Histochemical study of the effect of heat on the function of male reproductive organs of rats

Abstract

Abstract: The literatures mentional that the male reproductive organs are under the effect of androgens which secreted from the testes ( Greenspan and Baxter 1994) . To know the role of scrotum in decreasing of testicular temperature we used twenty mature male rate . The animals were randomly divided into two groups , ten animals each ( Control and treated ) . Both testes of the treated animals sutured to the abdominal wall while the control animals were shamly operated .After one month all animal were killed and the testes , prostate and seminal vesicle were removed and put in liquid nitrogen ( - 196c ) . frozen section made and stained according to the stander histochemical methods . The results showed an increase in acid phosphatase activity in the treated tissues compared with the control . Alkaline phosphatase enzyme activity were unstable , while the succinate dehydrogenase enzyme activity decreased markedly in the treated tissues compared with the control tissues . The present observation confirmed the role of androgen in regulation of male organs function.