Transient ischemia induces apoptosis in the ventral prostate of the rat |
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Authors: | E. Lekås C. Engstrand A. Bergh J.-E. Damber |
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Affiliation: | Department of Urology and Andrology, Ume? University, S-901 87 Ume?, Sweden, SE Department of Pathology, Ume? University, Ume?, Sweden, SE
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Abstract: | The mechanisms involved in the castration-induced involution of the ventral prostate (VP) are not fully understood. It was recently reported that castration decreases blood flow in the VP in rats and that this occurs before the apoptotic involution of the organ. However, it is unknown whether a decrease in blood flow may trigger apoptosis in the VP, and this was therefore examined in this study. The right iliac artery was clamped for 1 h in adult male rats. After 24 h of reperfusion, the VPs were frozen or fixed. In situ end-labeling (ISEL) was used to identify apoptotic cells, and testosterone repressed prostatic message-2 (TRPM-2) was measured. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) immunohistochemistry was used to identify proliferating cells. Clamping the right iliac artery reduced blood flow in the right VP to 0.17 of that in the contralateral lobe. This relative ischemia resulted in a threefold increase in the volume density of apoptotic epithelial cells on the treated side, but left cell proliferation unaffected. Testosterone substitution did not change this pattern. This study suggests that a transient period of relative ischemia may induce apoptosis in the rat ventral prostate. This may be of importance for the understanding of castration-induced prostatic involution. Received: 26 June 1998 / Accepted 7 December 1998 |
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Keywords: | Apoptosis Ischemia-reperfusion Blood flow Ischemia Prostate Rat |
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