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Abstract
The effects of cholinometics on basal or hCG-induced testosterone (T) release by Percollpurified Leydig cells of the rat were studied. Acetylcholine and carbachol as well as nicotine decreased basal and hCG-induced T secretion. The ganglionic nicotine antagonist hexamethonium promoted a partial reversal of the inhibitory effect of nicotine on basal or hCG-stimulated T secretion. Atropine also reduced the inhibitory effect of carbachol on basal or stimulated androgen release.
These data indicate that, in short-term incubations, testosterone released by purified Leydig cells is inhibited by nicotinic and muscarinic cholinergic agonists, thus supporting the hypothesis that parasympathetic autonomic system may be involved in the negative regulation of testicular androgen secretion.