. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 4.

Published in final edited form as: Reproduction. 2004 Jul;128(1):73–86. doi: 10.1530/rep.1.00136

Table 2.

Effects of efferent ductile ligation, castration and hormonal replacement on the weights of the efferent ductile/epididymis, ventral prostate, and combined seminal vesicles (SV)/coagulating glands (CG) in the rat. Values are means±S.E.M.

Treatment	Efferent ductules + epididymis		Ventral prostate (mg/100 g BW)	SV + CG (mg/100 g BW)
Treatment	Left (mg)	Right (mg)	Ventral prostate (mg/100 g BW)	SV + CG (mg/100 g BW)
Intact control	170.6 ± 4.7	170.0 ± 2.8	257.1 ± 8.0	481.1 ± 24.0
Bilateral ligation	133.3 ± 2.7^*	136.7 ± 4.8^*	172.6 ± 16.3	428.3 ± 35.7
Unilateral ligation	161.6 ± 5.8	110.6 ± 5.9^**	203.1 ± 11.1	398.8 ± 20.3
Unilateral castration	169.5 ± 9.4	122.9 ± 5.5^**	252.9 ± 35.8	464.2 ± 18.1
Bilateral castration	55.4 ± 0.9^*	60.3 ± 3.2^*	26.3 ± 1.2^*	67.7 ± 4.3^*
Sham operation	187.8 ± 10.9	161.5 ± 17.8	196.9 ± 27.2	440.5 ± 14.4
Bicastration + corn oil (control)	56.8 ± 0.2^*	56.6 ± 5.7^*	25.0 ± 0.7^*	74.8 ± 2.9^*
Bicastration + T (1 mg)	148.4 ± 2.9^*	148.8 ± 4.9^*	348.7 ± 38.6^*	950.2 ± 33.0^*
Bicastration + T (5 mg)	147.5 ± 10.8^*	147.5 ± 13.2^*	379.6 ± 11.3^*	929.2 ± 3.2^*
Bicastration + DHT (5 mg)	147.1 ± 11.9^*	142.8 ± 8.2^*	362.4 ± 19.4^*	866.8 ± 10.8^*
Bicastration + E2 (75 μg)	63.8 ± 4.2^*	81.7 ± 13.7^*	42.5 ± 3.6^*	103.2 ± 15.5^*
Bicastration + E2 (400 μg)	69.1 ± 7.6^*	90.7 ± 18.5^*	51.0 ± 9.4^*	104.6 ± 9.0^*
Bicastration + T (5 mg) + E2 (400 μg)	157.6 ± 4.5	169.8 ± 5.1	466.8 ± 18.5^*	1206.9 ± 56.7^*

T, testosterone; E2, 17β-estradiol.

P ≤ 0.05 compared with intact control;

^**

P ≤ 0.05 compared with castrated control.