Diet influence in accessory sexual glands of adult male rabbits

COLOMBO R; FUNES A.K.; SIMÓN L; SAEZ LANCELLOTTI T.E.; CABRILLANA M.E; MONCLUS MA; CONTE MI; BARAUNA AA; FORNÉS M.W

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Otro; Sociedad de Biología de Cuyo, XXXV Reunión Científica Anua; 2017

Sociedad de Biología de Cuyo

DIET INFLUENCE IN ACCESSORY SEXUAL GLANDS OF ADULT MALE RABBITSColombo R, Funes A, Simon L, Lacellotti E, Cabrillana ME, Monclus M, Conte, MI, Barauna A, Fornés M. Institute of Histology and Embryology Mendoza (IHEM-CONICET). E-mail: r.lucia.bio@gmail.com Mediterranean diet is a healthy diet indicated for hypercholesterolemia treatment. Its main fat component is olive oil (OO). Hypercholesterolemia is a marker of chronic non-communicable diseases in adults, mostly linked to excessive fat intake. In recent years, it is also associated with male infertility. In male rabbits fed with fat diet, it was detected a decrease in seminal volume, a reduction in sperm count and an increase in sperm morphological abnormalities. Semen volume is produced by the secretion of the accessory glands coupled to male tract. The aim of this work was to study the effect of diet in the preprostate, prostate and seminal vesicle (SV). Glands samples of animals under balanced rabbit diet (BD), fat diet (FD) or protective diet by addition of OO (Protective diet, PD) were obtained. They were processed for light microscopy and morphometry was performed using Image J program. We measured villi length in preprostate, prostate epithelium height and SV thickness of the mucosa. Villi length, prostate epithelium and SV mucosa decreased with FD in comparison to BD. SV epithelium in FD showed no difference vs BD. Up to now; PD has only improved villi length. These preliminary measurements suggest that accessory glands functions would be affected by a FD and could explain the reduction in semen volume.