title: Effect of antiandrogens on some key enzymes of glycolysis in epididymis and ventral prostate of rat.
abstract: Effect of three antiandrogens: cyproterone acetate (5 mg/day, sc), flutamide (5 mg/day, sc) and STS-557 (5 mg/day, po) and an estrogen, estradiol dipropionate (5 micrograms/day, sc) on some key enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism was investigated in adult rat epididymis and ventral prostate. Antiandrogens were administered for 21 days and estrogen for 14 days. All of them caused a significant decrease in the weight of epididymis, seminal vesicles and ventral prostate. A significant decrease in the specific activities of enzymes (hexokinase, phosphofructokinase, aldolase, glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase, pyruvate kinase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase) occurred only in the organs of estrogen treated rats; activities of some of the enzymes were lowered also in the prostate of STS-557 treated rats. Flutamide and cyproterone acetate were ineffective in this regard. The possible factors responsible for the ineffectiveness of synthetic antiandrogens in influencing epididymal metabolism are discussed.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Setty
mesh_terms: D000726:Androgen Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003534:Cyproterone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D017373:Cyproterone Acetate; D004798:Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D004822:Epididymis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D005485:Flutamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006019:Glycolysis / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D009277:Nandrolone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D011467:Prostate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000726:Androgen Antagonists; D004798:Enzymes; C023635:dienogest; D017373:Cyproterone Acetate; D004958:Estradiol; D009277:Nandrolone; D005485:Flutamide; D003534:Cyproterone; C023482:estradiol dipropionate