THE FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TESTIS CHOLESTEROL IN THE RAT:1EFFECTS OF HYPOPHYSECTOMY AND CRYPTORCHIDISM
- 1 April 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology
- Vol. 46 (4), 341-346
- https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-46-4-341
Abstract
Chemical analyses of rat testes revealed that whenever spermatogenesis was impaired, as after hypophysectomy or cryptorchidism, one characteristic effect was an over-all loss of cholesterol, a marked increase in the ester/ free cholesterol ratio, and an increase in cholesterol concn. These events occurred regardless of the functional state of the interstitial cells.Keywords
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