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ABSTRACT
The effects of thyroxine (T4) were studied on the concentration of oestrogen receptors in the anterior pituitary gland and hypothalamus of ovariectomized euthyroid and hypothyroid rats. A group of rats was made hypothyroid by the administration of I. Seven days after ovariectomy, animals were separated into five groups: I, euthyroid controls; II, hypothyroid controls; III, hypothyroid and injected with oestradiol benzoate (10 μg/day for 10 days); IV, hypothyroid and injected with T4 (4 μg/day for 10 days) and V, hypothyroid and injected with both oestradiol and T4 as described above. In group I, oestrogen receptor levels in pituitary cytosol were 44·4 ± 3·4 (s.d.) fmol/mg protein and in the nucleus 47·7 ± 4·0 fmol/mg DNA. In group II the respective values were 12·8 ± 1·7 fmol/mg protein (P <0·01) and 12·7 ± 1·7 fmol/mg DNA (P <0·01 compared with group I). In group III, cytosolic receptor concentrations decreased when compared with those in group II (P <0·05), whereas nuclear receptor concentrations rose significantly (P <0·01). Group IV had both pituitary cytosolic and nuclear receptors increased (P <0·01 compared with group II). In group V there were no changes in cytosolic receptor concentrations but a significant (P <0·01) rise in nuclear receptors as compared with group II. Hypothalamic oestrogen receptors in untreated hypothyroid rats (group II) were unchanged in the cytosol and diminished (P <0·01) in the nucleus in relation to euthyroid controls (group I). Thyroxine, but not oestrogen, was effective in increasing the concentration of cytosolic receptors (P <0·05). Neither hormone caused changes in nuclei. The results show that there is a pronounced decrease in pituitary and hypothalamic (nuclei) oestrogen receptors in untreated hypothyroid rats and that this decrease can be reversed by T4 treatment.
J. Endocr. (1988) 119, 383–387
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The specific activity of epididymal 5α-reductase (pmol 5α-reduced products mg protein−1 h−1) decreased by 17, 44, 58 and 83% of the initial value and its total activity (nmol 5α-reduced products organ−1 h−1) decreased by 66, 85, 94 and 98% 2, 4, 8 and 14 days respectively, after castration. The loss of total activity always exceeded the decrease in organ weight and protein content. The decline in enzymic activity could be prevented by implantation of testosterone at the time of castration. Administration of testosterone propionate (200 μg/day) for 12 days starting 1 month after castration was associated with the weights of the accessory organs returning to the control values and although the specific activity of 5α-reductase was almost completely restored by this treatment, the total activity of the nuclear fraction remained at 49% of the control value. Recombination experiments demonstrated that the effect of androgens is not mediated by a factor present in the soluble fraction and the concomitant administration of androgen and either cycloheximide or actinomycin D blocked the effect of androgen. These data suggest that androgens stimulate the synthesis of epididymal 5α-reductase.
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Rat adrenal prolactin receptors possess the same hormonal specificity as those in the prostate gland and liver, but are less stable during storage and after freezing. There is a gradual decrease in specific prolactin binding to the adrenal during sexual maturation in male rats; maximum binding capacity of 980 fmol/mg protein is at 25 days of age decreasing to approximately 100 fmol/mg protein at day 90. Prolactin receptors in the prostate are high at 25 days of age (700 fmol/mg protein), decrease sharply by day 30 (180 fmol/mg protein) and then gradually increase.
Ovariectomy resulted in a significant rise in total prolactin binding in the adrenal gland, while the administration of oestradiol or testosterone reduced the binding, the reverse of changes in prolactin binding in the liver. Only oestrogen increased serum levels of prolactin in female rats.
Ovine prolactin (500 μg) given to female rats resulted in a rapid increase over a period of 2–8 h in total prolactin receptors in the adrenal, and these then decreased to normal levels, indicating a possible positive regulation of prolactin receptors by homologous hormone.
