Lack of an effect of dihydrotestosterone on serum luteinizing hormone in neonatal female rats.
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Continuous exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) induces renal tumors in male hamsters. The tumor formation is preceded by an increase in pituitary weight and elevation of the pituitary hormones-alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone (aMSH) and prolactin (Pr1). A decline in Pr1 (to normal levels) but not aMSH then accompanies the development of tumors and the enlargement of the intermediate lobe of the pituitary. Hypophysectomy, castration and thymectomy reduced serum levels of aMSH. DES administered for one week increased the serum levels of both hormones in normal and castrated animals, but not in hypophysectomized hamsters.