The current study included the use of (48) white male laboratory rats, where the rats were divided into six groups, with 8 rats in each group. The second group with a concentration of 30 mg/kg, the third group with a concentration of 40 mg/kg, the fourth group with a concentration of 50 mg/kg, and the fifth group with a concentration of 60 mg/kg of nano graphene oxide. The sixth group is the control group. The results of the statistical analysis of the study showed a significant decrease in the average body weight. On the last day of the experiment when comparing between the control group and the treated groups, and the results showed a significant decrease in the average liver weight when comparing between the control group and the treated groups. Central vein, hepatic sinusoidal dilatation, hepatocyte nucleus replication, hepatocyte rupture, and nucleolysis As well as thickening of the nuclei in some hepatocytes, infiltration of inflammatory cells, hemorrhage, and dissolution and necrosis of hepatocytes. The results of the over-study by transmission electron microscope also showed changes at the cellular level, represented by the rupture of the nucleus and cytoplasm, in addition to the dissolution of the nucleus.
The current study aimed to examine the effects of nanographene oxide on the testes. A total of 48 male albino rats were randomly divided into 6 groups. The first, second, third, fourth, and sixth groups were treated with graphene oxide nanopowder at 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 mg/kg concentrations, respectively. The sixth group was considered the control group. The results indicated a significant decrease in the average testis weight of rats treated with different nanographene oxide dosages, compared to the control group. There was also a significant decrease in the level of FSH and testosterone of treated rats with nanographene oxide, while there was no significant difference in the level of LH hormone when compared to the control group. The histological examination of the testes in the treated rats indicated hemorrhage, decreased sperm count, decreased thickness of the tubular epithelium, dissociation of connective tissue between the seminiferous tubules, in addition to hematological congestion, necrosis of the tubular epithelium, divergence of the seminal tubules, absence of sperm, shattering of the seminal tubule wall and degeneration sperm-forming cells and edema formation. Using the transmission electron microscope, the findings revealed a range of cellular changes, such as the presence of two-headed spermatids, the destruction of the nucleus membrane, spermatoblasts, the destruction of the cell membrane, and the denting of the nucleus membrane. It can be concluded that the nanographene oxide at 20-60 mg/kg concentrations can have harmful effects on spermatogenesis and normal function testis in rats.
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