MORPHOLOGICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL STUDY OF CASTRATION-INDUCED DEGENERATION AND ANDROGEN-INDUCED REGENERATION IN THE MOUSE PROSTATE
MORPHOLOGICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL STUDY OF CASTRATION-INDUCED DEGENERATION AND ANDROGEN-INDUCED REGENERATION IN THE MOUSE PROSTATE
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DOI:
10.1095/biolreprod34.5.973
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发表时间:
1986-06-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
DONJACOUR, AA
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作者:
SUGIMURA, Y;CUNHA, GR;DONJACOUR, AA
Degenerative and regenerative changes in the ductal architecture of the ventral and dorsolateral prostates (VP and DLP) of the adult mouse were investigated in microdissected specimens over a time-course of 14 days following castration and subsequently during 14 days of administration of testosterone propionate. After castration, about 35% of the ductal tips and branch-points were lost in distal regions (usually near the capsule) in both prostatic lobes. By contrast, in more proximal regions of the prostate (closer to the urethra), the ducts survived in an atrophic condition. The ductal morphology that bad been lost in the distal regions completely regenerated after testosterone propionate was administered to the castrated males. In the VP, androgen replacement simply returned the gland to its former size with moderate ductal distension; in the DLP, excessive epithelial infoldings and ductal distension were elicited in the distal regions of the ducts after 14 days of treatment with testosterone propionate. These results sugges that androgenic responsiveness and dependency are different in distal versus proximal ducts. Distal ducts are exquisitely androgen-dependent and androgen-sensitive; in proximal regions, androgen-dependency is not as strict.