PMID- 24876407 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150220 LR - 20211021 IS - 1529-7268 (Electronic) IS - 0006-3363 (Print) IS - 0006-3363 (Linking) VI - 91 IP - 1 DP - 2014 Jul TI - Age- and species-dependent infiltration of macrophages into the testis of rats and mice exposed to mono-(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP). PG - 18 LID - 10.1095/biolreprod.113.115527 [doi] LID - 18 AB - The mechanism by which noninfectious testicular inflammation results in infertility is poorly understood. Here the infiltration of CD11b+ immunoreactive testicular interstitial cells (neutrophil, macrophages, dendritic cells) in immature (Postnatal Day [PND] 21, 28, and 35) and adult (PND 56) Fischer rats is described at 12, 24, and 48 h after an oral dose of 1 g/kg mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP), a well-described Sertoli cell toxicant. Increases of CD11b+ cells are evident 12 h after MEHP exposure in PND 21 and 28 rats. In PND 28 rats, CD11b+ cells remained significantly elevated at 48 h, while in PND 21 rats, it returned to control levels by 24 h. The peak number of CD11b+ cells in PND 35 rat testis is delayed until 24 h, but remains significantly elevated at 48 h. In PND 56 rats, no increase in CD11b+ cells occurs after MEHP exposure. In PND 21, 28, and 35 rats, a significant increase in monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) by peritubular myoid cells occurs 12 h after MEHP. Interestingly, MEHP treatment of C57BL/6J mice did not incite an infiltration of CD11b+ cells at either PND 21 or 28. The peak level of germ cell apoptosis observed 24 h after MEHP exposure in young rats is not seen in mice at any age or in PND 56 rats. Taken together, these findings implicate MCP-1 released by peritubular myoid cells in provoking the migration of CD11b+ cells into the immature rat testis early after MEHP exposure and point to a role for CD11b+ cells in triggering germ cell apoptosis in an age- and species-dependent manner. CI - (c) 2014 by the Society for the Study of Reproduction, Inc. FAU - Murphy, Caitlin J AU - Murphy CJ AD - Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. FAU - Stermer, Angela R AU - Stermer AR AD - Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. FAU - Richburg, John H AU - Richburg JH AD - Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas john.richburg@austin.utexas.edu. LA - eng GR - ES007784/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - ES016591/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 ES016591/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 ES007784/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 ES007247/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140529 PL - United States TA - Biol Reprod JT - Biology of reproduction JID - 0207224 RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - C42K0PH13C (Diethylhexyl Phthalate) RN - FU2EWB60RT (mono-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate) SB - IM MH - Age Factors MH - Animals MH - Cell Movement/physiology MH - Chemokine CCL2/metabolism MH - Diethylhexyl Phthalate/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Macrophages/*drug effects/immunology/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Rats MH - Sertoli Cells/*drug effects/immunology/metabolism MH - Species Specificity MH - Testis/*drug effects/immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC4434960 OTO - NOTNLM OT - interstitial cells OT - macrophage OT - myoid cells OT - reproductive immunology OT - toxicology EDAT- 2014/05/31 06:00 MHDA- 2015/02/24 06:00 PMCR- 2015/07/01 CRDT- 2014/05/31 06:00 PHST- 2014/05/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/05/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/02/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - biolreprod.113.115527 [pii] AID - 10.1095/biolreprod.113.115527 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Reprod. 2014 Jul;91(1):18. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.115527. Epub 2014 May 29.