Tissue interaction in androgen response of embryonic mammary rudiment of mouse: identification of target tissue for testosterone (original) (raw)

Abstract

In the androgen response of the embryonic mammary rudiment of the mouse, both gland epithelium and surrounding mesenchyme are visibly involved. The question whether this is due to a direct action of testosterone on both tissues was investigated in experimental combination of mammary epithelium and mammary mesenchyme, derived either from normal or from androgen-insensitive (XTfm/Y) embryos. A typical androgen response occurred in combinations of androgen-insensitive epithelium with normal mesenchyme, whereas all combinations of normal epithelium with androgen-insensitive mesenchyme failed to respond. It is therefore concluded that only the mesenchyme of the mammary rudiment is the target tissue for testosterone, and that all changes in the gland epithelium, including its necrosis, are secondarily caused by testosterone-activated mesenchymal cells.

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