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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 29, 970-976, Copyright © 1983 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Effects of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and estradiol on gonadotropin release after gonadotropin releasing hormone administration in cyclic mares

DL Thompson Jr, SI Reville-Moroz, DJ Derrick and MP Walker

Sixteen intact cyclic mares were treated on the fourth day of estrus and then every other day for a total of six injections with 1) testosterone propionate, 2) dihydrotestosterone (DHT) benzoate, 3) estradiol (E2) benzoate or 4) safflower oil. Mares were given gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) on Day 3 of estrus (pretreatment) and again 24 h after the last steroid or oil injection. Treatment with testosterone propionate resulted in a greater (P less than 0.05) follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) response to the second injection of GnRH compared with all other treatments. Treatment with DHT benzoate also resulted in greater (P less than 0.05) FSH response to GnRH compared with control and E2 benzoate-treated mares. Testosterone propionate and E2 benzoate administration suppressed (P less than 0.05) the normal diestrous rise in FSH concentrations exhibited by the control and DHT benzoate-treated mares. Steroid treatment did not affect the luteinizing hormone (LH) response to GnRH, although testosterone propionate treatment did suppress concentrations of LH in daily blood samples during Days 3 to 6 of treatment. It is concluded that testosterone's effect on FSH after GnRH treatment observed in this and previous experiments can be attributed to two different properties of the hormone or its metabolites acting simultaneously. That is, testosterone increased the secretion of FSH in response to GnRH as did DHT (an androgenic effect). At the same time, testosterone suppressed FSH concentrations in daily blood samples in a manner identical to that of E2 benzoate (an estrogenic effect).


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