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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 31, 950-958, Copyright © 1984 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Neonatal castration of male and female rats affects hypothalamic and pituitary estrogen nuclear and progestin cytosol receptors

NG Weiland and CA Barraclough

We compared the effects of neonatal or adult castration (7 days) and 2 or 7 days of estrogen treatment on the concentrations of estradiol cystolic (ERc) and nuclear (ERn), and progestin cytosolic receptors (PRc) in the hypothalamus, amygdala and pituitaries of adult rats. Two days of estradiol (E2) treatment greatly increased ERn levels, but no further concentration changes occurred by Day 7 in any of the tissues. Long- and short-term castrated males and females had comparable ERn concentrations on Day 2 versus Day 7. Tissue ERn levels were significantly lower in short-term males compared to short-term females or neonatally castrated males and females. In a second study, ERn levels were compared in E2-treated short-term castrated males and females on Day 2. A sex difference was observed, with females having greater ERn levels in most areas. Estrogen significantly increased PRc levels in pituitary (PIT) and hypothalamus, and these levels were comparable in Day 2 and Day 7 animals. Thus, the ability of estrogen to induce PRc synthesis is somewhat refractory in long-term castrated rats.




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