ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA
Online ISSN : 1347-5800
Print ISSN : 0044-5991
ISSN-L : 0044-5991
36 巻, 6 号
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  • Masanori Murakoshi, R. Yoshiyuki Osamura, Keiichi Watanabe
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    2003 年 36 巻 6 号 p. 495-500
    発行日: 2003年
    公開日: 2004/01/30
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    The effect of testosterone and estradiol on the prostate of castrated rats (rat prostatic hyperplasia model after combined treatment with testosterone and estradiol) were investigated by histopathologically and immunohistochemical procedures. The castrated rats were treated for 6 weeks with 1) testosterone 1 mg/animal and 2) testosterone 1 mg/animal plus 17beta-estradiol (estradiol) 10 μg/animal. Histopathologically, glandular hyperplasia of the ventral prostate and glandular hyperplasia with fibromuscular stromal proliferation in the dorsolateral prostate, was clearly observed. Immunohistochemical localization of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PO) which effectively reduces the lipid peroxides, was predominantly observed in the glandular epithelial cells of the ventral prostate. The intensity of GSH-PO staining in the glandular epithelial cells was remarkably decreased after castration, and that it was clearly recovered by testosterone or testosterone plus estradiol treatment to the castrated rats. In contrast, GSH-PO was clearly observed in the glandular epithelial cells of the dorsolateral prostate following testosterone alone or testos-terone plus estradiol. Androgen receptor (AR) is mainly localized in nuclei. In the dorsolateral prostate, AR was also detected in the nuclei of the proliferated stromal fibromuscular cells. Furthermore, immunodetectable AR rapidly declined after androgen withdrawal and returned to intact levels of staining intensity after androgen replacement. These findings strongly suggest that expressions of GSH-PO and AR in the prostate are testosterone-dependent. It is concluded that immunohistochemical analysis, using GSH-PO and AR, may be a useful method for prediction of the effects of androgen action on the rat prostate.
  • Akira Matsuno, Johbu Itoh, Susumu Takekoshi, Tadashi Nagashima, R. Yos ...
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    2003 年 36 巻 6 号 p. 501-506
    発行日: 2003年
    公開日: 2004/01/30
    ジャーナル フリー
    The rab3 protein is involved in the exocytosis of synaptic vesicles and secretory granules in the central nervous system and anterior pituitary cells. We have previously elucidated the role of rab3B in growth hormone (GH) secretion and the mutual relationship between rab3B and soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins. Confocal laser scanning microscopic observation of double immunohistochemical stainings for rab3B and GH revealed an increase of immunoreactivity for rab3B in GHRH-treated rats and a decrease of immunoreactivity for rab3B in SRIF-treated rats. Moreover, confocal laser scanning microscopic observation of double immunohistochemical stainings of SNAP-25, syntaxin and rab3B revealed co-localization of rab3B and the SNARE proteins in GHRH-treated rats, and dissociation in SRIF-treated rats. These results suggest that rab3B plays an important role in GH secretion from the anterior pituitary cells, and that SNAP-25 and syntaxin act alongside rab3B in the functional regulation of GH secretion. Other reports have indicated that rho and rab proteins such as rab8B and rab27B are involved in the intracellular transport and secretion of pituitary hormones. Functional analyses of rab and rho protein families and the SNARE system are required to elucidate the precise mechanisms of the intracellular transport and secretion of pituitary hormones.
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