Testosterone secretion by rat, rabbit, guinea pig, dog, and hamster testes perfused in vitro: correlation with Leydig cell mass.

Testes from guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs, rats, and hamsters perfused in vitro with maximally stimulating concentrations of ovine LH released 9.76 +/- 2.05, 12.80 +/- 3.15, 28.94 +/- 3.01, 3.18 +/- 0.41, and 0.70 +/- 0.12 microgram testosterone (T)/h, respectively. Adjusting for differences in testicular weight did not eliminate significant (P less than 0.01) species variation in testicular capacity for T secretion in response to ovine LH. Similarly, correction for Leydig cell mass, as determined by morphometric analysis, still left significant (P less than 0.01) differences in the testosterone secretion rates in response to ovine LH for guinea pigs (262.5 +/- 38.6 micrograms T/g Leydig cell), rabbits (205.5 +/- 50.7 micrograms T/g Leydig cell), dogs (116.4 +/- 14.8 micrograms T/g Leydig cell), rats (83.55 +/- 21.80 micrograms T/g Leydig cell), and hamsters (18.24 +/- 3.55 micrograms T/g Leydig cell). The data suggest that significant between-species variation of T production in response to ovine LH is not due to quantitative differences in the mass of Leydig cells.

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