Regulation of an 8-kDa peptide involved in testosterone production by luteinizing hormone in rat leydig cells

Ramaraj, P. ; Jagannadha Rao, A. (1999) Regulation of an 8-kDa peptide involved in testosterone production by luteinizing hormone in rat leydig cells IUBMB Life, 47 (5). pp. 857-863. ISSN 1521-6543

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Abstract

Results of Western blot analysis carried out with an interstitial cell extract from male guinea pig and ovarian extract from immature female rats administered equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) provide supportive evidence to our earlier suggestion that an 8-kDa peptide is involved in acquisition of steroidogenic capacity by the rat Leydig cells. It was found that though the signal was observed in other tissues such as liver, kidney and lung which do not produce gonadal hormones, the peptide was modulated only by lutenizing hormone (LH) in the rat Leydig cells.

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Keywords:Leydig Cell; Steroidogenesis; Peptide and Steroidogenesis
ID Code:43021
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