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Short-term effects of mating on the accessory sex glands of the male rat. J Reprod Fertil 1986 Jul;77(2):373-80

Date

07/01/1986

Pubmed ID

3735239

DOI

10.1530/jrf.0.0770373

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0022458857 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   6 Citations

Abstract

Mating in the rat was associated with a significant reduction in the tissue concentrations of the presumptive secretory products of the male accessory sex glands: prostatein and the amines, putrescine, spermidine and spermine (ventral prostate lobe), zinc (lateral prostate lobe) and fructose (coagulating gland). The amount of secretory product discharged and the time taken to restore precopulatory levels differed for the different lobes. Within 12-24 h of the mating period, the activity of ornithine decarboxylase and cytosolic oestrogen binding in the ventral prostate lobe underwent a transient increase which lasted 2-3 days. No change was observed in prolactin binding. Circulating testosterone concentrations were significantly elevated above control values 12 h after the start of mating but were significantly lower than control values at 24 h. A gradual recovery to concentrations in controls occurred over the next 2-3 days. None of these changes could be explained by alterations in gonadotrophin or prolactin release.

Author List

Purvis K, Haug E, Thomassen Y, Mevåg B, Rui H

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Androgen-Binding Protein
Animals
Body Fluids
Copulation
Estrogens
Fructose
Genitalia, Male
Male
Ornithine Decarboxylase
Prostate
Prostatein
Proteins
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Secretoglobins
Seminal Vesicles
Testosterone
Uteroglobin
Zinc