Distribution of androstenedione and its effects on total free fatty acids in pregnant rats

Toxicology and Industrial Health
C S KimP Sapienza

Abstract

Androstenedione, an anabolic steroid used to enhance athletic performance, was administered in corn oil by gastric intubation once daily in the morning to nonpregnant female rats at a dose of 5 or 60 mg/kg/day, beginning two weeks before mating and continuing through gestation day (GD) 19. On GD 20, the distribution of androstenedione and other steroid metabolites was investigated in the maternal plasma and target organs, including brain and liver. The concentration of estradiol in plasma approached a statistically significant increase after treatment as compared with the controls, whereas the levels of androstenedione, testosterone and progesterone were not significantly different from the controls. In the liver, the concentrations of androstenedione and estradiol only were increased in a dose-related manner. None of these steroids was detectable in the brain. Androstenedione treatment also produced changes in the level of selected free fatty acids (FFAs) in the maternal blood, brain, liver and fetal brain. The concentrations of palmitic acid (16:0) and stearic acid (18:0) in the plasma were not significantly different between the controls and treated rats. However, oleic acid (18:1), linoleic acid (18:2) and docosahexaenoic a...Continue Reading

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