CELLULAR-RESPONSE TO ANDROGEN DEPLETION AND REPLETION IN THE RAT VENTRAL PROSTATE - AUTORADIOGRAPHY AND MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS
CELLULAR-RESPONSE TO ANDROGEN DEPLETION AND REPLETION IN THE RAT VENTRAL PROSTATE - AUTORADIOGRAPHY AND MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS
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DOI:
10.1002/pros.2990070106
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
SANTEN, RJ
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作者:
ENGLISH, HF;DRAGO, JR;SANTEN, RJ
The effect of androgen depletion/repletion on the cell types of the rat ventral prostate has been studied using light microscope autoradiography and morphometric analysis. All prostatic cells were assigned to 1 of the following groups: epithelial, endothelial, stromal (periacinar), or stromal (interacinar). With the exception of the latter group, the numbers of all other cell types were significantly reduced by androgen depletion (castration), and increased by repletion thereafter. During the repletion period, the labeling index of all cell types rose in parallel and peaked 72 h postinitiation of androgen replacement. The size of the proliferating pool just prior to the peak day was determined. Of the total prostatic cell population 45% was found to be labeled. The epithelial cell group contained the greatest proportion of labeled cells, but significant percentages occurred in the other types. These results precisely define the temporal effects of androgen replacement on prostatic cell population dynamics in the castrate rat.