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Journal of Andrology, Vol 15, Issue 5 442-448, Copyright © 1994 by The American Society of Andrology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Alterations of testicular function after induced autoimmune orchitis in rats

M. O. Suescun, R. S. Calandra and L. Lustig
Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular, La Plata, Argentina.

The endocrinological profile of animals with experimental autoimmune orchitis (EAO) has not been sufficiently explored. With this purpose orchitis was induced in adult rats by active immunization with testicular homogenate (TH) and adjuvants. Animals were sacrificed 50 or 80 days after the first immunization. Forty-three percent of rats immunized with TH developed orchitis. Different degrees of cell sloughing and atrophy of the seminiferous tubules and numerous macrophages and lymphocytes in close association with Leydig cells were seen. A significant increase in the number of Leydig cells was observed in rats with orchitis killed at 50 and 80 days. An enhanced number of interstitial non-Leydig cells was also detected in rats with testicular damage killed at 80 days. Levels of serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) were two- to threefold higher in rats with EAO compared to concentrations detected in other groups. Moreover, rats with orchitis had significantly increased testicular testosterone. Serum luteinizing hormone (LH) did not change in animals of any group. In vitro studies showed an increase in the basal and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)-stimulated testosterone production in rats with EAO. The increase in testicular steroidogenesis without a concomitant enhancement in serum LH levels detected in rats with autoimmune orchitis suggests the existence of local control mechanisms.


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