Unusual germ cell organization in the seminiferous epithelium of a murid rodent from southern Asia, the greater bandicoot rat, Bandicota Indica

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 180-188

  Worawittayawong, P ^a,b   Leigh, C M ^a   Cozens, G ^c   Peirce, E J ^a   Setchell, B P ^a   Sretarugsa, P ^b   Dharmarajan, A ^c   Breed, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bandicoot rat; Seminiferous epithelium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BANDICOTA INDICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RODENT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CELL CYCLE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MALE; MURIDAE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOZOA; THAILAND;

EID: 20344401104     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2005.00529.x     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Bedford, J. M, Bent, M. J. & Calvin, H. (1973) Variations in the structural characters and stability of the nuclear chromatin in morphologically normal human spermatozoa. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 33, 19-29.
2. Bilaspuri, G. S. & Kaur, R. (1994) Spermatogenic cells and stages of the seminiferous epithelial cycle in the Indian Gerbil Field Rat, Tatera indica. Reproduction Fertility and Development 6, 699-704.
3. Boonsong, P. (1984) Some biological aspects of the great bandicoot (Bandicota indica Bechstein). Agricultural Research Journal 2, 135-145.
4. Breed, W. G. (1993) Novel organisation of the spermatozoon in two species of murid rodents from southern Asia. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 99, 149-158.
5. Breed, W. G. (1998) Interspecific variation in structural organisation of the spermatozoon in the Asian Bandicoot rats, Bandicota species (family Muridae). Acta Zoologica 79, 277-285.
6. Breed, W. G. (2004) The spermatozoon of Eurasian murine rodents: its morphological diversity and evolution. Journal of Morphology 261, 52-69.
7. Breed, W. G. & Taylor, J. (2000) Body mass, testis mass, and sperm size in murine rodents. Journal of Mammalogy 81, 758-768.
8. Brinkworth, M. H., Weinbauer, G. F., Schlatt, S. & Nieschlag, E. (1995) Identification of male germ cells undergoing apoptosis in adult rats. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 105, 25-33
9. Brinkworth, M. H., Weinbauer, G. F., Bergmann, M. & Nieschlag, E. (1997) Apoptosis as a mechanism of germ cell loss in elderly men. International Journal of Andrology 20, 222-228.
10. Chowdhury, A. K. & Steinberger, E. (1976) A study of germ cell morphology and duration of spermatogenic cycle in the baboon Papio anubis. Anatomical Record 185, 155-170.
11. Clermont, Y. (1963) The cycle of the seminiferous epithelium in man. American Journal of Anatomy 112, 35-51.
12. Clermont, Y. (1972) Kinetics of spermatogenesis in mammals: seminiferous epithelium cycle and spermatogonial renewal. Physiological Reviews 52, 198-236.
13. Clermont, Y. & Trott, M. (1969) Duration of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium in the mouse and hamster determined by means of 3H-thymidine and radioautography. Fertility and Sterility 20, 805-817.
14. Corbett, G. B. & Hill, J. E. (1992) The Mammals of the Indomalayan Region: A Systematic Review, pp. 488. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
15. Fawcett, D. W. (1975) The Mammalian spermatozoon. Developmental Biology 44, 394-436.
16. Grocock, C. A. & Clarke, J. R. (1975) Spermatogenesis in mature and regressed testes of the vole (Microtus agrestis). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 43, 461-470.
17. Grocock, C. A. & Clarke, J. R. (1976) Duration of spermatogenesis in the vole (Microtus agrestis) and bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 47, 133-135.
18. Heller, C. G. & Clermont, Y. (1964) Kinetics of germinal epithelium in man. Recent Progress in Hormone Research 20, 545-575.
19. Hess, R. A. (1990) Quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the stages and transitions in the cycle of the rat seminiferous epithelium: light microscopic observations of perfusion-fixed and plastic-embedded testes. Biology of Reproduction 43, 525-542.
20. Johnson, L. (1994a) A new approach to study the architectural arrangement of spermatogenic stages revealed little evidence of a partial wave along the length of human seminiferous tubules. Journal of Andrology 15, 435-441.
21. Johnson, L. (1994b) Efficiency of Spermatogenesis. Microscopy Research and Technique 32, 385-422.
22. Johnson, L., Petty, C. S. & Neaves, W. B. (1980) A comparative study of daily sperm production and testicular composition in humans and rats. Biology of Reproduction 22, 1233-1243.
23. Johnson, L., Chaturvedi, P. K. & Williams, J. D. (1992) Missing generations of spermatocytes and spermatids in seminiferous epithelium contribute to low efficiency of Spermatogenesis in humans. Biology of Reproduction 47, 1091-1098.
24. Johnson, L., Varner, D. D., Roberts, M. E., Smith, T. L., Keillor, G. E. & Scrutchfield, W. L. (2000) Efficiency of spermatogenesis: a comparative approach. Animal Reproduction Science 60-61, 471-480.
25. Krishnamurthy, H., Weinbauer, G. F., Aslam, H., Yeung, C.-H. & Nieschlag, E. (1998) Quantification of apoptotic testicular germ cells in normal and methoxyacetic acid-treated mice as determined by flow cytometry. Journal of Andrology 19, 71-717.
26. Lareu, R. R., Lacher, M. D., Bradley, C. K., Sridaran, R., Friis, R. R. & Dharmarajan, A. M. (2003) Regulated expression of inhibitor of apoptosis protein 3 in the rat corpus luteum. Biology of Reproduction 68, 2232-2240.
27. Leblond, C. P. & Clermont, Y. (1952) Definition of the stages of the cycle of seminiferous epithelium in the rat. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 55, 548-573.
28. Miething, A. (1998) The establishment of Spermatogenesis in the seminiferous epithelium of the pubertal golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus). Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology 40, 1-92.
29. Munoz, E. M., Fogal, T., Dominguez, S., Scardapane, L., Guzman, J., Cavicchia, J. C. & Piezzi, R. S. (1998) Stages of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium of the viscacha (Lagostomus maximus maximus). The Anatomical Record 252, 8-16.
30. Musser, G. G. & Carleton, M. D. (1993) Family Muridae. In: Mammal Species of the World, 2nd edn (eds D. E. Wilson & D. M. Reeder), pp. 501-755. Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
31. Oud, J. J. & de Rooij, D. G. (1977) Spermatogenesis in the Chinese hamster. The Anatomical Record 187, 113-124.
32. Paula, T. A. R., Chiarini-Garcia, H. & Franca, L. R. (1999) Seminiferous epithelium cycle and its duration in capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris). Tissue & Cell 31, 327-334.
33. Peirce, E. J. & Breed, W. G. (1987) Cytological organization of the seminiferous epithelium in the Australian rodents Pseudomys australis and Notomys alexis. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 80, 91-103.
34. Percy, B., Clermont, Y. & Leblond, C. P. (1961) The wave of the seminiferous epithelium in the rat. American Journal of Anatomy 108, 47-78.
35. Redi, C. A., Garagna, S., Heth, G. & Nevo, E. (1986) Descriptive kinetics of spermatogenesis in four chromosomal species of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. The Journal of Experimental Zoology 238, 81-88.
36. Russell, L. D., Ettlin, R. A., Sinha Hikim, A. P. & Clegg, E. D. (1990) Histological and Histopathological Evaluation of the Testis, pp. 286. Cache River Press, Vienna, IL, USA.
37. Schuler, H. M. & Gier, H. T. (1976) Duration of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium in the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster ochrogaster). Journal of Experimental Zoology 197, 1-11.
38. Schulze, W. & Rehder, U. (1984) Organization and morphogenesis of the human seminiferous epithelium. Cell and Tissue Research 237, 395-407.
39. Sharpe, R. M. (1994) Regulation of spermatogenesis. In: The Physiology of Reproduction, 2nd edn (eds E. Knobil & J. D. Neill), pp. 1363-1434. Raven Press, New York.
40. Sinha Hikim, A. P., Maiti, B. R. & Ghosh, A. (1985) Spermatogenesis in the bandicoot rat. I. Duration of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium. Archives of Andrology 14, 151-154.
41. Sinha Hikim, A. P., Rajavashisth, T. B., Sinha Hikim, I., Lue, Y., Bonavera, J. J., Leung, A., Wang, C. & Swerdloff, R. S. (1997) Significance of apoptosis in the temporal and stage-specific loss of germ cells in the adult rat after gonadotropin deprivation. Biology of Reproduction 57, 1193-1201.
42. Sinha Hikim, A. P., Wang, C., Lue, Y., Johnson, L., Wang, H.-H. & Swerdloff, R. S. (1998) Spontaneous germ cell apoptosis in humans: evidence for ethnic differences in the susceptibility of germ cells to programmed cell death. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 83, 152-156.
43. Smithwick, E. B., Young, L. G. & Gould, K. G. (1996) Duration of spermatogenesis and relative frequency of each stage in the seminiferous epithelial cycle of the chimpanzee. Tissue and Cell 28, 357-366.
44. Tait, A. J. & Johnson, E. (1982) Spermatogenesis in the grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) and changes during sexual regression. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 65, 53-58.
45. Weinbauer, G. F., Aslam, H., Krishnamurthy, H., Brinkworth, M. H., Einspanier, A. & Hodges, J. K. (2001) Quantitative analysis of spermatogenesis and apoptosis in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) reveals high rates of spermatogonial turnover and high spermatogenic efiiciency. Biology of Reproduction 64, 120-126.
46. Wistuba, J.A., Schrod, A., Grewe, B., Hodges, J. K., Aslam, H., Weinbauer, G. F. & Luitjens, C. M. (2003) Organisation of seminiferous epithelium in primates: relationship to spermatogenic efficiency, phylogeny, and mating system. Biology of Reproduction 69, 582-591.