Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 1999-10-01

Morphological study on pigmented cells in the horse testis.

H Murabayashi, E Hondo, N Kitamura, H Furuoka, K Taguchi, Y Nambo, J Yamada

Index: J. Vet. Med. Sci. 61(10) , 1183-6, (1999)

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Abstract

One of the most attractive characteristics of a horse testis is the change of the weight during development. As the testicular weight changes and the number of Leydig cells decreases, pigments appear in interstitial tissues. In the present study, the characteristics of the pigments found in the interstitial tissues were examined histochemically and ultrastructurally. Specific stainings indicated that the pigmented granules showed almost all of the histological and histochemical characteristics of ceroid or ceroid-like pigment. The cells showed positive reaction for acid phosphatase while the pigmented cells contained a lot of lysosomes ultrastructurally. These results suggest that macrophages might phagocytize Leydig cells, and store their digested materials as ceroid-like pigment.

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