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睾酮对雄家猫附性器官金属硫蛋白的诱导 刘代成 原永洁 摘要 睾丸切除后,家猫前列腺背叶、腹叶及尿道球腺内的金属硫蛋白(metallothionein,MT)分别下降至正常家猫的21.2%(P<0.01)、88.4%(P>0.05)和18.5%(P<0.01),而在腹叶影响较小。睾丸切除后注射芝麻油,前列腺背叶及尿道球腺MT均未得到恢复。但若在睾丸切除后连续3
d注射10 μg/kg bw睾酮,两者依次恢复至69.3%和59.4%。随睾酮注射剂量增加(5、10、15、20、25 μg/kg bw),血浆睾酮的浓度、前列腺背叶及尿道球腺MT含量增高。血浆睾酮与前列腺背叶及尿道球腺MT呈正相关(P<0.01)。这些结果表明,睾酮诱导前列腺背叶及尿道球腺MT,其最适剂量为20
μg/kg bw。 TESTOSTERONE INDUCTION OF METALLOTHIONEIN IN LIU DAI-CHENG,YUAN YONG-JIE ABSTRACT Orchidectomy
of cats resulted in a decrease of metallothionein (MT) in the dorsolateral
and ventral lobes of the prostate and in the urethral gland to 21.2%
(P<0.01),88.4% (P>0.05) and 18.5% (P<0.01) of those of intact
domestic cats respectively.MT content in the dorsolateral lobe and urethral
gland was not restored in orchidectomized cats injected with sesame oil.After
injection of a single subcutaneous dose of 10 μg/kg bw of testosterone (T)
for 3 d in succession,the MT contents in the two glands were restored
respectively to 69.3% and 59.4% of the intact cats.With an increase of T dose
to 5,10,15,20,25 μg/kg bw,plasma T and MT contents in the dorsolateral lobe
of prostate and urethral gland increased accordingly.Plasma T con~cen~trations
were positively correlated with MT contents in the dorsolateral lobe of
prostate and urethral glands (P<0.01).Thus biosynthesis of MT in the
dorsolateral lobe of prostate or in urethral gland could be induced by a
stimulatory dose of T of 20 μg/kg bw. Bataineh和Umeyama分别用免疫细胞化学和免疫组织化学定位方法,证明大鼠睾丸和前列腺背叶含金属硫蛋白(metallothionein,MT)[1,2]。Tohyama用狄戈辛标记的核探针原位杂交、免疫染色方法再次证明大鼠睾丸和前列腺背叶含MT,并推测睾丸内MT在精子发生过程中,减数分裂在细线期起着一定的生理作用[3]。睾丸所产生的睾酮(testosterone,T)是调节前列腺及其他雄附性器官的主要激素,它对这些附性器官及MT合成有什么样的影响?已知Cd、Zn等金属离子和糖皮质激素等某些甾体激素可以诱导Hela细胞和肝、肾MT合成[4~6],它们是否也影响这些附性器官MT合成?
这些问题尚未完全被阐明,由于多年来我们一直从事家猫繁殖方面的研究,就以家猫为实验动物研究这一课题。 1.睾丸切除前后前列腺、尿道球腺内MT和Zn含量的变化 睾丸切除后与切除前相比,前列腺背叶、腹叶和尿道球腺的MT含量依次下降至21.1%(P<0.01),88.4%(P>0.05)和18.5%
(P<0.01)。Zn含量也明显降低(见图1)。 |



图1 睾丸切除和睾酮处理对家猫前列腺背叶、腹叶与尿道球腺MT和Zn的影响
Fig.1 Effects of testosterone treat~ment after orchidectomy on MT and Zn in the
dorsolateral and ventral lobes of prostate and urethral gland of male domestic
cats
t-test:G1 vs G2,G3-1 vs G4-1,G3-2
vs G4-2,G3-3 vs G4-3,*P<0.05,**P<0.01,not
marked P>0.05.Correlation analysis of G3(G3-1,G3-2
and G3-3);plasma testosterone vs MT #P<0.05,## P<0.01,not-marked
P>0.05.Plasma testosterone vs Zn,Zn vs MT: not marked P>0.05.
□: Zn in accessory genital organs;■: MT in accessory genital organs;
:
plasma testosterone.A: MT and Zn in the ventral lobes of prostate;B: MT and Zn
in the dorsolateral lobes of prostate;C: MT and Zn in the urethral gland;D:
plasma testosterone.
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2.注射T对前列腺、尿道球腺MT和Zn含量的影响 G3注射T后附性器官的MT含量明显高于G4 (P<0.01),腹叶除外(P>0.05)。G3前列腺背叶和尿道球腺在注射T的第3天MT含量达到最高点,分别升至G2的3.3和3.2倍。G3各组血浆T与前列腺背叶、尿道球腺的MT有明显相关性(P<0.05或
P<0.01),而与前列腺腹叶无相关性( P>0.05)(图1)。 |


图2 睾丸切除后不同剂量睾酮对家猫前列腺背叶和尿道球腺MT和Zn含量的影响
Fig.2 Effects of different testosterone doses on MT and Zn contents in the
dorsolateral lobe of pros~tate and urethral glands of domestic cats after
orchidectomy
Correlation analysis:plasma testosterone vs MT in the dorsolateral lobe and
urethral gland (*P<0.05,**P<0.01).Plasma testosterone vs
Zn,Zn vs MT,not marked P>0.0 5.
●―●: MT contents of urethral gland;
○―○: MT contents of the dosolateral lobe of prostate;―: plasma testosterone
concentrations;×―×: Zn contents of the dorsolateral lobe of prostate;■―■: Zn
contents of the urethral gland.
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T和糖皮质激素属甾体激素。不同种类的动物甾体激素的受体有一个共同的结构和DNA连接区。T受体结合后才作用于DNA引起转录。T浓度升高,结合受体增多,直至饱和。因此,T诱导家猫前列腺背叶和尿道球腺MT时,MT随T浓度升高而升高,两者呈正相关,并有一个最适T注射剂量和最大MT合成量。T对家猫前列腺腹叶MT无诱导作用,Tohyama实验表明大鼠前列腺背叶MT mRNA高度表达,而在腹叶不表达[3]。T对这种两种动物前列腺腹叶MT无诱导作用的原因仍有待探讨。 作者单位:山东师范大学生物系,济南 250014 参考文献 [1]Bataineh ZM,Hediger PM,Thompson SN,et
al.Immunocytochemical localization of metallothionein in the rat
prostate.Prostate,1986,9: 397~410. 1997-11-10收稿 1998-03-16修回 |