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Adenohypophysis regulates cell proliferation in the gonads of the developing chick embryo.

Abstract
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of hypophysectomy on cell proliferation in the left ovary and the left testis of 8- to 14-day-old chick embryos. Hypophysectomy was performed by the partial decapitation technique. At 44-46 h of incubation, chick embryo heads were sectioned at the mesencephalic level and the prosencephalic region removed. Embryos were further incubated until 8-14 days of development. Cell division was evaluated by bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation and by counting the total number of somatic and germ cells in the gonads. The ovary displayed an exponential increase in the number of somatic and germ cells and a higher rate of BrdU incorporation compared to the testis. BrdU incorporation was reduced in the ovary of hypophysectomized embryos at 9-14 days of incubation, while in the testis, the reduction was significant at 14 days of development. Changes in the total number of somatic and germ cells further suggest that the absence of hypophysis affects the growth of the ovary earlier than the growth of the testis. Reduction in the number of somatic and germ cells after hypophysectomy in the ovary was reversed by a hypophyseal graft on the chorioallantoic membrane. The adenohypophysis regulates, probably through gonadotropic hormones, proliferation of somatic and germ cells in the gonads during chick embryo development.
AuthorsCarmen Méndez, Erika Carrasco, Enrique Pedernera
JournalJournal of experimental zoology. Part A, Comparative experimental biology (J Exp Zool A Comp Exp Biol) Vol. 303 Issue 3 Pg. 179-85 (Mar 01 2005) ISSN: 1548-8969 [Print] United States
PMID15726631 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Topics
  • Animals
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Chick Embryo (growth & development)
  • Female
  • Male
  • Ovary (embryology)
  • Pituitary Gland, Anterior (physiology)
  • Testis (embryology)

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