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Medium from cultures of mature rat seminiferous tubules contained a substance which suppressed, in a dose-related manner, the luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH-RH)-stimulated secretion of FSH by cultured rat pituitary cells. The secretion of LH was suppressed to a lesser extent and the basal secretion of both LH and FSH was inconsistently affected. Gel filtration on Sephadex G-100 did not fractionate the activity. The active material did not inhibit the secretion of TSH or destroy LH-RH and the activity was not due to testosterone or oestradiol in the medium. Control media from liver cultures were inactive. It is concluded that inhibin is present in media from cultures of rat seminiferous tubules.
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Eddie et al. (1978) studied this question.
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