SEX STEROID APPLICATION REVERSES CHANGES IN RAT CASTRATION CELLS: UNBIASED STEREOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Authors

  • Nataša M. Nestorović Department of Cytology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade
  • Svetlana L. Trifunović Department of Cytology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade
  • Ivana M. Jarić Department of Cytology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade
  • Milica N. Manojlović-Stojanoski Department of Cytology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade
  • Nataša M. Ristić Department of Cytology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade
  • Branko R. Filipović Department of Cytology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade
  • Branka T. Šošić-Jurjević Department of Cytology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade
  • Verica Lj. Milošević Department of Cytology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to examine the morphometric characteristics of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) immunoreactive cells in the pituitaries of orchidectomized (Orx) and Orx testosterone- or estradiol-treated rats. Adult male Orx Wistar rats, 2 weeks post operation, received estradiol dipropionate (E) or testosterone propionate (T) for 3 weeks. Both controls, sham-operated (So) and Orx rats, were injected with solvent, in the same regime. Changes in the volume of pars distalis, the volumes of individual FSH- and LH-labeled cells, their numerical density and number were determined by unbiased design-based stereology. The FSH and LH intracellular content was estimated by relative intensity of fluorescence (RIF). We observed that Orx caused hyperstimulation of gonadotropic cells. Their volume, volume density, number, numerical density and intracellular hormone content significantly increased in comparison to So controls. Compared to Orx controls, T caused a significant decrease in the volume and volume density of gonadotropic cells and immunoreactive FSH and LH content in their cytoplasm. The volume of the pars distalis, the numerical density and number of gonadotropic cells were not changed as compared to Orx controls. Estradiol treatment caused a significant increase in the volume of the pars distalis, decreases in cell volume, volume and numerical density of gonadotropic cells, and FSH and LH intracellular content in comparison to Orx controls. The number of FSH-labeled cells increased. In conclusion, both T and E reversed all of the examined parameters of gonadotropic cells of Orx rats to the level of So controls, except in number.

DOI: 10.2298/ABS151201070N

Key words: estradiol; gonadotropic cells; orchidectomy; stereology; testosterone

Received: December 1, 2015; Revised: February 17, 2016; Accepted: February 18, 2016; Published online: August 17, 2016

How to cite this article: Nestorović NM, Trifunović SL, Jarić IM, Manojlović-Stojanoski MN, Ristić NM, Filipović BR, Šošić-Jurjević BT, Milošević VLj. Sex steroid application reverses changes in rat castration cells: Unbiased stereological analysis. Arch Biol Sci. 2016;68(4):821-8.

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Nestorović NM, Trifunović SL, Jarić IM, Manojlović-Stojanoski MN, Ristić NM, Filipović BR, Šošić-Jurjević BT, Milošević VL. SEX STEROID APPLICATION REVERSES CHANGES IN RAT CASTRATION CELLS: UNBIASED STEREOLOGICAL ANALYSIS. Arch Biol Sci [Internet]. 2016Nov.25 [cited 2024Mar.28];68(4):821-8. Available from: https://serbiosoc.org.rs/arch/index.php/abs/article/view/1255

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