Transforming growth factor beta1 and beta2 reduce the number of gonocytes by increasing apoptosis

Endocrinology
R OlasoRené Habert

Abstract

Transforming growth factors beta1 and beta2 (TGFbetas) have recently been detected by immunohistochemistry in the fetal and neonatal rat testis, and the aim of the present study was to determine whether these factors can act as local regulators to control the number of gonocytes. Testes were kept in organ culture, and TGFbeta1 was found to have dose-dependent inhibitory effect on the number of gonocytes in testes explanted on fetal day 13.5. Either TGFbeta1 or beta2 at 10 ng/ml reduced the number of gonocytes by half after 2 days culture. TGFbetas did not decrease the BrdU labeling index of gonocytes or Sertoli cells, whereas these factors significantly increased the DNA fragmentation in gonocytes (TUNEL method). The other testicular cell types showed no positive TUNEL reaction. TGFbeta1 did not reduce the number of gonocytes in testes explanted on fetal day 17.5 (i.e. during the quiescent phase), but it did so in testes explanted on postnatal day 3 (i.e. stage of resumption of mitosis). To determine the potential cell type targets for TGFbetas, type I and type II TGFbeta receptors were immunolocalized in developing testis from fetal day 13.5 to postnatal day 3. Both receptors were present in the gonocytes throughout the whole ...Continue Reading

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