Abstract
IPL nude females present an absence of lactation with hypoprolactinemia. While males present a slight but significant decrease in serum testosterone and gonadotropins, females show normal values of estradiol, progesterone, LH and FSH during all estrus cycle stages. In this work, we observed that the postovariectomy rise of LH and FSH was significantly lower in the IPL nude females. We studied also the effects of acute (1 injection of 25 μg/rat E 2Bz) or long-term (E 2Bz capsule for 8 days) estradiol benzoate (E 2Bz) treatment, with or without progesterone injection (5 mg/rat) in ovariectomized (OVX) IPL and normal females. The sensitivity of gonadotropins to E 2 negative feedback is decreased in the IPL nude rats, result in agreement with previous reports and which could be linked to both hypoprolactinemia and decreased β-endorphin observed in the IPL nude rat. The responsiveness of LH to LHRH was also tested in OVX and OVX + E 2Bz or OVX + E 2B + P treated. In OVX females responsiveness of LH to LHRH was similar in IPL nude to that of normal females. However, LH responsiveness in acute and long-term steroid-treated OVX IPL nude was significantly depressed. Since the mechanism whereby PRL interacts with steroids to modify gonadotropin secretion is still unexplained, IPL nude rat could be a good model to study it.
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