Testosterone and estradiol are co-secreted episodically by the human testis

The Journal of Clinical Investigation
S J Winters, P Troen

Abstract

In spite of a striking pulsatile pattern of luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion, testosterone (T) fluctuations in peripheral blood in normal adult men are irregular and of low amplitude. To determine whether T secretion by the human testis is episodic, T was measured in blood samples drawn at 15-min intervals for 4 h through a catheter placed in the testicular vein of six men with varicocele-associated infertility. Estradiol (E2) concentrations were also determined in each sample. Each subject released testosterone in well-defined pulses. Gonadal vein T levels ranged from 1 to 1,540 ng/ml. Mean (+/- SE) pulse amplitude was 176 +/- 42 ng/ml, with a frequency of 4.0 +/- 0.3 pulses per 4 h. Testicular vein E2 levels ranged from 0.01 to 6.8 ng/ml. E2 secretory episodes were generally coincident with T pulses, and their amplitudes were highly positively correlated (r = 0.90, P less than 0.01). These results indicate that T secretion by the adult human testis is pulsatile, and suggest a functional relationship between intermittent LH secretion and normal testicular steroidogenesis in men. The failure to appreciate these fluctuations as hormone pulses in peripheral blood may relate to their absolute amplitude and frequency. The concord...Continue Reading

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