Sex steroid hormone secretion in the wall lizard Podarcis sicula testis: The involvement of VIP

Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological Genetics and Physiology
Luigi RosatiMarisa Agnese

Abstract

Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is a pleiotropic neuropeptide involved in different functions, including testosterone synthesis. Recently, we reported the presence of VIP in the testis of Podarcis sicula, throughout the reproductive cycle. Now, we investigated the effects of the VIP on steroidogenesis in significant periods of the Podarcis reproductive cycle: winter stasis, reproductive period, and summer stasis. Using VIP treatments in testis culture in absence or presence of receptors antagonists, we demonstrated for the first time that in P. sicula, VIP is involved not only in testosterone synthesis, as in mammals, but in 17β-estradiol synthesis too. J. Exp. Zool. 323A: 714-721, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Nov 1, 2015·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology·Luigi RosatiMarisa Agnese
Aug 5, 2016·The Journal of Experimental Biology·Luigi RosatiMarina Prisco
May 31, 2019·Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological and Integrative Physiology·Marisa AgnesePiero Andreuccetti
Aug 23, 2019·Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution·Luigi RosatiAlessandra Santillo
Sep 6, 2019·Biomolecules·Maria Maddalena Di FioreGabriella Chieffi Baccari
Sep 25, 2018·Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological and Integrative Physiology·L RosatiM Prisco
Apr 18, 2019·Molecules : a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry·Simona PiccolellaSeverina Pacifico
Aug 11, 2020·General and Comparative Endocrinology·Luigi RosatiMarina Prisco
May 1, 2021·Animals : an Open Access Journal From MDPI·Mariana Di LorenzoLuigi Rosati
Jul 3, 2021·Animals : an Open Access Journal From MDPI·Sara FalvoAlessandra Santillo
Jul 3, 2021·Animals : an Open Access Journal From MDPI·Luigi RosatiMaria Maddalena Di Fiore

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