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Changes in serum 17.ALPHA.-hydroxyprogesterone levels during periovulatory phase in women.

1978; Japan Endocrine Society; Volume: 25; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1507/endocrj1954.25.295

2185-6370

Tsuguo Uemura, Naoyuki Suzuki, SHOICHI TSUCHIHASHI, Y. Shiojima,

Reproductive System and Pregnancy

In order to investigate a physiological role of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) during the periovulatory phase, serum levels of LH, FSH, estradiol (E2), progesterone (P) and 17-OHP were determined by the radioimmunoassay daily through the menstrual cycle and during the treatment for induction of ovulation. In 5 ovulatory women serum, values of these hormones were also examined every 8 hr during the periovulatory phase.By average data on five cases whose blood samples were taken every eight hr, the first significant rise in 17-OHP began 8 hr after the time of the E2 peak and the initial rise of LH levels, and the 17-OHP levels increased steeply as E2 falled down from the peak. But in 2 cases among 4, 17-OHP values increased 8 hr prior to or simultaneously with the initial rise of LH and in the remaining 2 cases, 17-OHP values started to increase only 16 hr after the initial rise of LH.These results suggest that the mid cycle 17-OHP peak is not a reflection of increased E2 synthesis but that 17-OHP may have a physiological role in inducing and/or facilitating LH release. But this role of 17-OHP in LH release should be further investigated.