Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Inhibitors
Gonadal Hormones
• Ovary
(estrogen and progestins)
• Testis
(testosterone)
Ovarian Hormones
ovary – primary source of sex hormones in women
during the childbirth years
-when properly regulated by the follicle-
stimuli zing hormone and luteinizing hormone
from the pituitary, menstrual cycle occurs and
following the events:
• Follicle in the ovary matures and secrets
increasing amount of estrogen
• Release an ovum
• Transformed into a progesterone-secreting
corpus luteum
• The mechanism or action of both estrogen
and progesterone involves the entry into
the cells, binding to cytosolic receptors,
and translocation of the receptor-hormone
complex into the nucleus, where it
modulates gene expression
Estrogen
• Estradiol, estrone, and estriol