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DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1210351
© J. A. Barth Verlag in Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
The Effect of Prolactin on Estradiol-17ß and Testosterone Plus 5α-Dihydrotestosterone Secretion by Porcine Luteal Cells in Vitro
Publication History
1983
Publication Date:
17 July 2009 (online)
Summary
Prolactin (1, 5, 10 (μg/ml) inhibited 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT), testosterone (T) and estradiol-17β (E2) secretion by luteal cells isolated from porcine corpus luteum on the 13th day of the estrous cycle. The effect of prolactin upon luteal cells on the 5th and 17th day of the cycle was different. Inhibition of DHT, T and E2 secretion in luteal cells on the 5th day of the cycle occurred only after 6 hours of incubation, at prolactin doses of 5 and 10 μg/ml of the medium. Luteal cells obtained from corpora lutea with considerable physiological luteolysis (17th day of the cycle) did not react to the presence of prolactin in the incubation medium. The results showed that the effect of prolactin upon luteal cells depended on the intensity of steroidogenesis. Luteal cells on the 5th day of the estrous cycle produced progesterone in the amounts 34 ± 9.1 ng/ml, on the 13th day: 62 ± 11.5, and on the 17th day: 7.9 ±1-9. The effect of prolactin was most pronounced in case of cells on the 13th day of the cycle. These cells were characterized by the highest production of progesterone. The in vitro observations suggest the role of prolactin in inhibiting synthesis or release of DHT, T and E2 from luteal cells.
Key words
Prolactin - luteal cells - steroids - sow