丸激素治疗后的青春期抑制不会损害雌性小鼠的生殖潜力
Prachi Godiwala1,2, Tracy F Uliasz1, Katie M Lowther1
1Department of Cell Biology, UConn Health, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
Endocrinology
|September 28, 2023
概括
青春期阻断剂和丸激素治疗可能不会损害跨性别男性的生育能力. 这项对小鼠的研究表明,抑制青春期之后的激素治疗导致了生育良好的幼犬的诞生.
科学领域:
- 生殖生物学 生殖生物学
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 跨性别者健康研究研究
背景情况:
- 越来越多的青少年认为自己是跨性别者.
- 抑制青春期和交叉激素治疗是常见的医疗干预措施.
- 关于这些治疗对跨性别男性未来生殖潜力的影响的数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究使用德波烯酸乙酸 (LA) 抑制青春期的效果,然后用氨酸 (T) 进行病毒化疗法,对生殖结果的影响.
- 在转化小鼠模型中评估胚胎和怀孕结果.
主要方法:
- 使用了一种小鼠体外受精模型.
- 从3周大开始,用于抑制青春期的德波烯酸乙酸 (LA).
- 接下来是用酸 (T) 治疗治疗LA治疗,并评估生殖参数.
主要成果:
- LA有效地抑制了青春期,导致小鼠体重增加,但卵巢体重降低.
- 用LA治疗的小鼠产生了具有发育能力的卵子,尽管需要更高的淋巴激素剂量.
- 来自LA和T治疗小鼠的卵细胞产生了可受精的卵子,形成了可活的胚胎,从而产生了肥沃的幼.
结论:
- 用LA抑制青春期,随后用T进行病毒化疗法,并没有阻止小鼠生育出肥沃后代.
- 这些发现表明,在接受类似医疗干预的跨性别男性中,生育能力可能会被保留.
- 需要进一步的研究来证实这些结果在人类受试者.
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