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  • Title: Peripheral plasma concentrations of pregnenolone sulphate, pregnenolone, progesterone and 20 alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one in ewes throughout the oestrous cycle.
    Author: McKay SA, Jenkin G, Thorburn GD.
    Journal: J Endocrinol; 1987 May; 113(2):231-7. PubMed ID: 3585234.
    Abstract:
    Pregnenolone sulphate, pregnenolone, progesterone and 20 alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one concentrations in peripheral plasma of normal cyclic ewes were measured by radioimmunoassay. The concentrations of these steroids were correlated with that of progesterone. The concentrations of all the steroids measured in peripheral plasma varied in a cyclic manner and showed a significant (P less than 0.05) positive correlation with the concentration of progesterone. Peripheral plasma concentrations of these steroids in ovariectomized and ovariectomized, dexamethasone-treated ewes were also determined. The plasma concentration of progesterone in ovariectomized ewes was undetectable but the concentrations of pregnenolone sulphate, pregnenolone and 20 alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one remained similar to those observed at oestrus. Administration of dexamethasone to ovariectomized ewes had no effect on pregnenolone sulphate or pregnenolone concentrations but 20 alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one concentrations, which were already very low, decreased further. It is proposed that the ovary, probably the corpus luteum, secretes pregnenolone sulphate, pregnenolone and 20 alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one; however, pregnenolone sulphate and 20 alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one may also arise from the metabolism of circulating pregnenolone and progesterone.
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