[Effect of Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles on the Murine Native Sperm Chromatin].

The effects of ultrasmall (2-3 nm) gold nanoparticles on native epididymal sperm chromatin of CBAxC57BL/6 hybrid mice and 129/IMG mice with a mutation in the DNA-polymerase iota gene were studied. It is shown that for both mouse strains after sperm incubation in a solution containing Au nanoparticles, at 23, 37 and 60 degrees C for 30 min followed by 1 hour treatment in dithiothreitol solution, a decrease in the number of nuclei with fully decondensed chromatin was observed compared with the control. Though, the manifestation of this effect in the population of 129/IMG mice mature sperm, was weaker.

[Bovine sperm chromatin is not protected from the effects ultrasmall gold nanoparticles].

The response of ejaculated bovine spermatozoa to gold nanoparticles was studied by the standard method of nuclear chromatin decondensation in vitro. After the treatment of semen samples with a hydrosol containing gold nanoparticles with an average diameter of 3.0 nm and a concentration of 1 x 10(15) particles/mL, the ability of sperm nuclei to decondense in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and dithiothreitol (DTT) dramatically changed compared to the control.

[Effect of gold nanoparticles on mouse spermatogenesis].

The response of the mouse male germ cells exposed to gold nanoparticles (approximately 2.5 nm) was studied. Our investigation demonstrates that treatment with Au nanoparticles for four days does not impair the architecture of the spermatogenic epithelium.

Regeneration potential of transplanted adult mouse sertoli cells.

The regeneration potential of differentiated Sertoli cells subjected to thermal treatment was studied by the method of cell transplantation. Cells from mice with artificial cryptorchism (1.5 months after fixation of the testes in the body) and after culturing (10 days, 37°C) were transplanted.