title: Effect of a luteinizing-hormone-releasing-hormone (LHRH)-analogue on the histochemistry of the secondary alcohol-dehydrogenase in the Leydig cells of the cat testis.
abstract: The histochemical activities of the enzymes alcohol dehydrogenase with propanol (A-D I) and isopropanol (A-D II) as substrates, 3- beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 beta .OHST-D), nicotinamideadenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced form)-tetrazolium reductase (NADPH2-TR) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6P-D) were studied in the testis of 6 cats daily injected with 20 micrograms/kg of the LHRH-analogue DTRP6-DGLY-10, LHRH-ethylamide (LHRH-A Group) and 3 cats injected with saline during 67 days. A morphometric analysis was done to evaluate the activity of the enzymes, its distribution and volume fractions of the Leydig cells with every activity. A-D II displayed a significant inhibition in the Leydig cells of the LHRH-A Group. There were no changes in the activities of G6P-D, 3 beta .OHST-D and NADPH2-TR, but it was possible to disclose some reduction of the volume fraction of the Leydig cells when the first two enzymes were used as its marker. This study corroborates that A-D II is a reaction in the pathway of steroidogenesis but does not explain whether it corresponds actually to 20-22 desmolase as proposed in the work by Hardonk (1965) or to another reaction linked to the activities of the cytochromes P450.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Campus da Universidade de S. Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Rosa e Silva
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007985:Leydig Cells / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D017329:Triptorelin Pamoate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
chemical_list: D017329:Triptorelin Pamoate; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; C066438:deslorelin