells of opossum. Strahlentherapie 1977 Jul;153(7):470-3

Date

07/01/1977

Pubmed ID

898211

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0017406918 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)

Abstract

Five months old male opossums were exposed to 5000 rd wholebody 60Co gamma-radiation. Testes tissues from animals sacrificed at 16, 40 and 90 hours post-irradiation and from nonirradiated animales were used for enzymatic and histological studies. Electrophoretic pattern of lactate dehydrogenase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was slightly disturbed in early hours in irradiated animals, but it did not persist beyond 40 hours postirradiation. Histological study indicates 31% survival of type A spermatogonia suggesting high radioresistance of testes tissue in comparison to other animals.

Author List

Prasad N, Prasad R, Bushong SC, North LB

Author

Lauren North MD Assistant Professor in the Otolaryngology department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Animals
Cobalt Radioisotopes
Gamma Rays
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
Male
Opossums
Radiation Tolerance
Spermatogonia
Spermatozoa
Testis