Immunocytochemical localization of androgen receptor in the comb, uropygial gland, testis, and epididymis in the domestic chicken

Shanbhag, Bhagyashri A. ; Sharp, Peter J. (1996) Immunocytochemical localization of androgen receptor in the comb, uropygial gland, testis, and epididymis in the domestic chicken General and Comparative Endocrinology, 101 (1). pp. 76-82. ISSN 0016-6480

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Abstract

Nuclear, but not cytoplasmic androgen receptors (AR), were localized immunocytochemically in the comb, uropygial (preen) gland, testis, and epididymis of juvenile and adult cockerels. Androgen receptor immunoreactivity (AR-ir) was seen in the comb, in thestratum germinativumof the epidermis and in fibromucoid cells in the dermis in juvenile and adult cockerels. AR-ir was observed in the glandular epithelial (sebum-producing) cells lining the peripheral and middle sections of the tubules in the uropygial gland. AR-ir was not detected in innermost part of the tubules which conduct the sebum to the surface of the skin. AR-ir labeling was not observed in the uropygial gland of juveniles. In the testis, AR-ir was seen in the Leydig cells, in adults but not juveniles. The epithelial cells lining the tubules in the epididymis contained AR-ir in both juveniles and adults.

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