All-trans-4-oxo-retinoic acid: a potent inducer of in vivo proliferation of growth-arrested A spermatogonia in the vitamin A-deficient mouse testis

Endocrinology
I C GaemersD G de Rooij

Abstract

Vitamin A deficiency leads to an arrest of spermatogenesis and a loss of advanced germ cells in male mice. In the present study, the effects of several retinoids and carotenoids on these mouse testis were investigated. First, the proliferative activity of the growth-arrested A spermatogonia in vitamin A-deficient (VAD) mice testis was determined, 20, 24, or 28 h after administration of 0.5 mg all-trans-retinoic acid (RA). The bromodeoxy-uridine (BrdU) labeling index of A spermatogonia in control VAD testis was 5 +/- 1% (n = 4, mean +/- SD). When RA was injected (ip), the highest labeling index was found 24 h after RA administration; 49 +/- 5%. When various concentrations of RA, all-trans-4-oxo-retinoic acid (4-oxo-RA) or all-trans-retinol acetate (ROAc), ranging from 0.13-1 mg, were injected, the labeling index of A spermatogonia always increased in comparison with the VAD situation. A maximum index at 24 h was found when 0.5 mg 4-oxo-RA was injected: 56 +/- 3%. This labeling index was even higher than those after injection of RA or ROAc, 49 +/- 5% and 34 +/- 6% respectively. The increase of the BrdU labeling index was dose dependent. After an initial increase of the labeling indices with increasing retinoid doses, the labeling...Continue Reading

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