A proposed sequence of hormones controlling the induction of luteal 20alpha-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase and progesterone withdrawal in the late-pregnant rat

1. The previously reported induction of luteal 20alpha-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase by administration of aminoglutethimide to late-pregnant rats was shown to be unaffected by prior removal of the foetuses. Aminoglutethimide therefore does not act via the foetuses in this context. 2. The ability of injected oestrogen to prevent the above induction was lost by delaying the injection for 12h after aminoglutethimide, although the increase in enzyme activity begins only after 24h. 3. Induction of 20alpha-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase by foetoplacental removal on day 18 of pregnancy was inhibited by human choriogonadotropin, lutropin (luteinizing hormone) and pregnant-mare serum gonadotropin, but not by somatotropin (growth hormone), thyrotropin or follitropin (follicle-stimulating hormone) 4. Indomethacin blocked the normal induction of 20alpha-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase in late pregnancy and that caused by aminoglutethimide. It partially blocked that caused by human choriogonadotropin given on days 19-20 and that caused by 2-bromo-alpha-ergocryptine on days 5-6, but failed to block that caused by human choriogonadotropin on days 15-16 or by foetoplacental removal on day 18 of pregnancy. 5. These findings, and the control of progesterone synthesis in late pregnancy, are interpreted in terms of a sequence of hormonal or enzymic syntheses, each of which is inhibited by the product of the preceding synthesis.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1976

Erschienen:

1976

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:160

Enthalten in:

The Biochemical journal - 160(1976), 3 vom: 15. Dez., Seite 663-70

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Smith, D H [VerfasserIn]
Kuhn, N J [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

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4G7DS2Q64Y
Abortion, Induced
Alkaloids
Aminoglutethimide
Animals, Laboratory
Biology
Clinical Research
EC 1.1.-
Endocrine System
Enzymatic Effects
Enzyme Inhibitors
Enzymes And Enzyme Inhibitors
Ergot Alkaloids
Estrogens
Estrone
Family Planning
Fertility Control, Postconception
Gonadotropins
Gonadotropins, Chorionic
Gonadotropins, Pituitary
Hormones
Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases
Indomethacin
Ingredients And Chemicals
Journal Article
Luteinizing Hormone
Organic Chemicals
Physiology
Pregnancy--side effects
Progesterone
Reproduction
Research Methodology
XXE1CET956

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.03.1977

Date Revised 01.05.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM009972544