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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 31, 155-163, Copyright © 1984 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Tissue interactions and prostatic growth. I. Induction of adult mouse prostatic hyperplasia by fetal urogenital sinus implants

LW Chung, J Matsuura and MN Runner

A homologous chimeric prostate was produced by implantation of intact fetal urogenital sinus(es) (UGS) into the ventral prostate gland (VP) of an adult athymic mouse. A 10- to 20-fold overgrowth of the chimeric lobe of ventral prostate gland, as measured by glandular wet weight and by DNA content, was observed 4 to 9 wk following UGS implantation. The overgrowth was prostate-like as indicated by histologic composition and by responses to endogenous androgen, and was composed of both host and donor cells in about equal proportions as shown by glucose phosphate isomerase isozymic profiles. Unlike the canine model for prostatic hyperplasia, the mouse prostatic overgrowth occurred in the complete absence of exogenous sex steroids. The histoarchitecture of the chimeric VP and the isozymic detection of the contribution to the overgrowth by host cells have provided strong evidence that adult prostatic cells have been recruited to respond proliferatively by cellular interactions with fetal UGS. The demonstration of cellular interactions followed by reactivation of the fetal growth potential provides direct experimental evidence in support of McNeal's hypothesis that the reactivation of fetal growth potential may account for the development of human benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).


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