Abstract
Abstract To further evaluate the relative roles for androgen and estrogen in the feedback regulation of gonadotropin secretion in men, we studied the effects of sex steroids on serum LH and FSH concentrations, the pulsatile release of LH, and the responses of LH and FSH to LRH administration before and during chronic clomiphene administration. We theorized that this approach might provide an opportunity to evaluate the pure androgenic component of testosterone, independent of its aromatization to estradiol, since the estrogen antagonist, clomiphene, would block estrogen-mediated effects. Infusion of testosterone (T; 7.5 mg/day for 4 days) produced a 40% decline in serum LH and FSH concentrations. Estradiol (E) infusion in dosages equivalent to that derived from the infused T (45 μg/day) resulted in a decline in serum LH which was 60% of that seen with T, indicating that most of the Tmediated LH suppression could be attributed to its aromatization to E. Dihydrotestosterone infusion also resulted in a 35% d...
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