Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Scanning electron microscopy of seminiferous tubules and spermatozoa of rats under conditions of thermal exposure

  • Published:
Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine Aims and scope

Abstract

Convoluted seminiferous tubules and spermatozoa of albino rats under conditions of thermal exposure were studied by scanning electron microscopy. Exposure at 40°C (in a thermostat) for 1 h caused significant changes in spatial structure of the tubules and spermatozoa. The tubular lumens acquired an irregular shape. The integrity of the spermatid layer was disrupted. The spermatozoon heads were deformed, the tails became bifurcated and convoluted. The appearance of erythrocytes on the spermatid surface attested to impairment of the blood-testis barrier.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. E. E. Bragina, L. F. Kurilo, L. V. Shileiko, and R. M. Abdumalikov, Probl. Reprod., No. 3, 72–75 (1997).

  2. L. F. Kurilo, V. P. Dubinskaya, T. V. Ostroumova, et al., Ibid., No. 3, 33–38 (1995).

  3. WHO Handbook of Laboratory Studies of Human Ejaculate and Spermatozoon Interactions with Cervical Mucus [in Russian], Moscow (2001).

  4. O. L. Tiktinskii, Manual of Andrology [in Russian], Leningrad (1990).

  5. A. Holstein and E. Roosen-Runge, Atlas of Human Spermatogenesis, Berlin (1998).

  6. G. Ludwig and J. Frick, Spermatology. Atlas and Manual, Berlin (1987).

  7. R. Menkveld, E. Oettle, T. Kruger, et al., Atlas of Human Sperm Morphology, Maryland, Baltimore (1991).

  8. J. Molnar and F. Szarvos, Andrologie, Leipzig (1998).

  9. W. Ombelet, R. Menkveld, T. F. Kruger, and O. Steeno, Hum. Reprod. Update, 1, No. 6, 543–557 (1995).

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. M. H. Ross, L. J. Rommrell, and G. I. Kaye, Histology: A Text and Atlas, Baltimore et al. (2001).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Laboratory of Pathological Anatomy, V. Vakhidov Republican Center of Surgery, Uzbekistan Ministry of Health, Tashkent

    I. M. Baibekov, Kh. D. Asadov & N. A. Strizhkov

Authors
  1. I. M. Baibekov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Kh. D. Asadov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. N. A. Strizhkov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

__________

Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 143, No. 1, pp. 117–120, January, 2007

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Baibekov, I.M., Asadov, K.D. & Strizhkov, N.A. Scanning electron microscopy of seminiferous tubules and spermatozoa of rats under conditions of thermal exposure. Bull Exp Biol Med 143, 110–113 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-007-0029-7

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-007-0029-7

Key Words

Search

Navigation