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BOR - Papers in Press, published online ahead of print September 3, 2003.
Biol Reprod 2003, 10.1095/biolreprod.103.019398
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BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION 70, 32–38 (2004)
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.019398
© 2004 by the Society for the Study of Reproduction, Inc.

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Luteinizing Hormone Receptor-Mediated Effects on Initiation of Spermatogenesis in Gonadotropin-Deficient (hpg) Mice Are Replicated by Testosterone1

Jennifer A. Spaliviero, Mark Jimenez, Charles M. Allan, and David J. Handelsman2

Andrology Laboratory, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2139, Australia

Testosterone (T) is an absolute requirement for spermatogenesis and is supplied by mature Leydig cells stimulated by LH. We previously showed in gonadotropin-deficient hpg mice that T alone initiates qualitatively complete spermatogenesis bypassing LH-dependent Leydig cell maturation and steroidogenesis. However, because maximal T effects do not restore testis weight or germ cell number to wild-type control levels, additional Leydig cell factors may be involved. We therefore examined 1) whether chronic hCG administration to restore Leydig cell maturation and steroidogenesis can restore quantitatively normal spermatogenesis and testis development and 2) whether nonandrogenic Leydig cell products are required to initiate spermatogenesis. Weanling hpg mice were administered hCG (0.1–100 IU i.p. injection three times weekly) or T (1-cm subdermal Silastic implant) for 6 weeks, after which stereological estimates of germinal cell populations, serum and testicular T content, and testis weight were evaluated. Human CG stimulated Leydig cell maturation and normalized testicular T content compared with T treatment where Leydig cells remained immature and inactive. The maximal hCG-induced increases in testis weight and serum T concentrations were similar to those for T treatment and produced complete spermatogenesis characterized by mature, basally located Sertoli cells (SCs) with tripartite nucleoli, condensed haploid sperm, and lumen development. Compared with T treatment, hCG increased spermatogonial numbers, but both hCG and T had similar effects on numbers of spermatocytes and round and elongated spermatids per testis as well as per SC. Nevertheless, testis weight and germ cell numbers per testis and per SC remained well below phenotypically normal controls, confirming the involvement of non-Leydig cell factors such as FSH for quantitative normalization of spermatogenesis. We conclude that hCG stimulation of Leydig cell maturation and steroidogenesis is not required, and that T alone mostly replicates the effects of hCG, to initiate spermatogenesis. Because T is both necessary and sufficient for initiation of spermatogenesis, it is likely that T is the main Leydig cell secretory product involved and that additional LH-dependent Leydig cell factors are not essential for induction of murine spermatogenesis.

1 This work was supported by the NHMRC.

2 Correspondence: FAX: 61 2 9767 9101; djh{at}anzac.edu.au




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