出版社:International Medical Journal Management and Indexing System
摘要:This study aimed to investigate the effect of the fluorosis on the reproductive and
thyroid disorders through its biochemical, histopathological and
immunohistochemical findings in one of fluoride endemic area in Egypt. They
carried out on forty adult ewes and does which grouped into two groups. The 1st
group (20 animals: 10 ewes and 10 does) was control group that brought from the
Animal Reproduction Research Institute farm. The 2nd group was a fluoride group
(20 animals: 10 ewes and 10 does) that brought from abattoir and farms in
Alexandria dessert way, North cost and Alexandria Governorate. Excess water
fluorosis (2.9 mg/L) caused a significant (p<0.05) decrease in serum progesterone,
estrogen, triiodothyronine, calcium, protein, albumin, globulin and total
antioxidant capacity (TAC), while urea, creatinine, AST, ALT and MDA levels
were increased significantly (p<0.05) than normal. Histopathologically, the
fluoride group revealed reproductive and thyroid disorders with marked hepatorenal alterations. The examined tissues showed smooth inactive ovaries with
atrophied uteri and fibroleiomyoma which were positive immunoreactive to
desmine and actine. Also, other cases revealed follicular cystic ovaries associated
with chronic cystic endometritis. Moreover, there were degenerative and necrotic
changes in the follicular epithelial cells of thyroid glands.
Immunohistochemically, marked increased in the apoptosis with caspase3
immunoreactivity in the uterine and thyroid tissues were observed. We concluded
that, fluorosis induced reproductive and thyroid disorder as biochemical and
pathological alterations are corelated with the significant increase of serum
fluoride in fluoride group both in does and ewes (15.01 and 13.03) respectively
compared to the control group (3.30 and 2.90) as well as oxidative stress resulted
in impaired reproductive function and structure in ovine.