Repro 1 Flashcards
Role of aromatase
Converts testosterone to estradiol
Role of 5α-reductase
Converts testosterone to DHT
Hierarchy of determinants of sexual differentiation
Genetic sex → Gonadal sex → Genital sex → Gender sex
Aneuploidy, Mosaicism, Chimerism, Structural Errors
XO (Turner’s)
XXY (Klinefelter’s - seminiferous tubule dysgenesis)
Genetic sex abnormalities
Gonadal dysgenesis
Gonadal sex abnormalities
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (21α-hydroxylase deficiency)
Genital sex abnormalities
Prostate development (DHT, T, or E2)
DHT
Beard growth (DHT, T, or E2)
DHT
Sebum formation (DHT, T, or E2)
DHT
Pubertal development - penis, seminal vesicles (DHT, T, or E2)
DHT and T
Sperm production (DHT, T, or E2)
DHT, T, and E2
Liver development (increase VLDL, LDL; reduce HDL)
Testosterone
RBCs (DHT, T, or E2)
T
Muscle mass (DHT, T, or E2)
T
Abdominal visceral fat (DHT, T, or E2)
T
Skeleton (DHT, T, or E2)
T and E2
Larynx (male voice) (DHT, T, or E2)
T
Imprint male pattern of gonadotropins, sex drive, behavior (DHT, T, or E2)
DHT, T, and E2
Feedback suppression of gonadotropin secretion (DHT, T, or E2)
DHT, T, and E2
Epididymis (DHT, T, or E2)
T
Vas deferens (DHT, T, or E2)
T
Seminal vesicles (DHT, T, or E2)
T
Intrauterine differentiation - penis, scrotum, urethra, prostate
DHT