論文

2014年9月

Neonatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol causes granulomatous orchitis via epididymal inflammation

ANATOMICAL SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
  • Hidenobu Miyaso
  • ,
  • Munekazu Naito
  • ,
  • Shuichi Hirai
  • ,
  • Yoshiharu Matsuno
  • ,
  • Masatoshi Komiyama
  • ,
  • Masahiro Itoh
  • ,
  • Chisato Mori

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開始ページ
215
終了ページ
223
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1007/s12565-013-0225-7
出版者・発行元
SPRINGER

Diethylstilbestrol (DES), an endocrine-disrupting chemical, is an infamous artificial estrogenic compound. Although neonatal exposure to DES has been shown to result in inflammation of the male reproductive system, it has not, to our knowledge, been reported to induce testicular inflammation. Here we report that neonatal exposure to DES caused granulomatous orchitis with spermatogenic disturbance in 4 of 17 ICR male mice at 12 weeks of age. In the animals with spermatogenic disturbance, we observed either seminiferous tubules containing only cells with Sertoli cell features (likely Sertoli cell syndrome), or tubule cells in maturation arrest that contained only spermatogonia and/or spermatocytes. Following neonatal DES exposure, 5-week-old mice exhibited inflammation in cauda epididymis; by 8 weeks, the inflammation had spread to all segments of epididymis but not the testis; by 12 weeks, inflammation of the epididymis was observed in all mice. These data indicated that cauda epididymis has increased sensitivity to neonatal DES exposure compared to other segments of epididymis and testis. The data also implied that neonatal DES exposure-induced inflammation in cauda epididymis extended gradually to the testis via corpus and caput during development.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12565-013-0225-7
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000340510200003&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1007/s12565-013-0225-7
  • ISSN : 1447-6959
  • eISSN : 1447-073X
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000340510200003

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