The anatomy of the cremaster muscle during inguinoscrotal testicular descent in the rat

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1982-1987

  Harnaen, Efrant J ^a,b,c   Na, Angelika F ^a,b,c   Shenker, Natalie S ^a,b,c   Sourial, Magdy ^a,b,c   Farmer, Pamela J ^a,b,c   Southwell, Bridget R ^a,b,c   Hutson, John M ^a,b,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cremaster muscle; Gubernaculum; Rat; Testicular descent

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; EOSIN; FLUTAMIDE; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; CRYPTORCHISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCROTUM; TESTIS DESCENT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SCROTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS;

EID: 36849085862     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Hutson J.M. A biphasic model for the hormonal control of testicular descent. Lancet 2 (1985) 419-421
2. Heyns C.F. The gubernaculum during testicular descent in the human fetus. J Anat 153 (1987) 93-112
3. Hutson J.M., and Hasthorpe S. Testicular descent and cryptorchidism: the state of the art in 2004. J Pediatr Surg 40 (2005) 297-302
4. Backhouse K.M., and Butler H. The gubernaculum testis of the pig (Sus scropha). J Anat 94 (1960) 107-120
5. Wensing C.J. Testicular descent in the rat and a comparison of this process in the rat with that in the pig. Anat Rec 214 (1986) 154-160
6. Husmann D.A., and Levy J.B. Current concepts in the pathophysiology of testicular undescent. Urology 46 (1995) 267-276
7. Redman J.F. Applied anatomy of the cremasteric muscle and fascia. J Urol 156 (1996) 1337-1340
8. Standring S. Gray's anatomy. The anatomical basis of clinical practice (2005), Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh
9. Ng S.L., Bidarkar S.S., Sourial M., et al. Gubernacular cell division in different rodent models of cryptorchidism supports indirect androgenic action via the genitofemoral nerve. J Pediatr Surg 40 (2005) 434-441
10. Lam S.K., Clarnette T.D., and Hutson J.M. Does the gubernaculum migrate during inguinoscrotal testicular descent in the rat?. Anat Rec 250 (1998) 159-163
11. Gomori G. A rapid one-step trichrome stain. Am J Clin Pathol 20 (1950) 661-664
12. Sadler T. Langman's medical embryology (2004), Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia
13. Wensing C.J., Colenbrander B., and Van Stranten H. Normal and abnormal testicular descent in some mammals. Clinics in Andrology: Descended and Cryptochid Testis vol 3 (1980) 125
14. Hrabovszky Z., Di Pilla N., Yap T., et al. Role of the gubernacular bulb in cremaster muscle development of the rat. Anat Rec 267 (2002) 159-165
15. Moore K., and Agur A. Essential clinical anatomy (2002), Lippincort Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore
16. vander Schoot P., Payne A., and Kersten W. Sex differences in target seeking behaviour of developing cremaster muscles and the resulting first visible sign of somatic sexual differentiation in marsupial mammals. Anat Rec 244 (1999) 130-141
17. Backhouse K.M. The natural history of testicular descent and maldescent. Proc R Soc Med 59 (1966) 24-360
18. Yamanaka J., Metcalfe S.A., and Hutson J.M. Demonstration of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors in the gubernaculum by computerized densitometry. J Pediatr Surg 27 (1992) 876-878
19. Noble B.S., McMillan D.N., and Maltin C.A. Calcitonin gene related peptide stimulates differentiation of neonatal rat myogenic cultures. Growth Regul 3 (1993) 245-248
20. Husmann D.A., and McPhaul M.J. Localization of the androgen receptor in the developing rat gubernaculum. Endocrinology 128 (1991) 383-387
21. Shenker N.S., Huynh J., Farmer P.J., et al. A new role for androgen in testicular descent: permitting gubernacular cell proliferation in response to the neuropeptide, calcitonin gene-related peptide. J Pediatr Surg 41 (2006) 407-412
22. Dedieu S., Poussard S., Mazeres G., et al. Myoblast migration is regulated by calpain through its involvement in cell attachment and cytoskeletal organization. Exp Cell Res 292 (2004) 187-200
23. Olguin H.C., Santander C., and Brandan E. Inhibition of myoblast migration via decorin expression is critical for normal skeletal muscle differentiation. Dev Biol 259 (2003) 209-224
24. Markova M.S., Zeskand J., McEntee B., et al. A role for the androgen receptor in collagen content of the skin. J Invest Dermatol 123 (2004) 1052-1056
25. 2+ signaling pathways. Mol Cell Biochem 197 (1999) 179-185
26. Hutson J.M., Albano F.R., Paxton G., et al. In vitro fusion of human inguinal hernia with associated epithelial transformation. Cells Tissues Organs 166 (2000) 249-258