Levels of inhibin-F activity and steroids in human follicular fluid from normal women and women with polycystic ovarian disease

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
K TanabeN Rezai

Abstract

To examine inhibin-F activity (FSH-suppressing activity) in human follicular fluid of polycystic ovary (PCO) patients, 13 follicles from 5 documented PCO patients and an additional 31 follicles from normal women in the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle were sampled, and inhibin-F activity was measured in rat anterior pituitary cell cultures. Inhibin-F activity was measured in follicular fluid after stripping steroids from the fluids using treatment with dextran and activated charcoal. Estrogen, progesterone, and delta 4-androstenedione in the follicular fluid were also determined by RIA. Estrogen and progesterone levels in follicular fluid from PCO follicles 3.9 +/- 0.34 mm in diameter were comparable with those in follicular fluid obtained from viable follicles (which had a delta 4-androstenedione to estrogen ratio of 10 or less) from normal women. delta 4-Androstenedione levels in PCO follicles were higher (P less than 0.01) than those in viable and atretic follicles of normal women. Inhibin-F levels in PCO follicles were comparable to those in viable follicles, but significantly greater (P less than 0.01) than levels in atretic follicles of normal women. If inhibin-F levels in both atretic and viable follicles of norma...Continue Reading

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