In:
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, Wiley, Vol. 323, No. 10 ( 2015-12), p. 714-721
Abstract:
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is a pleiotropic neuropeptide involved in different functions, including testosterone synthesis. Recently, we reported the presence of VIP in the testis of Podarcis sic ula , throughout the reproductive cycle. Now, we investigated the effects of the VIP on steroidogenesis in significant periods of the Podarcis reproductive cycle: winter stasis, reproductive period, and summer stasis. Using VIP treatments in testis culture in absence or presence of receptors antagonists, we demonstrated for the first time that in P . sic ula , VIP is involved not only in testosterone synthesis, as in mammals, but in 17β‐estradiol synthesis too. J. Exp. Zool. 323A: 714–721, 2015 . © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1932-5223
,
1932-5231
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2015
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1474896-4
SSG:
12
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