title: The content of five sex steroids in human testis.
abstract: In order to assess whether intratesticular hormone content may be helpful for prediction of successful conception in men with fertility problems, five sex steroids, testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, androstenedione, estradiol and, for the first time epitestosterone, were measured in testicular tissue obtained by surgical retrieval from total 84 men. The group consisted of non-obstructive azoospermic men, aged 21-67 years who attended the centre for in vitro fertilization. Steroids after ether extraction and solvent partition were separated by high performance liquid chromatography and then measured by specific radioimmunoassays. The values varied considerably with means ± S.D. 2.43±2.47, 0.27±0.24, 0.080±0.13, 0.071±0.089 and 0.31±0.27 for testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, androstenedione, estradiol and epitestosterone, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zamrazilová
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sosvorová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heráček
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sobotka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hampl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000735:Androstenedione / Q000032:analysis; D053713:Azoospermia / Q000378:metabolism; D013196:Dihydrotestosterone / Q000032:analysis; D004845:Epitestosterone / Q000032:analysis; D004958:Estradiol / Q000032:analysis; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D013737:Testis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013739:Testosterone / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D013196:Dihydrotestosterone; D013739:Testosterone; D000735:Androstenedione; D004845:Epitestosterone; D004958:Estradiol