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The influence of androgens on the male accessory glands of the rat was assessed in terms of changes in weight and of the specific activity of the mitochondrial enzymes, succinate dehydrogenase, glycerolphosphate dehydrogenase and pyruvate carboxylase, in the epididymis. In some instances, the activity of the cytoplasmic enzymes, hexokinase and phosphofructokinase, was also measured and the influence of androgens on these enzymes was found to be similar to that on the mitochondrial enzymes. After the administration of androgen to castrated rats the specific activity of enzymes reached a new steady state sooner than did epididymal weight. The time taken for the specific activity of the enzymes to reach a new steady state after the removal of androgen was variable, depending on the enzyme and the region of the epididymis. This time was generally longer, however, than the time taken for induction, and in the case of glycerolphosphate dehydrogenase, the decline of activity was slower in the cauda than in the caput. In castrated animals, about 100 times as much androgen was required to attain maximum tissue weight as was required to attain maximum enzyme activity. The epididymis, prostate and seminal vesicles responded similarly to androgen in terms of the dose–response pattern and the time taken for tissue weight to attain a new steady-state value, although the gain in weight of the epididymis relative to its weight in unstimulated control animals was less than the relative gain of the other accessory glands. Enzymes in the cauda epididymidis required lower amounts of androgen to elicit maximum activity than were required by those in the caput. The rate of change in the accessory glands in attaining new steady-state levels of tissue weight and enzyme activity was independent of the dose of androgen except during the first few days of hormone administration. Androgens were the most effective steroids in stimulating an increase of tissue weight and enzyme activity, although some changes were induced by oestradiol-3-benzoate and progesterone.
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