Age-Related Changes in Diurnal Rhythms and Levels of Gonadotropins, Testosterone, and Inhibin B in Male Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)1
Age-Related Changes in Diurnal Rhythms and Levels of Gonadotropins, Testosterone, and Inhibin B in Male Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)1
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雄性恒河猴 (Macaca mulatta)1 昼夜节律以及促性腺激素、睾酮和抑制素 B 水平与年龄相关的变化1
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发表时间:
2008
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
S. Ramaswamy
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文献类型:
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作者:
S. Schlatt;C. R. Pohl;J. Ehmcke;S. Ramaswamy
Abstract Testosterone shows circadian rhythms in monkeys with low serum levels in the morning hours. The decline relies on a diminished frequency of LH pulses. Inhibin B shows no diurnal patterns. In elderly men, the diurnal rhythm of testosterone is blunted and inhibin levels fall. Here we explore whether aging exerts similar effects in the rhesus monkey. We collected blood samples from groups of young (6–9 yr) and old (12–16 yr) male rhesus monkeys at 20-min intervals for a period of 24 h under remote sampling via a venous catheter. We determined moment-to-moment changes in plasma levels of testosterone, FSH, and LH by RIA, and of inhibin B by ELISA. We found significant diurnal patterns of testosterone in both groups. The circadian rhythm in testosterone was enhanced in older monkeys. Testosterone levels and pulse frequencies dropped significantly below those of young monkeys during midday hours. Diminished pulse frequency of LH appeared to be responsible for the midday testosterone decrease in old monkeys, while LH and testosterone pulse frequency did not change in young monkeys at corresponding time points. Old monkeys showed extended periods of LH-pulse quiescence in the morning and midday hours. Inhibin B and FSH levels were generally lower in old monkeys compared with the young group, but neither inhibin B nor FSH showed circadian rhythms. We conclude from these data that old rhesus monkeys have a more prominent circadian rhythm of LH and testosterone resulting from an extended midday period of quiescence in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis.
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影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Plant,TM;Dubey,AK
通讯作者:
Dubey,AK
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Keenan, Daniel M.;Takahashi, Paul Y.;Veldhuis, Johannes D.
通讯作者:
Veldhuis, Johannes D.
DOI:
10.1210/jcem.86.2.7219
发表时间:
2001-02
期刊:
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
影响因子:
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作者:
S. Harman;E. Metter;J. Tobin;J. Pearson;M. Blackman
通讯作者:
S. Harman;E. Metter;J. Tobin;J. Pearson;M. Blackman
DOI:
10.1210/jcem-65-5-929
发表时间:
1987
期刊:
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
影响因子:
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作者:
Veldhuis,JD;King,JC;Urban,RJ;Rogol,AD;Evans,WS;Kolp,LA;Johnson,ML
通讯作者:
Johnson,ML
DOI:
10.1093/geronj/46.5.m181
发表时间:
1991
期刊:
Journal of gerontology
影响因子:
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作者:
Tenover,JS;Bremner,WJ
通讯作者:
Bremner,WJ