Objective: To investigate the role of pH2AX in the reversibility of mouse testicular reproductive function impaired by single heat stress.
Methods: Twenty-four C57 male mice were randomly divided into heat stress and control groups and immersed in water at 43℃ and 25℃, respectively, for 15 minutes. At 1, 7, and 14 days of heat exposure, all the mice were sacrificed and their testis tissues collected for determining the apoptosis of the germ cells by TUNEL and measuring the expression level of the pH2AX protein by immunohistochemistry and Western blot.
Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue
January 2016