Supernumerary chromosomes and spermatogenesis in a human male carrier

1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Jaafar ◽  
O. Gabriel-Robez ◽  
F. Vignon ◽  
E. Flori ◽  
Y. Rumpler
Keyword(s):  
Supernumerary Chromosomes ◽  
Human Male ◽  
Male Carrier

Synaptonemal complex analysis in a human male carrier of a 4;6 translocation: heterosynapsis without previous homosynapsis

1991 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. de Perdigo ◽  
O. Gabriel-Robez ◽  
C. Ratoinponirina ◽  
Y. Rumpler
Keyword(s):  
Synaptonemal Complex ◽  
Complex Analysis ◽  
Human Male ◽  
Synaptonemal Complex Analysis ◽  
Male Carrier

THE GENUS COLLINSIA. XVI. SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOMES

1962 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. S. Dhillon ◽  
E. D. Garber
Keyword(s):  
Supernumerary Chromosomes

THE INFLUENCE OF SERUM ON THE UPTAKE, CONVERSION AND ACTION OF DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE IN RAT PROSTATE GLANDS IN ORGAN CULTURE

1975 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
ILSE LASNITZKI ◽  
HILARY R. FRANKLIN
Keyword(s):  
Organ Culture ◽  
Horse Serum ◽  
Target Tissue ◽  
Serum Free Medium ◽  
Free Medium ◽  
Serum Free ◽  
Human Pregnancy ◽  
Human Male ◽  
Columnar Cells

SUMMARY The influence of serum on the uptake, conversion and action of dihydrotestosterone in relation to the sex steroid binding protein, TeBG, has been investigated in rat ventral prostates in organ culture. The organs were incubated with [1,2-3H]dihydrotestosterone in: (1) serum-free medium, (2) horse serum, foetal and newborn bovine serum or (3) human male and human pregnancy serum. With all sera the uptake of dihydrotestosterone fell with rising serum concentration, at first steeply and then more gradually. At the same concentration, the uptake was significantly lower in explants incubated with human pregnancy serum than in those kept with human male serum. The conversion of dihydrotestosterone to androstanediol followed the same pattern and less androstanediol was formed in the presence of pregnancy serum. Since pregnancy serum contains higher amounts of TeBG than male serum, the lowered uptake suggests that only the free hormone was available to the target organ. Addition of unlabelled dihydrotestosterone resulted in a higher uptake than that measured in explants incubated with the labelled steroid only. The effect of the human sera on uptake and conversion was correlated with the androgenic activity of dihydrotestosterone applied at physiological concentrations and expressed as the percentage of secretory columnar cells present. The degree of maintenance closely corresponded to the uptake of the hormone. In serum-free medium, the number of columnar cells approached the values found in vivo, with male serum their number, though reduced, was still substantial, with pregnancy serum it was extremely low. It is concluded that the amounts of TeBG present in serum regulate the supply of the hormone to the target tissue and thus control its biological action.

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