期刊
ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL
卷 83, 期 7, 页码 535-542出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2011.00990.x
关键词
immunohistochemistry; mRNA; raccoon dog; steroidogenic enzymes; testes
资金
- Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry of China
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in Universities from China [IRT0607]
The objective of this study was to investigate immunolocalization of steroidogenic enzymes 3 beta HSD, P450c17 and P450arom and their expression during the breeding season in wild male raccoon dogs. The testicular weight, size and seminiferous tubule diameters were measured, and histological and immunohistochemical observations of testes were performed. The messenger RNA expression (mRNA) of 3 beta HSD, P450c17 and P450arom was measured in the testes during the breeding season. 3 beta HSD was found in Leydig cells during the breeding and non-breeding seasons with more intense staining in the breeding season. P450c17 was identified in Leydig cells and spermatids in the breeding season, whereas it was present only in Leydig cells in the non-breeding season. The localization of P450arom changed seasonally: no immunostaining in the non-breeding season; more extensive immunostaining in Leydig cells, Sertoli cells and elongating spermatids in the breeding season. In addition, 3 beta HSD, P450c17 and P450arom mRNA were also expressed in the testes during the breeding season. These results suggested that seasonal changes in testicular weight, size and seminiferous tubule diameter in the wild raccoon dog were correlated with spermatogenesis and immunoreactivity of steroidogenic enzymes and that steroidogenic enzymes may play an important role in the spermatogenesis and testicular recrudescence and regression process.
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