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- Title
Negative effects of ethanol on ovarian reserve and endometrium thickness: An animal study.
- Authors
Karaman, Enes; Ayağ, Mehmet Emin
- Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to assess the effect of ethanol on the ovarian reserve and endometrium of rats by evaluating anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels and follicle counts. Materials and Methods: We performed histological follicle counting and AMH measurements to evaluate ovarian reserve. The study included 16 Wistar albino rats evenly distributed into two groups of eight rats each. The rats in the intervention group (group 1) were administered ethanol at a daily dose of 2.5 g/kg via oral gastric lavage for 30 days, whereas the control group (group 2) received water as a placebo via oral gastric lavage for the same period. At the end of 30 days, the animals were sacrificed, and 2 mL blood samples were collected for AMH measurements. Laparotomy was performed to remove the ovaries and uterus. Results: Despite the lack of a meaningful distinction in the quantity of primordial and primary follicles between the two groups, a substantial disparity was observed in the overall follicle count and AMH levels. Specifically, the intervention group exhibited significantly lower total follicle counts and AMH levels than the control group (p≤0.001). The researchers also found that the endometrium of ethanol-treated rats was significantly thinner than that of control rats (p≤0.001). Conclusion: This study concluded that ethanol consumption can negatively affect reproductive ability and the success of in vitro fertilization treatment by reducing ovarian reserve and thinning the endometrium.
- Subjects
SEX hormones; OVARIAN follicle; BIOLOGICAL models; STATISTICAL power analysis; ENDOMETRIUM; PLACEBOS; REPRODUCTIVE health; T-test (Statistics); ETHANOL; BLOOD collection; ABDOMINAL surgery; ORAL drug administration; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test; RATS; GASTRIC lavage; EXPERIMENTAL design; ANIMAL experimentation; FERTILIZATION in vitro; HISTOLOGICAL techniques; OVARIAN reserve; COMPARATIVE studies; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2024, Vol 21, Issue 3, p175
- ISSN
2149-9322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4274/tjod.galenos.2024.89439