Manchette-acrosome disorders and testicular efficiency decline observed in hypercholesterolemic rabbits are recovered with olive oil enriched diet
Fig 12
(A) Percentages of spermatogenic cells by tubular seminiferous section. Each specific type of spermatogenic cell (spermatogonia, spermatocyte, round and elongated spermatid) present in a cross section of seminiferous tubules were counted and plotted as a percentage of the total cells counted. Mean ± SD of percentages of different spermatogenic cells were plotted for all experimental conditions: NCR = black bars, HCARDA = white bars, ½ HCARDA + ½ OO = grey bars, and ½ OO = light grey bars. (B) Proliferation efficiency rate (per) normalized to NCR. per was calculated dividing the number of sperm cells by the spermatogonia percentage. (C)Differentiation efficiency rate (der) normalized to NCR. Der was calculated dividing the number of sperm cells by the spermatid percentage. Mean ± SD of per and der were plotted using the same color code. n = 200 cells per condition in six separated experiments. Asterisks = p< 0.05.