Sex-specific central regulation of reproductive activity revealed by the use of deslorelin in the grey mouse lemur, Microcebus murinus.
Noiret, A.; Aujard, F.; Terrien, J.
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Deslorelin is a GnRH agonist used in veterinary medicine to temporarily inhibit reproduction in domestic animals and is sometimes tested in captive species in zoo to control population or tame aggressive behaviours in males. However, some studies have revealed the inefficacy of deslorelin specifically in males, contrary to females that follow a classic long-term inhibition of the reproductive hypothalamic-pituitary axis through sexual steroid negative feedback. We implanted 5 males and 6 females grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus), long-day breeders that display a complete inhibition of the reproductive system during winter, at the end of the short-day period, a few weeks before the breeding season. Contrary to females, which exhibited a classic inhibitory response to deslorelin, males testosterone levels increased as well as their testis size, which suggests a sex-specific sensitivity to the negative feedback of sexual steroids before the mating period. We propose that this sex-imbalance is related to the different life-history of males as opposed to females concerning reproductive tasks and behaviour.
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