With the drop in testosterone (and therefore DHT), some of the prostate cells will undergo apoptosis. Apoptosis = DNA fragmentation (180 bp segments).
Alternatively, all the other options pointed to things that would actually increase testosterone production and its effects; orchiectomy would obviously not do that.
Why don't we see a decrease in the size of the prostate gland? Is it a difference between atrophy vs. apoptosis?
Orchiectomy: One or both testicles is removed through a small cut in your scrotum. tissue removal from body โ no nutrients โ cell death
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Orchiectomy = โ testosterone production = โ DHT => prostate cells undergo apoptosis. (This mechanism is similar to using 5ฮฑ-reductase blockers to treat BPH.)
Apoptosis is characterized by DNA fragmentation (pyknosis, karyorrhexis, karyolysis).