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M Terqui

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PubMed1978

[Demonstration of a specific androgen binding protein (ABP) in the seminal plasma of the ram].

A specific androgen binding protein has been demonstrated in the seminal plasma of adult Ram. This protein binds especially to 5 alpha-DHT and testosterone and much lower to oestradiol-17 beta. Its characteristics such as Ka (in order 10(9) M(-1) at 4 degrees C), relative mobility (Rf) and its specificity are similar to those of the androgen binding protein (ABP) of the Rete Testis Fluid and the epididymal plasma of the Ram. It is probable that this protein secreted from the testis, crosses the epididymis before being secreted in the seminal plasma at the moment of the ejaculation.

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PubMed1978

Studies of the androgen binding protein in the rete testis fluid of the ram and its relation to sexual season.

An androgen binding protein (ABP) with an electrophoretic mobility (Rf) of 0.56 is present in the rete testis fluid of adult rams. Its steroid specificity was found to be in the following order: 5alpha-DHT, testosterone, oestradiol-17 beta, dehydroepiandrosterone 5beta-DHT, androstenedione, cyproterone, cyproterone acetate, cortisol and progesterone. The characteristics of the ABP are similar to those found for the ABP of the testis and the epididymis of the rat and the rabbit. The concentration of ABP, determined by the dextran-coated charcoal method and sometimes confirmed by the steady-state polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis method, was significantly higher in the breeding season than in the non-breeding season (4.40 +/- 0.98 X 10(-9) M vs. 2.60 +/- 0.62 X 10(-9) M; P less than 0.037). The affinity constant of the ABP was independent of the season (2.45 +/- 0.21 X 10(9) M-1 vs. 2.66 +/- 0.1 X 10(9) M-1; NS). In addition, ABP was positively correlated with 5alpha-DHT (r = 0.506; P less than 0.0009), testosterone (r = 0.445; P less than 0.0003), total protein (r = 0.329; P less than 0.02) and spermatozoa (r = 0.406; P less than 0.006) in the RTF and with blood plasma testosterone (r = 0.584; P less than 0.0001). Furthermore, testosterone and 5alpha-DHT in RTF were positively correlated (r = 0.582; P less than 0.0001). These androgens were also correlated with plasma testosterone (r = 0.262, P less than 0.052 for testosterone in RTF; r = 0.341, P less than 0.018 for 5 alpha-DHT). Total proteins and spermatozoa were found to be positively correlated in the RTF (r = 0.789; P less than 0.0001).

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PubMed1977

[Effect of light on variations in blood testosterone in the ram: demonstration of a photosensitive phase in diurnal rhythm].

6 groups each of 5 adult rams were subjected in light controlled pens to a pretreatment of normal variations in daylength during May and June. Then one group followed the normal daylength and the other five different "skeleton photoperiods" of 8 hrs of light per day consisting of: 7 hrs continuous light (7 L) + 1 hr light (1 L) situated at different times of the dark period (D) according to groups. Blood samples were taken once each week and hourly during one 24 hr period in June, July and September. Peripheral plasma testosterone measured by radio-immunoassay was used as an index of testicular activity. There was increase in the level of testosterone resuting from a rise in the number of peak release during the 24 hrs. In the different light treatments tested, only the treatment (7L+9D+1L)+7D) stimulated testosterone secretion with the pattern of testosterone of this group being similar to that of the control group. This indicates that there exists a photosensitive phase at 16 to 17 hrs after the beginning of the principal light (the subjective dawn).

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PubMed1976

[Spermatogenesis after testosterone supplementation in the hypophysectomized ram].

Six adult rams were hypophysectomized and immediately injected with 0,5 g (group A) or 2 g (group B) of testosterone per day for 2 weeks. Three normal rams (group C) received the solvent only. The testosterone concentrations in the testis (ng/g) were the same in groups A (23 +/- 7) and C (22 +/- 4) and 3 times higher in group B (72 +/- 18). There was an uptake of testosterone by the testis of the two supplemented groups. In the Rete Testis Fluid, the testosterone concentration was normal with 0,5 g/day (29 +/- 0.6 ng/ml). The testicular weight was maintained by the two treatments. However, spermatogenesis was abnormal in both supplemented groups; meiosis and spermiogenesis occurred normally, but the efficiency of spermatogonial divisions, as shown by the number of leptotene and zygotene primary spermatocytes, was greatly reduced (85%). The results indicate that testosterone alone in the Ram is unable to support complete spermatogenesis, which is contrary to that found in the Rat.

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PubMed1975

[Plasma testosterone and LH levels in the male lamb from birth to puberty].

In peripheral plasma of male lambs testosterone increase was linear from birth to 100 days; after it reached a plateau without clear relationships with puberty. Plasma LH pattern was also linear during the first 70 days. During this period testosterone and LH were significantly correlated (r equals 0,85).

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Relationship between peri-oestrus progesterone levels and time of ovulation by echography in pigs and influence of the interval between ovulation and artificial insemination (AI) on litter size.

Two methods for the determination of ovulation were compared to one ultrasonography performed 5 times a day. Time of ovulation by echography was 40 +/- 5.8 h (mean +/- SD) after the onset of oestrus. Preovulatory LH rise (two blood samples per day) began near the onset of oestrus but, in our conditions, this parameter could not be used to predict ovulation. The basal level of progesterone (two blood samples per day) was determined with a non-linear model, the timing when progesterone rose more than one SD (0.3 ng x mL(-1)) coincided with the timing of ovulation determined by echography (R2 = 0.98). This method was efficient and was used in a field trial to measure the consequences of the variability of the interval between Al and ovulation on litter size. The interval between Al and ovulation had an effect on litter size; litter size decreased by one piglet when this interval increased by 10h.

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Birth of piglets after OPS vitrification and transfer of compacted morula stage embryos with intact zona pellucida.

In swine, five to six days post-insemination, morulae and blastocysts are collected together after uterine flushing. The purpose of this study was to vitrify zona pellucida-intact morulae with Open Pulled Straw (OPS) technology and obtain piglets after transfer. Morulae (200) were vitrified after a two-step equilibration in ethylene glycol, dimethyl sulfoxide and sucrose in Hepes-buffered TCM199 + 20% NBCS medium (TCM). 2-6 morulae were loaded into OPS and plunged into liquid nitrogen. At embryo warming, a three-step dilution with decreasing concentrations of sucrose was applied. In each of 10 recipients, 20 morulae were transferred surgically. Day 25, gestation rate and the farrowing rate were 80% and 70%, respectively. The pregnant recipients farrowed from 1 to 8 piglets and the survival of total transferred embryos was 13%. Although survival rates are still compromised, OPS technology is therefore appropriate to cryopreserve porcine morulae with intact zona pellucida.

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