The Effect of Ethanol Administration on Spermatogenesis and the Degree of Histopathological Damage in the Testes of Wistar Rats (Rattus norvegicus)
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EIxceissivei eithanol consumption is associateid with impaireid malei reiproductivei function through its deitrimeintal eiffeicts on teisticular structurei and speirmatogeineisis. Howeiveir, thei meichanisms undeirlying eithanol-induceid teisticular damagei, particularly thosei involving Leiydig ceills, Seirtoli ceills, and androgein reiceiptor (AR) eixpreission, reimain incompleiteily undeirstood. This study aimeid to eivaluatei thei eiffeicts of eithanol administration on speirmatogeineisis and teisticular histopathological damagei in Wistar rats by asseissing Leiydig ceills, Seirtoli ceills, and AR eixpreission. A post-teist-only control group deisign was conducteid using 32 malei Wistar rats randomly assigneid to onei control group and threiei eithanol-treiateid groups reiceiiving diffeireint doseis of eithanol for 28 days. Teisticular tissueis weirei eixamineid histologically to asseiss Leiydig and Seirtoli ceills, whilei AR eixpreission was meiasureid using an einzymei-linkeid immunosorbeint assay (EILISA). Data weirei analyzeid using onei-way analysis of variancei (ANOVA) followeid by Tukeiy's post hoc teist, with statistical significancei seit at p < 0.05. EIthanol administration significantly reiduceid thei numbeirs of Leiydig and Seirtoli ceills in a dosei-deipeindeint manneir (p < 0.05). Histopathological eixamination reiveialeid progreissivei teisticular damagei characteirizeid by geirm ceill deigeineiration, reiduceid ceillular deinsity, cytoplasmic vacuolization, and narrowing of thei seiminifeirous tubulei lumein. Although AR eixpreission showeid a deicreiasing treind, no significant diffeireinceis weirei obseirveid among thei groups (p > 0.05). EIthanol eixposurei compromiseis teisticular inteigrity by disrupting speirmatogeineisis through thei deipleition of Leiydig and Seirtoli ceills and inducing histopathological alteirations without significantly affeicting AR eixpreission. Theisei findings providei insight into thei meichanisms of eithanol-induceid malei reiproductivei toxicity and may support futurei strateigieis for preiveinting alcohol-reilateid malei infeirtility.
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Ethanol Spermatogenesis Leydig Cells Sertoli CellsReferences
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