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Androgen secretion activity of recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone of Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica in immature and maturing eel testes

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry volume 28, pages 97–98 (2003)Cite this article

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The androgen secretion activities of recombinant Japanese eel follicle-stimulating hormone (rjeFSH) were investigated in immature and maturing eel testes. The rjeFSH stimulated testosterone (T) and 11-ketotestosterone (11-KT) secretion in immature testis but not in maturing testis. This result suggests that eel FSH plays an important role through the sex steroid secretion in immature testis rather than in maturing testis.

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  1. Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan

    H. Kamei, Y. Yoshiura, N. Uchida & K. Aida

  2. Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan

    T. Oshira

  3. Immunology Section, National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Tamaki, Mie, 519-0423, Japan

    Y. Yoshiura

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Kamei, H., Oshira, T., Yoshiura, Y. et al. Androgen secretion activity of recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone of Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica in immature and maturing eel testes. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 28, 97–98 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:FISH.0000030487.74762.c7

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Keywords

  • Steroid
  • Testosterone
  • Androgen
  • Immature Testis
  • Secretion Activity

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