Restoration of spermatogenesis by exogenously administered testosterone in rats made azoospermic by hypophysectomy or withdrawal of luteinizing hormone alone

Endocrinology
C A AwoniyiB R Zirkin

Abstract

The major objective of the studies presented herein was to compare the extent to which exogenously administered testosterone is able to restore spermatogenesis in adult rats made azoospermic by withdrawal of all pituitary hormones (hypophysectomy for 4 weeks) vs. withdrawal of LH alone [testosterone- and estradiol-filled (TE) polydimethylsiloxane implants of 2.5 and 0.1 cm, respectively, for 8 weeks]. In hypophysectornized (Hypox) rats, serum LH and FSH were both undetectable; in the rats that received TE implants, serum LH was undetectable, but FSH was unaffected compared to control values. Seminiferous tubule fluid testosterone concentrations were reduced significantly from their control values of 60-65 to 1.4-1.7 ng/ml in the azoospermic Hypox and TE rats. These rats then received testosterone-filled implants of 4, 12, 18, or 24 cm and were killed 2 months later. In both the Hypox and TE rats, seminiferous tubule fluid testosterone concentrations rose linearly with increasing capsule sizes, and with each of the implant sizes, these concentrations did not differ significantly between the Hypox and TE rats. This made it possible for the first time to examine the effects of comparable intratesticular testosterone concentrations...Continue Reading

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