Stress during puberty facilitates precancerous prostate lesions in adult rats

Puberty can be a critical period for the long-term development of diseases, especially for stress-related disorders that depend on neuroendocrine and immune responses. Some organs like the prostate are prone to diseases that result from neuroendocrine or immune challenges, such as cancer. Aim: In th...

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Published in:Experimental Oncology
Date:2017
Main Authors: Herrera-Covarrubias, D., Coria-Avila, G.A., Hernandez, M.E., Ismail, N.
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Published: Інститут експериментальної патології, онкології і радіобіології ім. Р.Є. Кавецького НАН України 2017
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Stress during puberty facilitates precancerous prostate lesions in adult rats / D. Herrera-Covarrubias, G.A. Coria-Avila, M.E. Hernandez, N. Ismail // Experimental Oncology. — 2017 — Т. 39, № 4. — С. 269–275. — Бібліогр.: 49 назв. — англ.
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Puberty can be a critical period for the long-term development of diseases, especially for stress-related disorders that depend on neuroendocrine and immune responses. Some organs like the prostate are prone to diseases that result from neuroendocrine or immune challenges, such as cancer. Aim: In the present study, we assessed the long-term effects of an acute pubertal stressor (immune-challenge) on the development of precancerous lesions in adult rats, and compared them with testosterone-induced prostatic lesions. Materials and Methods: Pubertal male rats received a single injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or saline during puberty (5 weeks old). At adulthood (8 weeks old) males were subcutaneously implanted with either an empty capsule or filled with testosterone propionate (100 mg/kg). This resulted in a total of five groups: 1) intact untreated, 2) saline-treated and implanted with a blank capsule, 3) saline-treated and implanted with a testosterone capsule, 4) LPS-treated and implanted with a blank capsule, 5) LPS-treated and implanted with a testosterone capsule. Four weeks later, the rats were sacrified and their prostates processed for histology (hematoxylin and eosin stain) and blood serum processed for hormone analysis (testosterone and corticosterone). Results: Males treated with LPS (stressed during puberty via immune challenge) expressed epithelium dysplasia (specially in the ventral prostate), anisocytosis, presence of mononuclear cells, anisokariosis, non-basal polarity, abnormal nucleus-cytoplasm ratio, proplastic myoepithelium, and granular content in the lumen. These histological alterations were similar, but less severe than those observed in males implanted with testosterone during adulthood. Conclusion: These results indicate that pubertal exposure to an immune challenge (stress) facilitates the long-term development of prostatic lesions in adult male rats.
This study was supported by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT) from Mexico, with a Repatriation grant (CVU-210442 to DHC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (211075-190799-2001 to NI).
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Інститут експериментальної патології, онкології і радіобіології ім. Р.Є. Кавецького НАН України
Experimental Oncology
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Stress during puberty facilitates precancerous prostate lesions in adult rats
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title Stress during puberty facilitates precancerous prostate lesions in adult rats
spellingShingle Stress during puberty facilitates precancerous prostate lesions in adult rats
Herrera-Covarrubias, D.
Coria-Avila, G.A.
Hernandez, M.E.
Ismail, N.
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title_short Stress during puberty facilitates precancerous prostate lesions in adult rats
title_full Stress during puberty facilitates precancerous prostate lesions in adult rats
title_fullStr Stress during puberty facilitates precancerous prostate lesions in adult rats
title_full_unstemmed Stress during puberty facilitates precancerous prostate lesions in adult rats
title_sort stress during puberty facilitates precancerous prostate lesions in adult rats
author Herrera-Covarrubias, D.
Coria-Avila, G.A.
Hernandez, M.E.
Ismail, N.
author_facet Herrera-Covarrubias, D.
Coria-Avila, G.A.
Hernandez, M.E.
Ismail, N.
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publishDate 2017
language English
container_title Experimental Oncology
publisher Інститут експериментальної патології, онкології і радіобіології ім. Р.Є. Кавецького НАН України
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description Puberty can be a critical period for the long-term development of diseases, especially for stress-related disorders that depend on neuroendocrine and immune responses. Some organs like the prostate are prone to diseases that result from neuroendocrine or immune challenges, such as cancer. Aim: In the present study, we assessed the long-term effects of an acute pubertal stressor (immune-challenge) on the development of precancerous lesions in adult rats, and compared them with testosterone-induced prostatic lesions. Materials and Methods: Pubertal male rats received a single injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or saline during puberty (5 weeks old). At adulthood (8 weeks old) males were subcutaneously implanted with either an empty capsule or filled with testosterone propionate (100 mg/kg). This resulted in a total of five groups: 1) intact untreated, 2) saline-treated and implanted with a blank capsule, 3) saline-treated and implanted with a testosterone capsule, 4) LPS-treated and implanted with a blank capsule, 5) LPS-treated and implanted with a testosterone capsule. Four weeks later, the rats were sacrified and their prostates processed for histology (hematoxylin and eosin stain) and blood serum processed for hormone analysis (testosterone and corticosterone). Results: Males treated with LPS (stressed during puberty via immune challenge) expressed epithelium dysplasia (specially in the ventral prostate), anisocytosis, presence of mononuclear cells, anisokariosis, non-basal polarity, abnormal nucleus-cytoplasm ratio, proplastic myoepithelium, and granular content in the lumen. These histological alterations were similar, but less severe than those observed in males implanted with testosterone during adulthood. Conclusion: These results indicate that pubertal exposure to an immune challenge (stress) facilitates the long-term development of prostatic lesions in adult male rats.
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