[Effect of 131I incorporation on the status of the reproductive system in male rats and the dose-dependent effect]

Probl Endokrinol (Mosk). 1994 May-Jun;40(3):45-7.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Radioactive 131I was injected in single doses 9.25, 37, and 92.5 kBq to prepubertal (30-day-old) male rats. Iodine incorporation in doses 37 and 92.5 kBq resulted in some functional changes in the reproductive system of mature rats: blood testosterone level increased, its hypothalamic aromatization intensified, and biologically active LH level in the blood dropped. Incorporation of 9.25 kBq of 131I had no effect on male reproductive system. A possibility of direct injury to rat testicles by 131I incorporation is suggested.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dopamine / metabolism
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
  • Genitalia, Male / radiation effects*
  • Hypothalamus / metabolism
  • Hypothalamus / radiation effects
  • Iodine Radioisotopes / administration & dosage*
  • Luteinizing Hormone / blood
  • Male
  • Norepinephrine / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Sexual Maturation / physiology
  • Testis / metabolism
  • Testis / radiation effects
  • Testosterone / blood
  • Thyroxine / blood

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Testosterone
  • Luteinizing Hormone
  • Thyroxine
  • Dopamine
  • Norepinephrine