Abstract:
:Androgens are involved in a variety of centrally mediated functions after binding to their intracellular receptors. In the present report, we have employed the androgen receptor antibody, PG-21, and indirect immunohistochemistry to examine the distribution of cells containing androgen receptor-like immunoreactivity (AR-IR) in the intact adult male Brazilian opossum brain and pituitary. Additional adult males were castrated to examine the effects of withdrawal of circulating androgens and testosterone replacement on AR-IR. Immunoblots and immunohistochemical controls demonstrated that the androgen receptor in the opossum brain and peripheral tissues are of a similar molecular mass as to has been reported for the rat. Cells containing AR-IR were widely distributed throughout the brain of intact adult males. The highest number of immunoreactive cells were present in the dorsal and ventral nuclei of the lateral septum, medial division of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, medial preoptic area, median preoptic nucleus, nucleus of the lateral olfactory tubercle, central amygdaloid nucleus, anterior cortical amygdaloid nucleus, posterior amygdaloid nucleus, subiculum, ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus, arcuate-median eminence region, and ventral premammillary nucleus. The anterior pituitary gland also contained a high number of cells containing AR-IR. The general distribution of AR-IR both in the brain and anterior pituitary gland resembled that reported for other mammalian species. Castration of the adult males four days prior to perfusion eliminated androgen receptor immunostaining throughout the brain except for a few lightly immunostained cells in the ventral nucleus of the lateral septum and stria terminalis. Androgen receptor immunostaining was decreased in the anterior pituitary gland following castration and became cytoplasmic. Testosterone administration 2 h before perfusion restored AR-IR both in the brain and anterior pituitary gland. These data suggested that immunohistochemical detection of bound (nuclear) androgen receptors as seen with PG-21 antibody in the brain and anterior pituitary gland of the opossum is dependent upon circulating androgens. Further, the wide distribution and similarity in localization of androgen receptors in the opossum brain and anterior pituitary gland to that of other species suggests that androgen receptors might be involved in similar functions in the opossum as has been reported for other species.
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Brain Resjournal_title
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Iqbal J,Swanson JJ,Prins GS,Jacobson CDdoi
10.1016/0006-8993(95)00983-3subject
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1995-12-12 00:00:00pages
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0006-8993issn
1872-6240pii
0006-8993(95)00983-3journal_volume
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