Analysis of the effect of estrogen/androgen perturbation on penile development in transgenic and diethylstilbestrol‐Treated mice

Anatomical Record - Tập 296 Số 7 - Trang 1127-1141 - 2013
Sarah D. Blaschko1, Phitsanu Mahawong1, Max Ferretti1, Tristan J. Cunha1, Adriane Sinclair1, Hong Wang2, Bruce J. Schlomer1, Gail P. Risbridger2, Laurence S. Baskin1, Gerald R. Cunha2,1
1Department of Urology University of California San Francisco A610 San Francisco California
2Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology Monash University Clayton Campus Clayton Victoria Australia

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ABSTRACTBecause both androgens and estrogens have been implicated in penile morphogenesis, we evaluated penile morphology in transgenic mice with known imbalance of androgen and estrogen signaling using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), histology, and immunohistochemistry of androgen and estrogen receptors α/β. Penises of adult wild‐type, estrogen receptor‐α knockout (αERKO), estrogen receptor‐β knockout (βERKO), aromatase knockout (Arom‐KO), and aromatase overexpression (Arom+) mice were evaluated, as well as adult mice treated with diethylstilbestrol (DES) from birth to day 10. Adult penises were examined because the adult pattern is the endpoint of development. The urethral orifice is formed by fusion of the MUMP (male urogenital mating protuberance) with the MUMP ridge, which consists of several processes fused to each other and to the MUMP. Similarly, the internal prepuce is completed ventrally by fusion of a ventral cleft. In adult murine penises the stromal processes that form the MUMP ridge are separated from their neighbors by clefts. αERKO, βERKO, and Arom‐KO mice have penises with a MUMP ridge clefting pattern similar to that of wild‐type mice. In contrast, Arom+ mice and neonatally DES‐treated mice exhibit profound malformations of the MUMP, MUMP ridge clefting pattern, and internal prepuce. Abnormalities observed in Arom+ and neonatally DES‐treated mice correlate with the expression of estrogen receptor‐beta (ERβ) in the affected structures. This study demonstrates that formation of the urethal orifice and internal prepuce is due to fusion of separate epithelial‐surfaced mesenchymal elements, a process dependent upon both androgen and estrogen signaling, in which ERβ signaling is strongly implicated. Anat Rec, 296:1127–1141, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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