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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 73, 667-673, Copyright © 1991 by Endocrine Society

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The source of inhibin secretion during the human menstrual cycle

PJ Illingworth, K Reddi, KB Smith and DT Baird
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

The source of inhibin secretion during the human menstrual cycle was investigated in two ways. The concentration of inhibin was compared in samples obtained from the ovarian and peripheral veins of 41 women undergoing hysterectomy. In 13 of the women, the corpus luteum was enucleated at operation and the peripheral concentration of inhibin measured at intervals for 24 h. Inhibin was assayed by a heterologous RIA using an antiserum raised against 31 kilodalton bovine inhibin. The concentrations of estradiol and progesterone in the peripheral and ovarian veins were similar to those previously reported. During the early follicular phase, the geometric mean inhibin concentrations were found to be significantly higher in both the right and left ovarian veins than the peripheral vein (180.4 and 157.7 vs. 78.7 U/L: P less than 0.02) but no difference was found in the late follicular phase between the vein draining the dominant ovary and the contralateral ovarian vein (231.1 vs. 193.4 U/L: NS). The inhibin concentrations in the veins draining the ovary bearing a corpus luteum were, however, significantly higher than those in the contralateral ovarian veins during the mid (409.1 vs. 203.6 U/L: P less than 0.02) and late (287.1 vs. 153.2 U/L: P less than 0.01) luteal phases. After enucleation of the corpus luteum, the inhibin concentration fell from the level seen before lutectomy (134.4 U/L) to 80.0 U/L at 24 h (P less than 0.01). This study demonstrates conclusively that the human corpus luteum secretes inhibin. No increase in inhibin secretion was seen from the dominant follicle in the late follicular phase. This casts doubt on the hypothesis that the selective suppression of FSH during the follicular phase is due to inhibin from the dominant follicle.


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