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3021248

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-12-2
pubmed:abstractText
We determined whether dehydroepiandrosterone (DHA) and androstenedione (A) were converted to testosterone (T) by the midgestation primate fetal testis in the absence of gonadotropins. Testes from six baboon (Papio anubis) fetuses, obtained by cesarean section at Day 100-107 of gestation (term = Day 184) were dispersed with 0.2% collagenase. Cells (1.1 X 10(6)) were suspended in 4 ml Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium containing penicillin/streptomycin (MEM) and incubated for 20 h (37 degrees C) with or without DHA, A, pregnenolone (P5), 17 alpha-hydroxypregnenolone (17OH-P5), progesterone (P4) or 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (17OH-P4). Concentrations of T, A, P4, and 17OH-P4 in the medium and cells were measured by radioimmunoassay. Mean secretions of T and A, in the absence of exogenous substrates, were 0.5 +/- 0.2 and 0.8 +/- 0.3 ng/mg testis, respectively, and were not elevated by human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Addition of DHA at 100, 500, or 1000 ng/4 ml increased (p less than 0.05) the production of T to 6 +/- 0.6, 33 +/- 10, and 64 +/- 26 ng/mg testis and the production of A to 13 +/- 5.5, 54 +/- 10, and 67 +/- 22 ng/mg testis, respectively. Similarly, addition of A at 100, 500, or 1000 ng/4 ml increased (p less than 0.05) production of T to 27 +/- 5.3, 155 +/- 29, and 254 +/- 79 ng/mg testis, respectively. In contrast, production of T and A remained near baseline concentrations when cells were incubated with 1000 ng/4 ml of P5, P4, 17OH-P5, or 17OH-P4.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-3363
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
372-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Testosterone production by collagenase-dispersed cells from baboon fetal testis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.