Abstract |
In 13 and 14-day old fetal rat ovaries maintained 3 to 10 days in organ culture, purified bovine anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) (1.5 to 3 micrograms/ml) induced a characteristic freemartin effect. Gonadal volume and germ cell number were significantly reduced, compared to control ovaries cultured in anhormonal medium, and epithelial cells with large clear cytoplasm linked by interdigitations differentiated in the gonadal blastema. These cells resembling rat fetal Sertoli cells became polarized and formed seminiferous cord-like structures delineated by a basal membrane containing laminin and fibronectin as is the case of testicular seminiferous cords at the first step of their differentiation. These data indicate that AMH is probably the testicular factor responsible for the morphological modifications of bovine freemartin gonads and suggest that this hormone could also be involved in normal morphological differentiation of the testis. In contrast, in fetal rat ovaries, AMH did not trigger the testosterone production which occurs in freemartin gonads at an early stage of the gestation.
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Authors | B Vigier, F Watrin, S Magre, D Tran, O Garrigou, M G Forest, N Josso |
Journal | Reproduction, nutrition, developpement
(Reprod Nutr Dev (1980))
Vol. 28
Issue 4B
Pg. 1113-28
( 1988)
ISSN: 0181-1916 [Print] France |
PMID | 3244905
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Glycoproteins
- Growth Inhibitors
- Testicular Hormones
- Anti-Mullerian Hormone
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Topics |
- Animals
- Anti-Mullerian Hormone
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
(drug effects)
- Female
- Freemartinism
(physiopathology)
- Glycoproteins
- Growth Inhibitors
- Mullerian Ducts
(physiology)
- Organ Culture Techniques
- Ovary
(anatomy & histology, drug effects, embryology)
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Testicular Hormones
(pharmacology)
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