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  • Title: Role of 5 alpha-reduction in progesterone's ability to release FSH in estrogen-primed ovariectomized rats.
    Author: Putnam-Roberts C, Brann DW, Mahesh VB.
    Journal: J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol; 1992 Sep; 42(8):875-82. PubMed ID: 1388045.
    Abstract:
    In ovariectomized estrogen-primed rats, progesterone as well as 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone (5 alpha-DHP) are capable of inducing the release of gonadotropins. This study examined the need of 5 alpha-reduction as a prerequisite for the action of progesterone. The 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor, N,N-diethyl-4-methyl-3-oxo-4-aza-5 alpha-androstane-17 beta-carboxamide was injected at a 1 or 2 mg dose/rat 2 h prior to an injection of 0.4 or 0.8 mg progesterone/kg body weight at 0900 h to immature ovariectomized, estrogen-primed rats and serum was analyzed for LH and FSH at 1500 h. Pituitary and hypothalamic 5 alpha-reductase activity was measured at the time of progesterone administration and at the time of the surge by incubating tissue homogenates with [3H]progesterone. Substrate, ([3H]progesterone) and product ([3H]5 alpha-DHP), were separated by reverse phase HPLC. The pituitary 5 alpha-reductase activity was not blocked at 1500 h. However, both pituitary and hypothalamic 5 alpha-reductase was blocked at the time of progesterone administration. No effect was seen by acute administration of the 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor upon either the 0.4 or 0.8 mg progesterone/kg-induced release of LH and FSH. There was, however, a specific, significant inhibition of progesterone-induced FSH but not LH release when the 5 alpha-reductase inhibition was sustained throughout the afternoon of the gonadotropin surge. These results indicate a biologically significant role for the irreversible 5 alpha-reduction of progesterone in the modulation of the release of FSH.
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