| Literature DB >> 19483715 |
Ying Zhou1, Xiang-Qian Xiao, Lin-Feng Chen, Rui Yang, Jian-Dang Shi, Xiao-Ling Du, Helmut Klocker, Irwin Park, Chung Lee, Ju Zhang.
Abstract
It is known that human benign prostatic hyperplasia might arise from an estrogen/androgen (E/T) imbalance. We studied the response of castrated rat prostate to different ratios of circulating E/T. The castrated male Wistar rats were randomly injected with E/T at different ratios for 4 weeks. The prostates of E/T (1:100) group showed a distinct prostatic hyperplasia response by prostatic index, hematoxylin and eosin staining, and quantitative immunohistochemical analysis of alpha-smooth muscle actin (SMA). In this group, cells positive for Vimentin, non-muscle myosin heavy chain (NMMHC) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) increased in the stroma and epithelium. Furthermore, the mRNA levels of smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (SMMHC) and NMMHC increased. So E/T at a ratio of 1:100 can induce a stromal hyperplastic response in the prostate of castrated rats. The main change observed was an increase of smooth muscle cells, whereas some epithelial changes were also seen in the rat prostates.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19483715 PMCID： PMC3735307 DOI： 10.1038/aja.2009.28
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Asian J Androl ISSN： 1008-682X Impact factor: 3.285