Urinary androgens and cortisol metabolites in field-sampled
bonobos (Pan paniscus)

J 2008

Urinary androgens and cortisol metabolites in field-sampled bonobos (Pan paniscus)

DITTAMI, J., Stanislav KATINA, E. MOSTL, J. ERIKSSON, I.H. MACHATSCHKE et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Urinary androgens and cortisol metabolites in field-sampled bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors

DITTAMI, J. (40 Austria, guarantor), Stanislav KATINA (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), E. MOSTL (40 Austria), J. ERIKSSON (276 Germany), I.H. MACHATSCHKE (40 Austria) and G. HOHMANN (276 Germany)

Edition

General and Comparative Endocrinology, Elsevier, 2008, 0016-6480

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10103 Statistics and probability

Country of publisher

Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.654

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/08:00061099

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.08.009

UT WoS

000253272800009

Keywords in English

Urinary testosterone/epitestosterone; Cortisol; Wild male and female bonobos

Abstract

V originále

Urinarymetabolites of androgens and cortisol were measured in free-living male and female bonobos. Sex differences and correlations between adrenal and gonadal steroid excretion were investigated. The immunoreactive concentrations of androgens were measured with two different androgen assays. One assay used a testosterone (T) antibody raised with a 17beta-hydroxy group, and the other employed an antibody raised against a reduced form, 5alpha-androstane-17alpha-ol-3-one-CM (17alpha) with cross reactivity for epitestosterone and 5alpha-androstanedione. Both assays have been used in bonobo and chimpanzee studies where non-invasive techniques were employed. The levels of 17alpha-androgenmetabolites were 1.7- and 3-fold higher than those of T-metabolites in males and females. The two androgen assay results correlated in males but not females. There was a sex difference in the T-metabolites measured. Male levels were significantly higher. Levels of 17alpha in the two sexes were similar. Cortisolmetabolite levels (CORT) were similar between the sexes. The T-metabolites were significantly correlated with CORT in males but not in females. In females, the 17alpha-androgenmetabolites correlated with CORT. This suggests that either androgen secretion or metabolism differs between the sexes. A parsimonious interpretation of the androgen assay cortisol/androgen correlation differences would be that larger components of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), androstenedione or epitestosterone from the adrenal androgens were being excreted and measured in the females. The CORT/T metabolite interactions in males may reflect male-specific social or metabolic endocrine conditions.

Links

CZ.1.07/2.2.00/15.0203, interní kód MU

Name: Univerzitní výuka matematiky v měnícím se světě (Acronym: Univerzitní výuka matematiky)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, 2.2 Higher education

Citovat

DITTAMI, J., Stanislav KATINA, E. MOSTL, J. ERIKSSON, I.H. MACHATSCHKE and G. HOHMANN. Urinary androgens and cortisol metabolites in field-sampled bonobos (Pan paniscus). General and Comparative Endocrinology. Elsevier, 2008, vol. 155, No 3, p. 552-557. ISSN 0016-6480. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.08.009.

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N2  - Urinarymetabolites of androgens and cortisol were measured in free-living male and female bonobos. Sex differences and correlations between adrenal and gonadal steroid excretion were investigated. The immunoreactive concentrations of androgens were measured with two different androgen assays. One assay used a testosterone (T) antibody raised with a 17beta-hydroxy group, and the other employed an antibody raised against a reduced form, 5alpha-androstane-17alpha-ol-3-one-CM (17alpha) with cross reactivity for epitestosterone and 5alpha-androstanedione. Both assays have been used in bonobo and chimpanzee studies where non-invasive techniques were employed. The levels of 17alpha-androgenmetabolites were 1.7- and 3-fold higher than those of T-metabolites in males and females. The two androgen assay results correlated in males but not females. There was a sex difference in the T-metabolites measured. Male levels were significantly higher. Levels of 17alpha in the two sexes were similar. Cortisolmetabolite levels (CORT) were similar between the sexes. The T-metabolites were significantly correlated with CORT in males but not in females. In females, the 17alpha-androgenmetabolites correlated with CORT. This suggests that either androgen secretion or metabolism differs between the sexes. A parsimonious interpretation of the androgen assay cortisol/androgen correlation differences would be that larger components of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), androstenedione or epitestosterone from the adrenal androgens were being excreted and measured in the females. The CORT/T metabolite interactions in males may reflect male-specific social or metabolic endocrine conditions.
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DITTAMI, J., Stanislav KATINA, E. MOSTL, J. ERIKSSON, I.H. MACHATSCHKE and G. HOHMANN. Urinary androgens and cortisol metabolites in field-sampled bonobos (Pan paniscus). \textit{General and Comparative Endocrinology}. Elsevier, 2008, vol.~155, No~3, p.~552-557. ISSN~0016-6480. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.08.009.

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