TY - JOUR
T1 - Indole and porphyrin content of the syrian hamster harderian glands during the proestrous and estrous phases of the estrous cycle
AU - Menendez-Pelaez, Armando
AU - Buzzell, Gerald R.
AU - Rodriguez, Carmen
AU - Reiter, Russell J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements--C.R. was the recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship from the FICYT. Research supported by a NSF grant DCB87-11241 (R.J.R.), an NIH Center for Research and Training in Reproductive Biology grant (No. HD 10202) and a Spanish DGICYT grant No. PM/89-0086 (A.M-P.).
PY - 1991/1
Y1 - 1991/1
N2 - Porphyrin and indole metabolism was studied in the Harderian glands of Syrian hamsters during the proestrous and estrous stages of the estrous cycle. Porphyrins remained unaltered during these stages, but levels of different indoles (5-hydroxytryptophan, 5-hydroxytryptamine, N-acetyl-5-hydrpxytryptamine, and 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid) exhibited pronounced changes during the dark: light period in both proestrous and estrous. There was a strong parallelism between 5-hyroxytryptamine, N-acetyl-5-hydroxytryptamine and 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid levels. Hydroxytryptophan rhythms appeared slightly shifted from those of the other indoles. Immunoreactive melatonin present in the Harderian glands did not show a significant day-night change during the stages studied.
AB - Porphyrin and indole metabolism was studied in the Harderian glands of Syrian hamsters during the proestrous and estrous stages of the estrous cycle. Porphyrins remained unaltered during these stages, but levels of different indoles (5-hydroxytryptophan, 5-hydroxytryptamine, N-acetyl-5-hydrpxytryptamine, and 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid) exhibited pronounced changes during the dark: light period in both proestrous and estrous. There was a strong parallelism between 5-hyroxytryptamine, N-acetyl-5-hydroxytryptamine and 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid levels. Hydroxytryptophan rhythms appeared slightly shifted from those of the other indoles. Immunoreactive melatonin present in the Harderian glands did not show a significant day-night change during the stages studied.
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U2 - 10.1016/0960-0760(91)90408-W
DO - 10.1016/0960-0760(91)90408-W
M3 - Article
C2 - 1705141
AN - SCOPUS:0025973371
SN - 0960-0760
VL - 38
SP - 101
EP - 104
JO - Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
JF - Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
IS - 1
ER -