The tumor-inhibitory effect of pyruvalclehyde bis(thiosemicarbazone) was greater on 6 tumors carried in male mice and rats than in females. The effect of the compound on Walker 256 in castrated male rats was similar to that seen in females. In castrated males, the antitumor activity was less than that in normal males. The injection of estradici in such castrated males did not alter the effect. ...

The testicular feminized (Tfm) mouse carries a nonfunctional androgen receptor (AR) and reduced circulating testosterone levels. We used Tfm and castrated mice to determine whether testosterone modulates markers of aging in cardiomyocytes via its classic AR-dependent pathway or conversion to estradiol. Male littermates and Tfm mice were divided into 6 experimental groups. Castrated littermates ...

Several studies have proven the connection between ovarian activity, or treatment with estrogens, and breast cancer in laboratory animals. This article presents the results of an experiment conducted on 130 male mice of no particular strain, of which 20 had been castrated. The mice were treated with a solution of estrin in benzene for prolonged periods. Only 1 of the mice, a castrated male, ...

Background: The aim of the present study was to examine factors that may affect the outcome of testis tissue xenografting. Recipient factors were examined by grafting small fragments of testis tissue from newborn piglets under the back skin of immunodeficient mice of different strains [severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) vs. nude), sex (male vs. female) and gonadal status (intact vs. gonade...

Dietary factors continue to preside as dominant influences in prostate cancer prevalence and progression-free survival following primary treatment. We investigated the influence of a low carbohydrate diet, compared to a typical Western diet, on prostate cancer (PCa) tumor growth in vivo. LNCaP xenograft tumor growth was studied in both intact and castrated mice, representing a more advanced cas...

Intact and castrated male DD/S mice were inoculated with androgen-dependent cells (SC 115). All intact animals developed tumors after Day 12 of inoculation; however, six of seven castrated animals presented tumors 48 days postinoculation. The levels of steroids in both tumors were then examined. In castrated mice, dehydroepiandrosterone and androst-5-ene-3 beta, 17 beta-diol levels were diminis...

Several studies indicate that cell-mediated immune responses, i.e., macrophage (MPhi) cytokine release capacities, myosin heavy chain (MHC) class II (Ia) expression, etc., are suppressed after trauma-hemorrhage in male mice. Testosterone has been shown to be responsible for the depression of MPhi cytokine responses in males after trauma-hemorrhage. Antigen presentation via MHC class II plays a ...

Testosterone treatment induces erythrocytosis that could potentially affect blood viscosity and cardiovascular risk. We thus investigated the effects of testosterone administration on blood viscosity and erythrocyte deformability using mouse models. Blood viscosity, erythrocyte deformability, and hematocrits were measured in normal male and female mice, as well as in females and castrated males...

THE accessory reproductive glands of castrated rodents have long been recognised as suitable objects for testing the activity of male hormone preparations. A full bibliography will be found in Koch [1932] and the other literature cited below. Moore and Gallagher [1930, 2], enumerating mammalian indicators for male hormone, state that, after the spermatozoon motility test (one not in general use...