Antifertility Plant Products: Testicular Cell Population Dynamics following Solasodine (C27 H43 O2 N) Administration in Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta)/Pflanzliche Antifertilitäts-Produkte: Hodenzellpopulation-Dynamik nach Solasodine-Anwendung beim Rhesus-
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Andrologia
- Vol. 21 (6) , 542-546
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0272.1989.tb02468.x
Abstract
Summary: Solasodine obtained from the Solanum xanthocarpum berries was administered to Rhesus monkeys for 150 days to evaluate their effect on testicular cell population dynamics. Solasodine brings about an interference with spermiogenesis at the stage XII of late spermatids. The spermatids were decreased by 69% (P< 0.001). No significant change was found in the population of spermatogonia/primary and secondary spermatocytes. The production of immature and mature Leydig cells were decrased by 60.4% and 41.6% respectively. A significant decrease in Cauda sperm count (Control: 83.1±6.3; Solasodine 1.21 ± 0.3 million/ml) was noticed. The testicular protein, sialic acid and glycogen contents were depleted following solasodine treatments to rhesus monkeys. Bioassay studies showed the antiandrogenic nature of the compound. Zusammenfassung: Solasodine, welches aus Solanum xanthocarpum-Beeren gewonnen wurde, führte man 150 Tage lang Rhesusaffen zu, um den Effekt auf die Hodenzellpopulation-Dynamik zu überprüfen. S. bewirkt eine Interferenz der Spermiogenese im Stadium XII der späten Spermatiden. Die Spermatiden sanken um 69% (p < 0,001) ab. In der Population der Spermatogonien/primäre und sekundäre Spermatocyten wurden keine signifikanten Veränderungen gefunden. Die Produktion von unreifen und reifen Leydig-Zellen fiel um 60,4% bzw. 41,6% ab. Ein signifikanter Abfall der Spermatozoendichte ergab sich weiterhin in der Cauda epididymidis (Kontrolle: 83,1 ± 6,3; S.: 1,21±0,3 mill./ml). Hodenprotein, Sialinsäure und Glykogen-Gehalt waren erschöpft nach S-Behandlung. Bioassay-Studien zeigten die antiandrogenetische Natur der Substanz S.Keywords
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