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The positive effect of castration in prostatic cancer patients is considered to be related to the induction of apoptosis in androgen-dependent tumour cells. However, castration apparently does not induce apoptosis in the highly differentiated, androgen-sensitive Dunning R3327PAP rat prostatic adenocarcinoma. To elucidate potential mechanisms of apoptotic induction in this tumour model, rats with subcutaneously implanted tumours were treated with vehicle (I), castration+vehicle (C) or castration + 50 micrograms of oestradiol benzoate per day s.c. (C + E2). The effects on tumours were examined by morphometry, in situ end labelling (ISEL) of apoptotic cells and immunohistochemically with monoclonal antibodies to proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) at different time points up to 168 h after castration. Castration inhibited tumour growth and decreased the epithelial cell apoptotic rate (from 12 h) and epithelial cell proliferation rate (from 72 h) compared with that in the I group. Tumour volume, volume densities of epithelium and stroma and stroma cell proliferation rate remained constant in the C group during the study period. C + E2 treatment resulted in increases in cell proliferation in the stroma (from 12 h) and in the volume density of stroma (from 24 h) compared with that in the C and I groups. The number of apoptotic epithelial cells was increased (from 24 h), and this was followed by decreases in the volume density of epithelium (from 24 h), the epithelial cell proliferation rate (from 72 h) and the total tumour volume (from 72 h). We conclude that in the Dunning R3327PAP tumour model C + E2 treatment is more effective than castration alone. C+E2 treatment, in contrast to C, is able to induce tumour cell death and to decrease total tumour volume. The mechanism behind this effect is unknown, but it could be related to stimulatory effects of E2 in the tumour stroma.

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Castration plus oestrogen treatment induces but castration alone suppresses epithelial cell apoptosis in an androgen-sensitive rat prostatic adenocarcinoma