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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 32, 1062-1068, Copyright © 1985 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Altered negative feedback response to ovariectomy and estrogen in prepubertal restricted-diet rats

BE Piacsek

Studies were conducted to explore the hypothesis that the delayed sexual maturation of female rats induced by reduced food intake (R) may result partially from an altered negative feedback response to estrogen. Animals were placed on 60% of normal food intake at 20 days of age. Controls (C) were fed ad libitum. Rats were used for three different experiments at 31-32 days of age. In Experiment I, rats were ovariectomized (OVX) and injected subcutaneously for 4 days with varying doses of estradiol benzoate (EB). They were killed the day after the last injection. In Experiment II, rats were ovariectomized and killed in groups at 4, 12, 24, 48, 72, and 120 h after OVX. In Experiment III, they were castrated and 1 wk later received a single injection of 0.5 microgram EB. Groups were killed at 1, 2, 4, 8, and 24 h after injection. Sera from all experiments were assayed for follicle- stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), and prolactin. Results of Experiment I indicate that the efficacy of EB for suppressing LH, but not FSH, secretion is increased significantly in R rats. In Experiment II, OVX resulted in a delayed increase in serum LH, but not FSH, concentrations of R rats when compared to C animals. Results of Experiment III indicate a delayed, but more prolonged, suppression of LH secretion by EB in R rats when compared to C rats. Prolactin secretion, on the other hand, increased earlier in R rats.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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