Endocrinological changes before and after removal of the granulosa theca cell tumor (GTCT) affected ovary in 6 mares |
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Authors: | Hoque Shafiqul Senba Hiroyuki Tsunoda Nobuo Derar Refaat Ibrahim Watanabe Gen Taya Kazuyoshi Osawa Takeshi Miyake Yoh-Ichi |
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Affiliation: | Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan. |
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Abstract: | To clarify the endocrinological characteristics of the mares with granulosa theca cell tumor (GTCT), peripheral plasma samples from the 6 mares affected with GTCT were collected before and after the surgical removal of the affected ovary. Concentrations of testosterone (T), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), immunoreactive-inhibin (ir-INH), progesterone (P) and estradiol-17beta (E(2)) in the plasma samples were measured by radioimmunoassay. Before removal of GTCT in all cases, the concentrations of T were significantly higher than those of normal mares at the breeding and non-breeding seasons, whereas plasma concentrations of FSH, LH, ir-INH, P and E(2) were lower. After surgical removal of the affected ovary, the circulatory concentrations of T was declined, but the concentrations of other hormones were constantly low as compared with those of normal mares. The present study suggests that 1) the source of higher T may be due to the abnormal follicles in ovary of GTCT, 2) in the case of GTCT the elevated level of T is observed due to the lack of aromatase, and 3) the high level of T is a typical characteristics for GTCT in mares. It is also suggested 4) due to the elevated levels of T the concentrations of gonadotropins may be suppressed. |
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