Effects of castration and hormone replacement on male sexual behavior and pattern of expression in the brain of sex-steroid receptors in BALB/c AnN mice

被引:16
作者
Arteaga-Silva, Marcela
Rodriguez-Dorantes, Mauricio
Baig, Salman
Morales-Montor, Jorge [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, IIB, Dept Immunol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
[2] Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Dept Reprod Biol, Mexico City 09340, DF, Mexico
[3] Baylor Coll Med, Dept Med, Infect Dis Sect, Houston, TX 77030 USA
来源
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY | 2007年 / 147卷 / 03期
关键词
sexual behavior; mice; sex-steroid receptors; sex steroids; castration; hormonal replacement; BALB/c mice;
D O I
10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.11.013
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Little is known about the hormonal regulation of sexual behavior and about the pattern of expression in the brain of sex-steroid receptors in the BALB/c AnN strain of mice (Mus musculus). In this study, 8-week old male BALB/c AnN mice were castrated and the temporal course of decline of sexual behavior was studied, as well as the effects of daily treatment with either testosterone propionate (TP), estradiol benzoate (EB), or dihydrotestosterone propionate (PDHT). Castration resulted in rapid decline of sexual behavior, in both control or vehicle-treated mice. TP maintained full sexual behavior of castrated mice, while PDHT or EB did not have this effect. The expression of ER-alpha dropped nearly 50% after castration, and this pattern remained in TP or PDHT-treated mice, while EB increased the ER-alpha mRNA levels to almost the same values as in intact control mice. The same pattern was found when ER-p mRNA levels were analyzed. The expression of the PR-A/B gene in the different brain regions in intact mice and' after castration, or among the differently treated mice, showed significant differences between normal and castrated mice at all times in all brain regions studied, with the exception of the frontal cortex. Castration reduced the expression of AR by 10-fold as compared to intact control mice, while TP or PDHT treatment returned its expression to the same levels as in intact control mice, in all brain areas studied. The changes are more prominent in POA-HIP than in HYP and CF. These results demonstrated a rapid decline of sexual behavior in this strain of mice after castration, and show that only TP was able to maintain male sexual behavior, with no correlation with the pattern of expression of sex hormone receptors in specific areas of the mouse brain. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:607 / 615
页数:9
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