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Objective To study the expression of Bin1b in primary cultured epididymal epithelial cells treated with different steroid hormones at various concentrations. Methods Expression of Bin1b mRNA was examined by agarose gel electrophoresis and PCR in primary cultured epididymal epithelial cells, which were treated with dihydrotestosterone (DHT, 10-9,10-8 and 10-7mol/L), estradiol (E2, 10-9 and 10-8mol/L)) or dexamethasone (Dex, 10-8 and 10-7mol/L) at different concentrations. Results The expression of Bin1b mRNA in primary cultured epididymal epithelial cells was decreased in a time-dependent manner. The mRNA level of Bin1b was decreased by 40% at day 2 and 70% at day 3, and it was hardly detectable at day 5. DHT up-regulated the expression of Bin1b mRNA in a dosage-dependent manner compared with corresponding vehicle control. 10-9mol/L DHT up-regulated Bin1b mRNA level by 37% compared with corresponding vehicle control(P<0.05), and it was further up-regulated after the treatment with 10-8mol/L and 10-7mol/L DHT. E2 and Dex at various concentrations showed no significant effects on the expression of Bin1b mRNA in primary cultured epididymal epithelial cells. Conclusion Dihydrotestosterone can up-regulate the expression of Bin1b mRNA in primary cultured epididymal epithelial cells, while estradio and dexamethasone can not.
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ObjectiveTo investigate changes of sex hormone levels and sexual function in male patients after liver transplantation.MethodsBlood samples were taken from 69 male patients receiving liver transplantation pretransplantation and postoperative 3rd,7th,14th day,1st and 3rd month respectively.Serum estradiol and testosterone were measured by radioimmunoassay.Serum sex hormone binding globulin was measured by ELISA.Sixty-nine discharged adult male liver transplant recipients ( age ranging 24 -45 years) with a normally functioning allograft for at least 6 months were questioned on their pre-and post-operativesexualfunction compared with 23adulthealthy controls.ResultsPretransplantation serum estradiol and sex hormone binding globulin were significantly higher (87.56±31.21 vs.26.00 ±9.12,u=9.30,P＜0.0001,134.50±30.68 vs.51.04 ±12.05,u=12.69,P ＜ 0.0001,respectively),and testosterone was lower than normal controls (2.02 ± 1.28 vs.4.82 ± 1.48,u =-8.73,P ＜0.0001 ) and levels were correlated with MELD scores (r =0.80,P ＜0.0001,r =-0.77,P ＜0.0001,r =0.72,P ＜0.0001,respectively).Sex hormone levels were back to normal on postoperative 2nd week (serum estradiol) or 1st month (serum testosterone and sex hormone binding globulin).Compared with pretransplant status,sexual function improved significantly when evaluated on postoperative 6th month.ConclusionsLevels of serum sex hormone were correlated with MELD scores before liver transplant.After liver transplant,estradiol was back to normal level on postoperative 2nd week,testosterone and sex hormone binding globulin back to normal level on postoperative 1 st month.Sexual function significantly improves after liver transplantation.