Repeated estradiol benzoate treatment protects against the lordosis-inhibitory effects of restraint and prevents effects of the antiprogestin, RU486
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The effects of exogenous and endogenous steroids on components of female sexual behavior of neonatal male and female rats were investigated. In Experiment 1, 4-day-old rats were treated with 0, 0.1, 1.0, 10, or 100 micrograms/10 g body weight estradiol benzoate (EB) and were tested 44 hr later. In Experiment 2, male rats castrated within 24 to 48 hr of birth were compared with sham operated controls and castrates given steroid replacement. The results indicated that most 6-day-old pups will display lordosis and ear wiggling; therefore, the display of these responses is not dependent upon exogenous steroids. However, a fine-grained behavioral analysis revealed that EB treatment increased the frequency, duration, and intensity of lordosis and the frequency of ear wiggling in infant females, and it increased lordosis duration in males. Castration of infant males decreased the likelihood that male infants would display lordosis, whereas testosterone replacement restored behavior to control levels. These data question the concept that organizational and activational actions of estrogens occur during completely separable times in development and should provide new insights into the development of estrogen receptor function and the process of sexual differentiation of brain and behavior.
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In some conditions, female sexual behavior in ovariectomized rats can be induced by continuous exposure of estradiol (E2) alone or by a single injection of a high dose of the long-lasting, esterified estradiol benzoate (EB). However, there are inconsistencies in the literature on the role of estrogens during priming or in the facilitation on female sexual behavior in EB-primed rats, as well as the cellular mechanisms involved. Either subcutaneous (sc) or intracerebral (icv) administration of some doses of free unesterified E2, induced lordosis in EB-primed rats. Either sc or icv injection of E2, immediately prior to testing, induced high levels of sexual receptivity when the female rats were primed with an EB sc injection of 2 μg EB. The roles of progesterone receptor (PR) and estrogen receptor on lordosis induced by sc or icv administration of E2 were explored. Tamoxifen or RU486 administrated sc or icv; each reduced lordosis induced by E2. Similarly, antisense oligonucleotides directed at PR-B or total PR (PR-A + PR-B) administrated icv immediately before EB injection inhibited lordosis induced by daily injections of EB. These results suggest that lordosis facilitated by free E2 is dependent on priming dose of EB. Furthermore both ERs and PRs are involved in this action of E2.
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