| Autor: |
Bhardwaj JK; a Department of Zoology , Reproductive Physiology Laboratory, Kurukshetra University , Kurukshetra , Haryana , India., Saraf P; a Department of Zoology , Reproductive Physiology Laboratory, Kurukshetra University , Kurukshetra , Haryana , India. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Ultrastructural pathology [Ultrastruct Pathol] 2016; Vol. 40 (1), pp. 43-50. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Oct 29. |
| DOI: |
10.3109/01913123.2015.1088908 |
| Abstrakt: |
Malathion, one of the most abundantly used organophosphate pesticides, has immoderate potency as a cytotoxic and genotoxic compound that induces toxicity in granulosa cells, resulting in its apoptosis. Thus, the present study aims to employ ultrastructural analysis for assessing the cytotoxicity of malathion at nanomolar concentrations (1 nM and 10 nM) in granulosa cells of caprine antral follicles at different exposure durations. Transmission electron microscopy revealed diminished cell-cell contact and cellular integrity, presence of crescent-shaped nucleus, chromatin condensation, and pyknosis with nuclear membrane folding, accumulation of lipid droplets with occurrence of cytoplasmic protrusions in granulosa cells treated with 1 nM malathion, whereas at 10 nM concentration, along with apoptotic attributes, prominent association of nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria and lipid droplets, nucleus invagination into lipid droplets, apical localization of lipid bodies, and occurrence of autophagic body were observed as compared to healthy granulosa cells in control with normal intact cellular integrity, well-developed cellular association, and doubled membrane nuclear lamina with homogenously dispersed chromatin surrounded by intact mitochondria with well-developed cristae. Thus, the results of ultrastructural analysis clearly suggest that nanomolar concentration of malathion induces apoptotic hallmarks within the granulosa cells of antral follicles that play a consequential role in increasing the incidence of follicular atresia, thereby affecting the overall fertility. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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