Abstract:
Objective To study the effects of vitamin D
3 on steroidogenesis and secretion
in vitro by chipped ovaries of rats.
Methods Using orthogonal ex perimental design(L
16(4
5)),two factor ial experiments were designed to explore the influence of four dosag elevels of vitamin D
3(0,10
-4,10
-7,10
-10mol/L)and four different stages(proestrous,estmus,postestrous,dioestrous)of estrous cycle on steroidogenesis in the ovary.
Results In chipped ovary culture,effects of vitmin D
3 on estradiol secretion were significant(
P<0.001),and effects of vitamin D
3 on progesterone secretion were not significant(
P>0.05).Effects of estrous cycle on estradiol and prog esterone secretion were significant(
P<0.001,
P<0.05).
Conclusion There is direct effects of vitamin D
3 on sex hormones secretion in intro by ovaries,and vitamin D
3 may be one of the environmental endocrine disruptors(EEDs).