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Antitesticular effect of copper chloride in albino rats.

Abstract
Copper chloride treatment adversely affects testicular activity in albino rats. To investigate its antitesticular effects mature (120 days) Wistar strain albino rats were treated intraperitoneally (i.p.) with copper chloride at doses of 1000, 2000 and 3000 micrograms/kg body weight/day for 26 days. Significant reduction of testicular and accessory sex organs (seminal vesicle, ventral prostate) weight, along with inhibition of testicular delta 5-3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (delta 5-3 beta-HSD) and 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17 beta-HSD) activity and reduction in plasma testosterone level, were observed at the doses of 2000 and 3000 micrograms/kg body weight/day. The degree of inhibition in all the parameters were increased with the increase of dosage. But no significant change was observed in the above parameters when the animals were treated with 1000 micrograms/kg body weight/day dose. This suggests that copper produces a suppressive influence on male reproductive activity, mainly on testicular weight and steroidogenesis and accessory sex organ weight in a dose-dependent manner.
AuthorsA Chattopadhyay, M Sarkar, R Sengupta, G Roychowdhury, N M Biswas
JournalThe Journal of toxicological sciences (J Toxicol Sci) Vol. 24 Issue 5 Pg. 393-7 (Dec 1999) ISSN: 0388-1350 [Print] Japan
PMID10656160 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Chlorides
  • Testosterone
  • Copper
  • Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases
Topics
  • Animals
  • Chlorides (toxicity)
  • Copper (toxicity)
  • Genitalia, Male (drug effects)
  • Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Organ Size (drug effects)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Testis (drug effects, enzymology)
  • Testosterone (blood)

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