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G S Gupta

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PubMed1977

Biological damage in testis by iodine-125 in partially blocked thyroid of rats.

Degeneration of testis has been observed after administration of Iodine-125 in potassiumperchlorate treated rats. Histological damage is associated with loss of DNA, RNA, acid phosphatase, total adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) and Na/K dependent ATPase. Iodine-125 induced atrophic testis shows higher content of sodium and lower levels of potassium as compared to control testis. Damage of testis by Iodine-125 has been compared with atrophied testis, following gamma irradiation earlier reported. Auger effect due to Iodine-125 decay and transmutation at the sites of nuclei and plasma membrane of germinal cells seems to be the possible explanation for testicular damage caused by Iodine-125.

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PubMed1975

Effect of cirrhosis on pulmonary fibrogenesis caused by silica dust in rats.

The cirrhosis in male albino rats was produced after repeated subcutaneous injections of carbon tetrachloride, in dosage schedule as described. A fully developed cirrhosis was observed after 150 days. The silicosis in lungs was produced after single intratracheal injection of silica dust of particle size less than 5 microns and studied up to 180 days. The effect of damaged liver on the development of silicosis in the lungs was studied. It was found that pulmonary fibrosis caused by silica dust appeared to be a tissue reaction confined to the lung tissue alone. The dysfunction of liver did not exert any influence on fibrogenesis in the lungs.

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PubMed1975

Radiation effects on rat testes. V. Studies on lysosomal enzymes (acid phosphatase and acid DNAse) and their physiological significance following partial body gamma-irradiation.

Acid phosphatase is present in the nucleus and cytoplasm of cells in the seminiferous tubules and the interstitium of rat testes. The effect of irradiation on acid phosphatase is dependent on the environmental temperature and the dose of irradiation. It appears that initial rise in the enzyme at a low radiation dose and a high environmental temperature or at a high dose and low temperature is associated with a lysosomal breakdown of the germinal cells of the testes. A decrease in acid phosphatase in the advanced stages of radiation injury is a secondary radiation effect which may lead to decreased metabolic synthesis of phosphate esters owing to the unavailability of orthophosphate in the testicular tubules. The reduced acid phosphatase activity can be detected in the seminiferous tubules, suggesting that the enzyme activity is related to the state of the germ cell population. An initial increase in acid phosphatase is matched by an initial rise in acid DNAse within hours of irradiation, further suggesting that there is radiation interaction with the cells of the germinal epithelium. The enhanced activity of DNAse following a 2nd week of irradiation at 2000 R confirms the phagocytic activity of the non-germinal cells.

Acid Phosphatase↗
PubMed1975

Radiation effects on rat testes. VII. Alterations in nucleic acids and P-32 incorporation after partial body gamma-irradiation.

Effects of partial body gamma irradiation have been studied on rat testis at lethal (2000 R) and sublethal (720 R) doses. Radiation produced a progressive decline in DNA and RNA content of testis for first 15 days at both lethal and sublethal doses, followed by recovery as evidenced up to 74 days without any evidence for recovery of spermatogenesis. The incorporation of P-32 into nucleic acids was also low as compared to normal rats on day 8 postirradiation. Subsequently there was a tendency for the enhanced incorporation of P-32 in nucleic acid fractions. The P-32 nucleic acids specific activities were higher on 74th day in radiated rats than in normal controls. Enhanced incorporation of P-32 in nucleic acids and phospholipid fractions after 15 days of irradiation indicates greater synthetic activity of testicular interstitium rather than in recovery of germ cells.

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