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. 1977 Jan 15;162(1):123–124. doi: 10.1042/bj1620123

Studies on sex-organ development. The hormonal regulation of steroidogenesis and adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate in embryonic-chick ovary.

C T Teng, C S Teng
PMCID: PMC1164575  PMID: 192205

Abstract

1. We investigated the production of steroid hormones by the ovaries of the developing embryonic chick under conditions of organ culture. Radioimmunoassay techniques were used to measure the amount of steroid hormone released into the culture medium. Stimulation of the production of steroid hormones by choriogonadotropin from the urine of pregnant human was dose-dependent. Oestradio and testosterone production was optimal when 20 i.u. of gonadotropic hormone was present in the culture medium 2. During development, both left and right ovaries responded to gonadotropic hormone stimulation with a 2.5-3-fold increase in oestrogen production. However, the right ovary was twice as efficient in testosterone production as the left one. The presence of dibutyryl cyclic AMP in the culture medium of the embryonic ovaries mimicked the effect of the gonadotropic hormone. 3. The human choriogonadotropic hormone stimulated cyclic AMP production in the embryonic ovarian tissue. Thyrotropin, growth hormone and insulin had no stimulating effect. 3-Isobutyl-1-methylxanthine potentiated the gonadotropic hormone effect by increasing the concentration of cyclic AMP in the ovarian tissue. 4. The amount of cyclic AMP synthesized in the embryonic ovary was gradually increased (from 1.2 to 6.5 pmol/mg of tissue) when incubated with increasing doses of human choriogonadotropic hormone in vitro. The newly synthesized cyclic AMP reached the maximum concnentration after 30 min of incubation, then decreased at 2 h of incubation. A portion of the newly synthesized cyclic AMP was released into the culture medium. 5. At various developmental stages, both left and right embryonic-chick ovaries responded to stimulation by gonadotropic hormone with an increase in cyclic AMP production. The cyclic AMP concentration in the right ovary was 80% higher than that in the corresponding left ovary.

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