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Journal of Endocrinology (1998) 159, 103-110       DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1590103
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Journal of Endocrinology, Vol 159, Issue 1, 103-110
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Regulation of gonadotrophin secretion by inhibin, testosterone and gonadotrophin-releasing hormone in pituitary cell cultures of male monkeys

U Fingscheidt, GF Weinbauer, HL Fehm, and E Nieschlag


The effects of bovine inhibin, testosterone and GnRH on gonadotrophin secretion by primate pituitary cells were characterized in vitro using pituitaries from six male rhesus monkeys and one male cynomolgus monkey. The effect of inhibin on basal secretion of FSH and LH was investigated. Dose-response curves in monkeys and rats were compared. GnRH dose-response curves in the presence and absence of testosterone were also examined in monkeys. In monkey pituitary cells, testosterone at a concentration of 10(-7) M had no effect on LH or FSH secretion. Inhibin suppressed FSH secretion to 50.8% of that of controls with no effect on LH. In rats, FSH secretion was suppressed to 45.0% of that of controls with a median effective dose (ED50, 95% range) of 1.298 (1.064-1.584) U/ml, compared with 1.024 (0.7204-1.455) U/ml in monkeys. In monkey pituitary cells, LH release was stimulated 9.9-fold and FSH 3.3-fold by GnRH. Testosterone had no effect on basal or GnRH-stimulated gonadotrophin release. These results support the view that the pituitary is not the target organ for the negative feedback action of testosterone in the male. In vitro, inhibin is the major regulator of FSH secretion at the pituitary level.


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