Photoperiodic elevation of testicular zinc protects seminiferous tubules against fluoride toxicity in the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-84

  Krasowska, Alicja ^a   Włostowski, Tadeusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

bank vole; fluoride; germinal epithelium; lipid peroxidation; liver; photoperiod; testes; zinc

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE SODIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM LAYER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS INJURY; TISSUE LEVEL; VOLE;

EID: 0029982006     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(95)02049-7     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Cagen, S.Z.; Klaassen, C.D. Protection of carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity by zinc: role of metallothionein. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 51:107-116;1979.
2. Chvapil, M. New aspects in the biological role of zinc: a stabilizer of micromolecules and biological membranes. Life Sci. 13: 1041-1049;1973.
3. Chvapil, M.; Ryan, J.N.; Zukowski, C.F. The effect of zinc and other metals on the stability of lysosomes. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 140:642-646;1972.
4. Chvapil, M.; Ryan, J.N.; Zukowski, C.F. Effect of zinc on lipid peroxidation in liver microsome and mitochondria. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 141:150-153;1972.
5. Culik, B. Microdiffusion and spectrophotometric determination of fluoride in biological samples. Anal. Chim. Acta 189:329-337;1986.
6. Freni, S.C. Exposure to high fluoride concentrations in drinking water is associated with decreased birth rates. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 42:109-121;1994.
7. Goering, P.L.; Klaassen, C.D. Zinc-induced tolerance to cadmium hepatotoxicity. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol 74:299-307;1984.
8. Guo, M.K.; Nopakun, J.; Messer, H.H.; Ophang, R.; Singer L. Retention of skeletal fluoride during bone turnover in rats. J. Nutr. 118:362-366, 1988.
9. Hafiez, A.A.; El-Kirdassy, Z. H. M.; El-Malkh, N.M.; El-Zayat, E.M. Role of zinc in regulating the testicular function. Part 3. Histopathological changes induced by dietary zinc deficiency in testes of male albino rats. Die Nahrung 34:65-73;1990.
10. Kour, K.; Singh, J. Histological finding of mice testes following fluoride ingestion. Fluoride 13:160-162;1980.
11. Krasowska, A. Influence of low-chitin krill meal on reproduction of Clethrionomys glareolus (Schreber, 1780). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 94C:313-320;1989.
12. Krasowska, A.; Włostowski, T. The effect of high fluoride intake on tissue trace elements and histology of testicular tubules in the rat. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 103C:31-34;1992.
13. Machoy, Z. Are the fluoride content and the physical load of bones in man related? Fluoride 24:100-102;1991.
14. Mason, K.E.; Burns, W.A.; Smith, J.C. Testicular damage associated with zinc deficiency in pre- and post-pubertal rats: response to zinc repletion. J. Nutr. 112:1019-1028;1982.
15. Messer, H.H.; Armstrong, W.D.; Singer, L. Influence of fluoride intake on reproducton in mice. J. Nutr. 103:1319-1326;1973.
16. Millar, M.J.; Fischer, M.J.; Elcoate, P.V.; Mawson, C.A. The effect of dietary zinc deficiency on the reproductive system of male rats. Can. J. Biochem. Physiol. 36:557-569;1958.
17. Ohkawa, H.; Ohishi, N.; Yagi, K. Assay for lipid peroxides in animal tissues by thiobarbituric acid reaction. Anal. Biochem. 95:351-358;1979.
18. Pfeiffer, C.J.; Cho, C.H.; Cheema, A.; Saltman, D. Reserpine-induced gastric ulcers: protection by lysosomal stabilization due to zinc. J. Pharmocol. 61:347-358;1980.
19. Shupe, J.L.; Olson, A.E. Clinical and pathological aspects of fluoride toxicosis in animals. In: Proceedings of the International Fluoride Symposium. Utah: Utah State University Logan; 1982: 319-338
20. Thomas, J.P.; Bachowski, G.J.; Girotti, A.W. Inhibition of cell membrane lipid peroxidation by cadmium- and zinc-metallothioneins. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 884:448-461, 1986.
21. Weber, C.W.; Reid, B.L. Fluoride toxicity in the mouse. J. Nutr. 97:90-94:1969.
22. ∧tnicki, W.; Gierłachowska-Baldyga, W.; Chycak, B. Zinc, iron, copper, manganese, calcium and magnesium supply status of free living bank voles. Acta Theriol. 33: 555-573;1988.
23. Zeiger, E.; Shelby, H.D.; Witt, K.L. Genetic toxicity of fluoride. Environm. Mol. Mutagen. 21:309-318;1993.
24. Zipkin, I. Physiological effects of small doses of fluoride: effects on the skeleton of man. In: Fluorides and Human Health, Monograph Series No. 59. Geneva: World Health Organization; 1970: 185-201.