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Autoradiographic localization of dihydrotestosterone binding in the major salivary glands and other androgen-responsive organs of the mouse
JI Morrell, EW Gresik and T Barka
Mouse submandibular glands show an androgen-dependent sexual dimorphism, reflected in higher concentrations in males than in females of bioactive peptides, such as epidermal growth factor (EGF), nerve growth factor, and renin in the cells of the granular convoluted tubules (GCT). Biochemical studies have demonstrated androgen receptors in submandibular gland and other androgen-responsive organs in mouse. We have determined the cellular localization of these receptors using steroid autoradiography. Fifteen adult gonadectomized male mice were injected intravenously with 0.13 microgram or 0.26 microgram [3H]- dihydrotestosterone (SA 135 Ci/mM); some animals were pre-treated with cyclocytidine to stimulate secretion by GCT cells. Animals were killed 15 min, 1, 2, or 3 hr after isotope injection. Steroid autoradiographs were prepared, and some were stained immunocytochemically for EGF. Of the different cell types of submandibular gland, the acinar cells most frequently and intensely concentrated [3H]-DHT; GCT cells also concentrated the hormone, as did a small number of striated duct cells. In the other major salivary glands, the only cells that concentrated the androgen were interlobular striated duct cells in sublingual gland. In prostate, anterior pituitary, and brain a large number of cells concentrated androgen, as has been previously reported. Androgen binding by the GCT cells was a predictable finding, since androgen- induced alterations in composition and form of these cells are well documented. The intense androgen concentration by the acinar cells was an unexpected finding and suggests a hitherto unknown androgen regulation of these cells. An incidental finding was intense concentration of [3H]-DHT in the nuclei of the endothelial cells of the post-capillary venules of the cervical lymph nodes.
Volume 35,
Issue 10,
pp. 1053-1058,
10/01/1987
Copyright © 1987 by The Histochemical Society
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