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. 1984 Mar 1;218(2):563–571. doi: 10.1042/bj2180563

Immunochemical characterization of the androgen-dependent spermine-binding protein of the rat ventral prostate.

R A Hiipakka, C Chen, K Schilling, A Oberhauser, A Saltzman, S Liao
PMCID: PMC1153373  PMID: 6712632

Abstract

A solid-phase radioimmunoassay was developed to measure the level of the androgen-dependent spermine-binding protein (SBP) in the cytosol fraction of the rat ventral prostate during endocrine manipulation. The concentration of SBP and immunologically cross-reacting material (CRM) in the ventral prostate was at least 5000 times higher than the level of CRM detected in rat serum or cytosol from other rat tissues. Cytosol from the ventral prostate of intact rats was separated by DEAE-cellulose chromatography into three major fractions of CRM. One of these fractions corresponded to the elution position of SBP. Cytosol prepared from rats 48 h after castration lacked SBP and one of the two other fractions of CRM. This loss coincided with an increase in CRM in the remaining fraction. No significant difference was detected in the total level of CRM when intact and 48 h-castrated rats were compared. Injection of rats with 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) immediately after castration prevented these changes in the profile of CRM. Several proteins cross-reacting with antibodies to purified SBP were detected in cytosol by using an immunoblot procedure. The highest-Mr band corresponded to SBP. The effect of short- and long-term castration and subsequent DHT treatment on CRM was studied by using the immunoblot technique. Short-term castration (2 days) led to the disappearance of CRM coinciding with SBP (Mr 35 000-38 000) and an increase in smaller forms of CRM (Mr 24 000 and 22 000). Injection of rats with DHT 2 days after castration led to the reappearance of CRM corresponding to SBP, which returned to normal levels within 4 to 5 days of treatment. Long-term castration (up to 14 days) led to a gradual disappearance of all CRM; subsequent DHT treatment led to the reappearance of all forms of CRM and normal levels were attained within 5 days. We have identified SBP and the various forms of CRM as a secretory product of the rat ventral prostate by immunohistochemical staining and by DEAE-cellulose fractionation of prostatic fluid. Prostatic fluid is rich in proteolytic activity and these proteinases may be responsible for processing SBP to small forms of CRM.

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