論文

国際誌
2021年3月

Morphological reproductive characteristics of testes and fertilization capacity of cryopreserved sperm after the Fukushima accident in raccoon (Procyon lotor).

Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene
  • Kazuki Komatsu
  • Tsugumi Iwasaki
  • Kosuke Murata
  • Hideaki Yamashiro
  • Valerie Swee Ting Goh
  • Ryo Nakayama
  • Yohei Fujishima
  • Takumi Ono
  • Yasushi Kino
  • Yoshinaka Simizu
  • Atsushi Takahashi
  • Hisashi Shinoda
  • Kentaro Ariyoshi
  • Kosuke Kasai
  • Masatoshi Suzuki
  • Maria Grazia Palmerini
  • Manuel Belli
  • Guido Macchiarelli
  • Toshitaka Oka
  • Manabu Fukumoto
  • Mitsuaki A Yoshida
  • Akifumi Nakata
  • Tomisato Miura
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開始ページ
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終了ページ
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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1111/rda.13887

Since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident, we have established an archive system of livestock and wild animals from the surrounding ex-evacuation zone. Wildlife within the alert zone have been exposed to low-dose-rate (LDR) radiation for a long continuous time. In this study, we analysed the morphological characteristics of the testes and in vitro fertilization (IVF) capacity of cryopreserved sperm of racoons from the ex-evacuation zone of the FDNPP accident. The radioactivity of caesium-137 (137 Cs) was measured by gamma-ray spectrometry, and the measured radioactivity concentration was 300-6,630 Bq/kg in the Fukushima raccoons. Notably, normal spermatogenesis was observed in the seminiferous tubules of the testes, with the germinal epithelium composed of a spermatogenic cell lineage with no evident ultrastructural alterations; freeze-thawing sperm penetration ability was confirmed using the interspecific zona pellucida-free mouse oocytes IVF assays. This study revealed that the chronic and LDR radiation exposure associated with the FDNPP accident had no adverse effect on the reproductive characteristics and functions of male raccoons.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/rda.13887
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33372327
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1111/rda.13887
  • PubMed ID : 33372327

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