title: Partial characterization of the androgen receptor of the newborn rat gubernaculum.
abstract: Androgen receptors were measured by sucrose density gradient techniques in low-salt and high-salt extracts of gubernaculum, urogenital sinus, and bladder from 3- to 5-day-old male rats. Specific 5 alpha-[3H] dihydrotestosterone binding was present in both the low-salt and high-salt extracts of gubernacular tissue. The total amount of receptor in gubernaculum was approximately one-fifth the total amount of androgen binding measured in the urogenital sinus (119 fmol/g tissue in gubernaculum vs. 562 fmol/g tissue in urogenital sinus). No androgen receptor was detected in bladder. A 10-fold excess of nonradioactive 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone competed well for 5 mM 5 alpha-[3H]-dihydrotestosterone binding, whereas 10-fold molar excesses of testosterone, estradiol, and progesterone were ineffective. These results suggest that the gubernaculum may be a target tissue for androgens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Texas, Dallas 75235-9039.
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000032:analysis* / Q000502:physiology; D013737:Testis / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011944:Receptors, Androgen