Title

Influence of Sialadenectomy on the Development of Spermatogenesis in Rats: Ultrastructural Characteristics of Spermatogenic Epithelium and Leydig Cells.

Authors

Ivanova, V. V.; Mil'to, I. V.; Sukhodolo, I. V.; Usov, V. Yu.

Abstract

Sialadenectomy in young rats modifies the development of the spermatogenic and steroidogenic functions of the testes. Sialadenectomy causes ultrastructural changes in spermatogenic cells, sustentocytes, and Leydig cells that disappear by week 8 of the experiment due to realization of compensatory and adaptive mechanisms. The effects of endocrine factors of the greater salivary glands on the spermatogenic cells are realized directly and indirectly via interstitial endocrinocytes and sustentocytes.

Subjects

LEYDIG cells; ENDOCRINE glands; EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SALIVARY glands; RATS

Publication

Bulletin of Experimental Biology & Medicine, 2019, Vol 166, Issue 6, p802

ISSN

0007-4888

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1007/s10517-019-04444-w