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Leydig cell steroidogenic activity under basal and stimulated conditions was studied in hypothyroid rats. Hypothyroidism was induced at a prepubertal age (30 days postpartum) by surgical thyroidectomy, and L-thyroxine (T₄) supplementation (6 µg/100 g body weight/day for 30 days) to hypothyroid rats was begun after 30 days. Hypothyroidism for 60 days reduced serum LH and FSH without affecting prolactin. Serum and intratesticular testosterone and the specific activity of Leydig cell 3β- and 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases diminished in hypothyroid rats. The stimulatory effect of LH on Leydig cell steroidogenic activity and cAMP was also adversely affected in hypothyroid rats. All these changes were reversed by T₄ supplementation. The present results suggest that prepubertal hypothyroidism suppresses both basal and stimulated Leydig cell activity in adult rats.

Journal of Endocrinology (1995) 144, 293–300

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