Abalain J H, Amet Y, Lecaque D, Secchi J, Daniel J Y, Floch H H
Cell Tissue Res. 1986;246(2):373-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00215900.
The ultrastructure of the uropygial gland of the male quail was compared to that of the sebaceous gland of the male rat after castration and testosterone treatment of both species. In intact animals, the differentiating cells of these glands displayed almost the same pattern as regards their smooth endoplasmic reticulum, an organelle involved in lipogenesis in both cases. Castration reduced the volume of this organelle, while testosterone administration restored cell morphology to a normal or supranormal level. Finally, this study showed that at ultrastructural level, there is a close functional analogy between the uropygial gland of quail and the sebaceous glands of rats as regards their androgen dependency. Consequently, the uropygial gland might be an attractive model for study of action of androgens on sebaceous-like glands.
对雄性鹌鹑的尾脂腺超微结构与雄性大鼠的皮脂腺超微结构进行了比较，这两种动物均经过去势及睾酮处理。在完整动物中，这些腺体的分化细胞在滑面内质网方面呈现出几乎相同的模式，滑面内质网是这两种情况下参与脂肪生成的一种细胞器。去势减少了该细胞器的体积，而给予睾酮可使细胞形态恢复到正常或超正常水平。最后，这项研究表明，在超微结构水平上，鹌鹑的尾脂腺与大鼠的皮脂腺在雄激素依赖性方面存在密切的功能相似性。因此，尾脂腺可能是研究雄激素对皮脂腺样腺体作用的一个有吸引力的模型。
