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ArticleScientific reports2020

Alterations of estrous cycle, 3β hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity and progesterone synthesis in female rats after exposure to hypobaric hypoxia.

Snigdha Shaw, Utkarsha Kumar, Gopinath Bhaumik, M Prasanna Kumar Reddy, Bhuvnesh Kumar, Dishari Ghosh

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Snigdha ShawHigh Altitude Physiology Lab, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
Utkarsha KumarHigh Altitude Physiology Lab, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
Gopinath BhaumikHigh Altitude Physiology Lab, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
M Prasanna Kumar ReddyHigh Altitude Physiology Lab, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
Bhuvnesh KumarHigh Altitude Physiology Lab, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
Dishari GhoshHigh Altitude Physiology Lab, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India. dghosh@dipas.drdo.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1300-6538
Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences · INDefence Institute of High Altitude Research · IN

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Abstract

The underlying mechanism regulating hypoxia induced alteration in female steroid hormones is first time explored in this study. To understand the mechanistic approach, female Sprague- Dawley rats were exposed to acute and chronic hypobaric hypoxia (282 mm-Hg, ~7620 m, 6 hours, 3 and 7 days). Estrous cycle, body weight, plasma progesterone and estradiol levels, morphology, histology and two key steroidogenic enzymes: 3ß hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) and 17ß HSD activity of ovary and adrenal gland were studied. A persistent diestrous phase and a significant decrease in body weight were found in chronic hypoxia groups. Histological study suggested degenerative changes in ovarian corpus luteum of 7 days chronic hypobaric hypoxia (7CHH) group and a declined percentage of adrenocortical cells in 3 days chronic hypobaric hypoxia (3CHH) and 7CHH groups. Plasma estradiol level was unaltered, but progesterone level was decreased significantly in all hypoxic groups. Ovarian 3ß HSD activity was decreased significantly with increasing days of hypoxic treatment along with a significantly low adrenal 3ß HSD activity in 7CHH. In conclusion, hypobaric hypoxia causes a state of low circulatory progesterone level in females likely due to the degenerative changes in the female ovarian and adrenal tissues together with low steroidogenic 3ß HSD enzyme activity.

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Hypoxia3-Hydroxysteroid DehydrogenasesAdrenal GlandsAnimalsBody WeightCorpus LuteumEstradiolEstrous CycleFemaleOvaryProgesteroneRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTime Factors3-Hydroxysteroid DehydrogenasesEstradiolProgesterone

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