title: [Implication of growth hormone in experimental induction of vitellogenesis by estradiol-17 beta in female silver eel (Anguilla anguilla L.)].
abstract: The effect of different preparations of growth hormone (GH) was assayed with 17 beta-estradiol on vitellogenesis in hypophysectomized or normal female silver eels. Vitellogenin (Vg) plasma levels were taken as the index of hepatic vitellogenesis. The E2 doses were chosen to give the same pattern for the plasma Vg level as in the controls. They decreased or remained undetectable in hypophysectomized or normal animals. GH also failed to induce alone a significant modification. When E2 was injected together with a GH, plasma Vg levels were 5.13 +/- 1.30 times higher with salmon GH in hypophysectomized eels and 2.01 +/- 0.25 times higher with bovine GH in normal eels. GH is shown to enhance the effects of E2 on hepatic vitellogenesis induction in a teleost.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Endocrinologie comparée, U.R.A. n. 90, C.N.R.S., Paris.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Burzawa-Gérard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Delevallée-Fortier
mesh_terms: D000811:Anguilla / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014818:Vitellogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D004958:Estradiol; D013006:Growth Hormone
vernacular_title: Implication de l'hormone de croissance au cours de l'induction expérimentale de la vitellogenèse par l'oestradiol-17 beta chez l'anguille argentée femelle (Anguilla anguilla L.).