Testosterone action in the rat ventral prostate. The effects of diethylstilboestrol and cyproterone acetate on the metabolism of ( 3 H)testosterone and the retention of labelled metabolites by rat ventral prostate in vivo and in vitro
Abstract
Recent reports have indicated that the prior metabolism of testosterone by the secondary sexual tissues may be necessary for its androgenic effect. The effects of two anti-androgens, diethylstilboestrol and cyproterone acetate (17alpha-acetoxy-6-chloro-1,2alpha-methylenepregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione) used in the chemotherapy of human prostatic carcinoma, have been examined on both the metabolism of testosterone and the retention of its metabolites by the rat ventral prostate gland. Cyproterone acetate was found to inhibit the retention of labelled metabolites of [(3)H]-testosterone by prostatic nuclei, both in vivo and in vitro. This inhibition appeared to be competitive. In contrast with its effect on nuclear retention of metabolites of testosterone, cyproterone acetate had no significant effect on the metabolism of [(3)H]testosterone by rat ventral prostate tissue. Diethylstilboestrol similarly had little effect on the metabolism of [(3)H]testosterone by prostatic tissue, although it did appear partially to inhibit its initial metabolism in all the incubation systems used. Diethylstilboestrol inhibited the nuclear retention of dihydrotestosterone when both [(3)H]testosterone and diethylstilboestrol were injected intraperitoneally in vivo, but had no effect on dihydrotestosterone retention when both testosterone and diethylstilboestrol were supplied directly to the prostate either in vivo or in vitro. It was concluded that if diethylstilboestrol has an anti-androgenic effect…
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