Effect of continuous illumination on secretion of pregnane compounds by the rat ovary |
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Authors: | T. Kosaka T. Sawada S. Ichikawa |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Animal Reproduction, College of Agriculture, University of Osaka Prefecture, 591 Sakai, Osaka, Japan;(2) Present address: Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Suzuki-cho 2-772, 187 Kodaira-shi, Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary Differences in the secretion of pregnance compounds from rats with follicular polycystic ovaries under constant light and with normal preovulatory ovaries under light-dark conditions were compared. The injection of LH greatly increased the secretion of progesterone. 5-pregnane-3,20-dione and 3-hydroxy-5-pregnan-20-one, in both types of ovaries, but the response of the two progesterone metabolites in the polycystic ovaries was low, suggesting low 5-reductase activity.Acknowledgments. The authors thank the Endocrinology Study Section, NIADDK, Bethesda, MD, USA. for their gift of LH. This study was supported by Research Grant No. 466 154 from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture, Japan. |
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Keywords: | Light estrous rats polycystic ovaries pregnane compounds |
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