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  • Title: The involvement of nitric oxide in stress-impaired testicular steroidogenesis.
    Author: Kostić T, Andrić S, Kovacević R, Marić D.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 1998 Apr 10; 346(2-3):267-73. PubMed ID: 9652369.
    Abstract:
    The participation of the nitric oxide (NO) pathway in downregulation of testicular steroidogenesis in normal and stressed rats was investigated both in vivo and in vitro. In Leydig cells from normal animals, isosorbide dinitrate, an NO donor, decreased the human chorionic gonadotropin (CG)-stimulated and progesterone-derived androgen production. Also, the intratesticular injection of a precursor of NO, arginine (10 mg/testis), transiently decreased serum androgen levels and inhibited human CG-stimulated androgen production in acute testicular cultures. These effects were eliminated in rats cotreated with Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) (2 X 600 microg/each testis). Acute immobilization stress (2 h) decreased serum androgen levels and inhibited human CG-stimulated androgen production in vitro. These effects were accompanied by a significant increase in nitrite, a stable oxidation product of NO, in testicular cultures. Bilateral intratesticular injection of L-NAME prevented the stress-induced decrease of human CG-stimulated androgen production, and significantly reduced the nitrite levels. These results implicate NO in normal and stress-impaired testicular steroidogenesis.
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