THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN URINARY EXCRETION OF OVARIAN HORMONE METABOLITES AND CORNIFICATION OF THE VAGINAL EPITHELIUM DURING THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE

1959 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. V. PUTTARAJURS ◽  
W. TAYLOR
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Excretion ◽  
Follicular Phase ◽  
Vaginal Epithelium ◽  
Ovarian Hormone ◽  
Ovulatory Cycle ◽  
Vaginal Smears ◽  
Chemical Methods ◽  
Menstrual Cycles ◽  
Steroid Excretion ◽  
The Relationship

SUMMARY The urinary excretion of oestrone, oestradiol, oestriol and 5β-pregnane-3α:20α-diol has been determined by chemical methods during four menstrual cycles. Vaginal smears were also obtained throughout the cycles, and the degree of cornification of the vaginal epithelium has been compared with oestrogen and pregnanediol excretion. Of the four cycles studied, only one had a cornification curve which could definitely be described as of the normal ovulatory type. The steroid excretion patterns, however, conformed to those expected in an ovulatory cycle, except in one instance where an abnormal excretion of oestradiol was found during the follicular phase. The correlation coefficient for oestrogens and the percentage of cornified cells in the smear has been calculated for the separate cycles and for the four cycles added together. The degree of correlation varied between subjects and between different cycles in the same subject. The implications of the results are discussed.

URINARY EXCRETION OF PREGNANETRIOL IN THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE. II

1962 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary T. Pickett ◽  
Ian F. Sommerville
Keyword(s):  
Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Urinary Excretion ◽  
Sulphuric Acid ◽  
Standard Method ◽  
Cyclic Change ◽  
Ovulatory Cycle ◽  
Menstrual Cycles ◽  
Urinary Steroids ◽  
Acid Reaction ◽  
Temperature Records

ABSTRACT The pattern of urinary pregnanetriol excretion is compared with that of other urinary steroids assayed daily throughout the menstrual cycles of four healthy women. Evidence for the occurrence and estimated date of ovulation is afforded by basal temperature records, urinary oestrogen and pregnanediol excretion and cytology of anterior urethral cells recovered from the urine. In addition, pregnanediol and pregnanetriol excretion has been studied for twelve days in an ovariectomised subject. It is found that the cyclic change in urinary pregnanetriol excretion is variable in extent but there is a correlation between the urinary excretion of oestrogens, pregnanediol and pregnanetriol during the ovulatory cycle. Modification of the programme of elution used in the standard method does not significantly affect the result as determined by the sulphuric acid reaction.

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE URINARY EXCRETION OF TESTOSTERONE DURING THE NORMAL MENSTRUAL CYCLE

1968 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. A. Ismail ◽  
R. A. Harkness ◽  
J. A. Loraine
Keyword(s):  
Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Urinary Excretion ◽  
Luteal Phase ◽  
Broad Band ◽  
Follicular Phase ◽  
Normal Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Menstruating Women ◽  
Steroid Excretion

ABSTRACT Serial assays of urinary testosterone have been performed in seven normally menstruating women; in six of these pregnanediol estimations were also conducted and in four oestrogen determinations were made. All the cycles were of an ovulatory character as judged by the pattern of steroid excretion. In five subjects peaks of testosterone output were observed in the luteal phase of the cycle. In one a broad band of excretion extended from midcycle into the luteal phase, and in one the luteal peak was absent. Four women showed definite peaks of testosterone output at midcycle, and in two follicular phase peaks were also encountered. It is suggested that fluctuations in urinary testosterone excretion during the normal menstrual cycle result from the secretion of precursors of the hormone by the ovaries rather than by the adrenals.

PREGNANETRIOL, PREGNANEDIOL AND OESTROGEN EXCRETION DURING ANOVULATORY MENSTRUAL CYCLES AND IN A PREMENOPAUSAL ADRENALECTOMIZED WOMAN

1964 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. FOTHERBY ◽  
J. B. BROWN
Keyword(s):  
Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Urinary Excretion ◽  
Ovulatory Cycle ◽  
Menstrual Cycles ◽  
Anovulatory Cycle

SUMMARY The urinary excretion of pregnanetriol, pregnanediol and oestrogens was measured throughout five anovulatory cycles in three subjects, and throughout an anovulatory cycle and an ovulatory cycle in an adrenalectomized subject. Cyclical changes in pregnanetriol excretion, which paralleled the changes in oestrogen output, were observed during some of the anovulatory cycles and also during the ovulatory cycle in the adrenalectomized subject. These findings suggest that one factor contributing to the increase in pregnanetriol excretion during the normal ovulatory menstrual cycle is the secretion by the ovary, at times of maximal oestrogen secretion, of a precursor (possibly 17α-hydroxyprogesterone) common to both oestrogens and pregnanetriol. However, that other factors are probably also involved is suggested by the particular pattern of pregnanetriol excretion during the normal ovulatory cycle and by the finding that the increase in pregnanetriol excretion at about the time of ovulation is usually greater than the increase found in the anovulatory cycle.

ON THE VALUE OF SOME PARAMETERS OF ADRENOCORTICAL GLUCOCORTICOID FUNCTION

1963 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Van Der Straeten ◽  
A. Vermeulen ◽  
N. Orie ◽  
P. Regniers
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Excretion ◽  
Adrenal Cortex ◽  
Isotope Dilution ◽  
Isotope Dilution Method ◽  
Dilution Method ◽  
Steroid Excretion ◽  
Colorimetric Methods

ABSTRACT The authors studied the correlation between cortisol production, as measured by an isotope dilution method, and the urinary excretion of total and free Porter-Silber chromogens, as well as of 17-ketogenic steroids. Although a significant correlation exists between total Porter-Silber chromogens, 17-ketogenic steroid excretion and cortisol production, discrepancies are occasionally observed. Hence, different colorimetric methods should be used to assess the glucocorticoid activity of the adrenal cortex.

Urinary melatonin, LH, oestradiol, progesterone excretion during the menstrual cycle or in women taking oral contraceptives

1987 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyne Brun ◽  
Bruno Claustrat ◽  
Michel David
Keyword(s):  
Oral Contraceptive ◽  
Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Urinary Excretion ◽  
Oral Contraceptives ◽  
Coefficient Of Variation ◽  
Luteal Phase ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Follicular Phase ◽  
The Other ◽  
Normal Women

Abstract. Nocturnal urinary excretion of melatonin, LH, progesterone and oestradiol was measured by radioimmunoassay in nine normal women during a complete cycle. In addition, these hormonal excretions were studied in two women taking an oral contraceptive. A high within-subject coefficient of variation was observed for melatonin excretion in the two groups. In the nine normal cycling women, melatonin excretion was not decreased at the time of ovulation, but was significantly increased during the luteal phase compared with that of the follicular phase (P < 0.01). These data are consistent with a positive relationship between melatonin and progesterone during the luteal phase. In the two women under an oral contraceptive, melatonin excretion was found within the same range as for the other nine. The results are discussed in terms of pineal investigation in human.

Immunohistochemical localization of pituitary gonadotrophins and gonadal steroids confirms the 'two-cell, two-gonadotrophin' hypothesis of steroidogenesis in the human ovary

1990 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-NP ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kobayashi ◽  
R. Nakano ◽  
A. Ooshima
Keyword(s):  
Luteal Phase ◽  
Immunohistochemical Analysis ◽  
Immunohistochemical Localization ◽  
Follicular Phase ◽  
Gonadal Steroids ◽  
Immunohistochemical Method ◽  
Human Ovary ◽  
Luteal Cells ◽  
Menstrual Cycles

ABSTRACT Ovaries from 37 women with normal menstrual cycles were analysed for localization of pituitary gonadotrophins and gonadal steroids using an immunohistochemical method. In the follicular phase, FSH and oestradiol-17β localized in the granulosa layer, and LH, progesterone and testosterone localized in the internal thecal layer. In the luteal phase, gonadotrophins and steroids localized in luteal cells. Particularly in the early luteal phase, FSH and oestradiol-17β localized in large luteal cells, and LH, progesterone and testosterone localized in small luteal cells. The results of the present immunohistochemical analysis confirm the two-cell, two-gonadotrophin hypothesis of steroidogenesis in the human ovary. Journal of Endocrinology (1990) 126, 483–488

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