Spermatogonial apoptosis has three morphologically recognizable phases and shows no circadian rhythm during normal spermatogenesis in the rat.
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Centre for Molecular Biotechnology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.Issue Date
1992-05
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In this study we examined the possibility that regular or circadian fluctuations occur in the frequency of spontaneous spermatogonial apoptosis. Apoptosis of A2, A3 and A4 type spermatogonia occurring spontaneously in the normal rat testis was studied by light and electron microscopy. Normal and apoptotic A3 spermatogonia were quantified in 36 animals killed at two-hourly intervals over a 24 h period. Three sequential phases of spermatogonial apoptosis were defined and quantified separately: (i) an early phase in which cells showed margination of nuclear chromatin, (ii) an intermediate phase in which phagocytosed apoptotic bodies were partly degraded and (iii) a late phase in which only debris of degraded apoptotic bodies was evident. Groups of spermatogonia linked by intercellular bridges underwent apoptosis synchronously. Normal and apoptotic A3 spermatogonia occurred at a mean frequency of 33.4 and 9.6 per 10 seminiferous tubule profiles respectively; there was a large variation in these frequencies between animals, but no peaks or circadian periodicity were detected. Progressive degradation of apoptotic bodies was evident, the average ratios of intermediate and late bodies to early bodies being 1.5 and 3.5, respectively. Absence of a circadian rhythm in these data does not exclude the possibility that initiation of apoptosis in susceptible spermatogonial clones is synchronous, and that affected clones undergo lag periods of differing duration before expressing morphological apoptosis.Citation
Spermatogonial apoptosis has three morphologically recognizable phases and shows no circadian rhythm during normal spermatogenesis in the rat. 1992, 25 (3):241-50 Cell Prolif.Journal
Cell ProliferationDOI
10.1111/j.1365-2184.1992.tb01399.xPubMed ID
1596537Type
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0960-7722ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1111/j.1365-2184.1992.tb01399.x
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