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Ultrastructural and cytochemical studies of the effects of prolactin on the lateral prostate and the seminal vesicle of the castrated guinea pig (1992)

Tam, C. C. ; Wong, Y. C. ; Tang, F.

Springer

Cell & tissue research 270 (1992), S. 105-112

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ISSN: 1432-0878

Keywords: Prolactin ; Lateral prostate ; Seminal vesicle ; Thiamine pyrophosphatase ; Radioimmunoassay ; Morphometry ; Guinea pig (Dunkin Hartley)

Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Topics: Biology , Medicine

Notes: Summary Administration of ovine prolactin to castrated guinea pigs for 2 weeks induced hypertrophy of secretory cells in the lateral prostate when compared with the castrated controls. This was accompanied by an apparent increase in the number of profiles of granular endoplasmic reticulum and well developed Golgi complexes with dilated cisternae. An increase in the number of low-contrast electron-dense secretory granules was observed 4 weeks after prolactin treatment. In the seminal vesicle, dilatation and degranulation of granular endoplasmic reticulum and an apparent decrease in the number of secretory granules were observed 4 weeks after prolactin administration. Following castration and 2 weeks after prolactin treatment, thiamine pyrophosphatase (TPPase)-reaction product was mainly confined to 1–2 trans cisternae of the Golgi complexes in secretory cells of the lateral prostate and the seminal vesicle. In both glands, a reduction of TPPase activity was observed 2 weeks following prolactin administration, and the reaction product was totally absent after prolonged treatment for 4 weeks. The present study has provided morphological evidence that prolactin is capable of stimulating the secretory function of the lateral prostate while exerting some inhibitory effects on the seminal vesicle of the castrated guinea pig. In both glands, TPPase activity, and hence the process of glycosylation was inhibited after prolactin administration. The results from radioimmunoassay indicated that the action of prolactin on these glands could be a direct effect and not mediated through testosterone.

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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00381885

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Thiamine pyrophosphatase activity in secretory cells of the lateral prostate and seminal vesicle of normal and castrated guinea pigs and castrates treated with oestradiol (1993)

Tam, C. C. ; Wong, Y. C.

Springer

Journal of molecular histology 25 (1993), S. 77-85

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ISSN: 1573-6865

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Notes: Summary Ultrastructural localization of thiamine pyrophosphatase (TPPase) activity was studied in secretory cells of the lateral prostate and seminal vesicle of normal and castrated guinea pigs and castrates treated with 17β-oestradiol benzoate. The present study has demonstrated that TPPase reaction product is consistently localized in the three to four trans cisternae of Golgi complexes in both the lateral prostate and the seminal vesicle. The reaction was intense and the reaction product often filled the cisternae completely. After castration there was a decrease in TPPase activity in both glands as revealed by the reduction in the amount of the reaction product which was found mainly in one to two trans cisternae of the regressed Golgi complex. The reaction product changed from a dense to a more particulate or granular pattern or to discrete deposits of high electron-density. Administration of 17β-oestradiol benzoate to the castrates caused changes in the localization and patterns of distribution of TPPase. In the lateral prostate there was an apparent increase in TPPase activity. The reaction product was found in two to four trans cisternae and occasionally in the trans-most cisternae of the dilated Golgi complex. The reaction product appeared as discrete, dense coarse precipitates. In the seminal vesicle TPPase reaction product was consistently found in one to two trans cisternae in cells with larger Golgi complexes. However, almost all cisternae of the smaller Golgi complexes were TPPase-positive. The cytochemicl results of the present study suggest that TPPase activity and possibly the process of glycosylation in secretory cells of the lateral prostate and seminal vesicle may have been affected after castration and after oestradiol administration.

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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00161047

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Morphogenesis and ductal development of the prostatic complex of the guinea pig (1993)

Zhao, C. Y. ; Tam, C. C. ; Wong, Y. C.

New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell

Journal of Morphology 217 (1993), S. 219-227

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ISSN: 0362-2525

Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology

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Notes: The morphogenesis of glandular architecture of the three lobes of prostate gland of the guinea pig, lateral, dorsal, and coagulating gland was studied from 35 days gestation to 90 postnatal days. Epithelial ductal tubules of various lobes of the gland were microdissected after treatment by collagenase and displayed two dimensionally. The number of ductal tips was counted, and the volume of the ductal network was quantified using a graphic tablet. The results show that the growth and ductal morphogenesis fall into two phases: prenatal and postnatal. The first outgrowth of prostatic buds begins at 35 days gestation (gestational length is 65 days). Ductal growth and branching continues over the next 15-20 days and by 55 days gestation, approximately 60%, 79%, and 71% of the adult number of ductal tips of the lateral and dorsal lobes and coagulating gland respectively, are formed. The figures increase to 89%, 84%, and 106%, respectively, by birth. There is little increase in number of ductal tips thereafter. Postnatal growth is accomplished mainly by elongation of existing ductal network with a little additional branching but with an increase in size (volume) of the tubules. Canalization of ductal tubules occurs prenatally in all lobes but postnatal functional cytodifferentiation takes a slightly different pace among them. Ductal morphogenesis of the guinea pig prostate gland differs significantly in time-course from that of the mouse in which ductal development occurs mainly postnatally. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1052170209

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