Immunoelectron microscope localization of androgen receptors and proliferating cell nuclear antigen in the epithelial cells of albino rat ventral prostate

Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure
Noha Gamal Bahey, Ezzat Abd El-Aziz El-Drieny

Abstract

Androgen receptor (AR) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) play a crucial role in development and progression of various prostatic diseases including prostatic carcinoma that is a leading cause of death in males. Previous studies have evaluated the expression pattern of AR and PCNA in prostate epithelial cells using immunohistochemistry (IHC). However, this technique has limited ability to identify their precise subcellular localization. Therefore, the aim of this study was to localize, subcellularly, AR and PCNA in the secretory epithelial cells of rat ventral prostate using post embedding immunogold-electron microscopy. The ventral lobes were dissected from six adult male albino rats after being perfused with paraformaldehyde. Some specimens were immuno-labeled with AR or PCNA and others were processed for immuno-electron microscope of AR and PCNA using 15-nm gold conjugated secondary antibodies. The results showed that, by immunoperoxidase reaction, AR and PCNA were localized diffusely throughout the nuclei of the epithelial cells of prostatic acini without visible cytoplasmic expression. However, the higher resolution immuno-electron microscopy was able to detect AR and PCNA in the nucleus and some cytoplasmic org...Continue Reading

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