Immunocytochemical localization of androgen receptor in the comb, uropygial gland, testis, and epididymis in the domestic chicken
1996
Shanbhag, B.A. | Sharp, P.J.
Nuclear, but not cytoplasmic androgen receptors (AR), were localized immunocytochemically in the comb, uropygial (preen) gland, testis, and epididymis of juvenile and adult cockerels. Androgen receptor immunoreactivity (AR-ir) was seen in the comb, in the stratum germinativum of the epidermis and in fibromucoid cells in the dermis in juvenile and adult cockerels. AR-ir was observed in the glandular epithelial (sebum-producing) cells lining the peripheral and middle sections of the tubules in the uropygial gland. AR-ir was not detected in innermost part of the tubules which conduct the sebum to the surface of the skin. AR-ir labeling was not observed in the uropygial gland of juveniles. In the testis, AR-ir was seen in the Leydig cells, in adults but not juveniles. The epithelial cells lining the tubules in the epididymis contained AR-ir in both juveniles and adults.
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