Biology of Reproduction, Vol 29, 310-315, Copyright © 1983 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Evidence for a decrease in aromatase activity in the ovarian granulosa cells of amago salmon (Oncorhynchus rhodurus) associated with final oocyte maturation

G Young, H Kagawa and Y Nagahama

Aromatase activity in the isolated granulosa layers of amago salmon (Oncorhynchus rhodurus) ovarian follicles was examined during the course of vitellogenesis and final oocyte maturation and ovulation. Estradiol-17 beta production by isolated granulosa layers incubated with exogenous testosterone increased during the period of vitellogenesis to reach a peak in late vitellogenesis, and then declined rapidly, in association with the ability of the oocyte to mature in response to partially purified salmon gonadotropin (SG-G100). Extremely low levels of estradiol-17 beta were produced by granulosa layers from follicles which had undergone final oocyte maturation in vivo and by post-ovulatory follicles. SG-G100 had no discernible effect on estradiol-17 beta production. These results are discussed in relation to other studies on the endocrine control of steroidogenesis in this species.

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