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Prolactin, Egfr, Vimentin And Alpha-actin Profiles In Elderly Rat Prostate Subjected To Steroid Hormonal Imbalance
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Tissue & Cell. CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE, n. 48, n. 3, p. 189 - 196.
1532-3072
WOS:000376396200006
10.1016/j.tice.2016.03.008
Autor
Hetzl
AC; Montico
F; Kido
LA; Cagnon
VHA
Institución
Resumen
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) The aim of this study was to characterize and relate the prolactin (PR), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), alpha-actin and vimentin immunoreactivity in the prostate of elderly rats subjected to steroid hormonal imbalance. Senile and young rats were divided into the young group (YNG), the senile group (SE), the castrated group (CAS), the estrogen-deficient group (ED), the castrated + estrogen group (CASE), and the estrogen-deficient + androgen group (EDTEST). PR and EGFR increased in the estrogen and androgen ablation groups. In addition, EGFR influenced the immunolocalization by changing it from the prostatic stroma to the epithelium in elderly rats. Hormone ablation in elderly rats, not only related to androgen but also estrogen, led to increased stromal EGFR immunolocalization. The alpha-actin pattern decreased in the groups with estrogenic imbalance. Moreover, vimentin increased in the senile and estrogen deficient group. To conclude, we can suggest that EGFR contributed towards the proliferative process in the prostate, by means however, of different mechanisms, considering the androgenic and estrogenic pathways. Also, our results indicated that prolactin could be activated not only in an androgen-independent pathway but also in an estrogen independent pathway. Finally, PR and vimentin immunolocalization increase, in the prostatic stroma in the group showing estrogenic ablation, could be one of the factors which contribute to the reactive stroma formation. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 48
189 196 Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) [2010/01739-1, 2009/50396-2] Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)