大鼠非特异性睾丸炎模型的建立及生精上皮的变化

目的:探讨大鼠生精上皮在非特异性炎症状态下的变化。方法:20只成年W istar雄性大鼠随机分为2组(对照组和实验组),对照组腹腔注射生理盐水(1 m l/kg),实验组注射细菌内毒素(LPS),剂量为1 mg/kg,两组均隔1 d注射1次,距第1次注射10 d后取材。HE染色观察睾丸组织的病理改变,免疫组化方法探讨生精上皮内增殖细胞核抗原(PCNA)、α连接素的变化。结果:实验组睾丸组织有明显炎性改变;生精上皮内PCNA表达量显著降低:每个生精小管(仅精原细胞着色的小管)阳性细胞个数为(59±5)个,比对照组明显减少(P<0.01),而这种小管占总管数的比例显著升高(P<0.01),为0.673±0.054;实验组大鼠睾丸内α连接素表达量亦减少(P<0.01),阳性反应颗粒平均光密度为0.150±0.014。结论:睾丸炎症时精原细胞增殖和生精上皮内细胞间粘附力度均减弱,这可能是睾丸炎导致男性不育的原因之一。

Establishment of an Undifferential Orchitis Model in Rats and Changes of Spermatogenic Epithelium

OBJECTIVE: To explore the changes of rat testicular spermatogenic epithelium stimulated by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in vivo. METHODS: Twenty Wistar rats were divided into two groups: control group and experimental group. The control group was treated with pyrogen-free saline (1 ml/kg) and the experimental group was injected ip with saline containing LPS (1 mg/kg) once every two days. Two groups were operated after ten days in order to investigate the testicular pathological changes by HE staining and the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen( PCNA), alpha-catenin in spermatogenic epithelium by immunohistochemistry assay. RESULTS: The testes of the experimental group showed inflammatory changes. The positive expression of PCNA in seminiferous epithelium was significantly lower than that of control group. The number of positive cells in every seminiferous, in which only spermatogonia were stained in experimental group were 59 +/- 5 and it showed significant decrease compared with the control (P < 0.01). Furthermore, the percentage of such seminiferous tubules was 0.673 +/- 0.054 and increased apparently (P < 0.01). The expression of alpha-catenin in testicular tissue of the experimental group declined (P < 0.01), and cellular positive granular light density was 0.150 +/- 0.014. CONCLUSION: The ability of spermatogonium proliferation and the function of conglutination of cells under inflammatory condition of the testes declined, which may be one of the etiologies of male infertility.