Journal
MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Volume 71, Issue 4, Pages 471-479Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20229
Keywords
steroidogenesis; steroid treatment; estrogens; androgens; mRNA; 3 beta HSD; P450scc; P450c17; P450c11; FSH
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Recent investigations have shown that estrogens have profound inhibitory effects on steroidogenic enzyme gene expressions before and after testicular differentiation in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. This present study bring new data on juvenile rainbow trout treated with estrogens and androgens. Following a 8 days oral treatment of juvenile male with 17 alpha-ethynyl-estradiol (EE2, 20 mg/kg diet) or 11 beta-hydroxyanclrosteneclione (11 beta OH Delta 4, 10 mg/kg diet), we observed a fast and marked decrease of steady-state mRNA levels for 3 beta HSD, P450scc, P450c17, and P450c11 enzymes in the testis. After completion of these treatments, mRNA levels of these enzymes remained low in EE2 treated males whereas in 11 beta OH Delta 4 treated males they recovered their initial levels in 8 days. This demonstrate that both androgen and estrogen treatments have profound effects on testicular steroidogenesis by decreasing steroid enzymes steady-state mRNA. After in vitro incubation of testicular explants with 17 beta-estradiol (E2, 600 ng/ml of medium), we also observed a decrease of mRNA levels for 3 beta HSD and P450c11. This suggest that estrogens effects could be triggered, at least to some extend, directly on the testis. We also investigated the hypothesis of a negative feedback of steroids on follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) secretion, but FSH plasmatic levels in treated fish did not showed any significant decrease. This demonstrate that FSH is not implied in this steroids inhibition of steroidogenic enzymes gene expression.
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