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Journal Article
Axon diameter and axonal transport: In vivo and in vitro effects of androgens
2015
Overview
Testosterone is a sex hormone involved in brain maturation via multiple molecular mechanisms. Previous human studies described age-related changes in the overall volume and structural properties of white matter during male puberty. Based on this work, we have proposed that testosterone may induce a radial growth of the axon and, possibly, modulate axonal transport. In order to determine whether this is the case we have used two different experimental approaches. With electron microscopy, we have evaluated sex differences in the structural properties of axons in the corpus callosum (splenium) of young rats, and tested consequences of castration carried out after weaning. Then we examined in vitro the effect of the non-aromatizable androgen Mibolerone on the structure and bidirectional transport of wheat-germ agglutinin vesicles in the axons of cultured sympathetic neurons. With electron microscopy, we found robust sex differences in axonal diameter (males>females) and g ratio (males>females). Removal of endogenous testosterone by castration was associated with lower axon diameter and lower g ratio in castrated (vs. intact) males. In vitro, Mibolerone influenced the axonal transport in a time- and dose-dependent manner, and increased the axon caliber as compared with vehicle-treated neurons. These findings are consistent with the role of testosterone in shaping the axon by regulating its radial growth, as predicted by the initial human studies.
•In humans, volume and properties of white matter change during male adolescence.•Here we show that axons are thicker in male than female rats.•Castration at weaning eliminates this structural sex difference.•Synthetic testosterone affects axonal transport in vitro.
Publisher
Elsevier Inc,Elsevier Limited
Subject
/ Animals
/ Axon
/ Axonal Transport - drug effects
/ Axonal Transport - physiology
/ Corpus Callosum - drug effects
/ Corpus Callosum - ultrastructure
/ Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
/ Female
/ Females
/ Male
/ Males
/ Myelin
/ Nandrolone - analogs & derivatives
/ Proteins
/ Rats
/ Rodents
/ Velocity
