Reproduction Abstracts

Androgen receptor (AR) is expressed by testicular somatic cells including steroidogenic Leydig cells (LC). Its role in LC is ill defined, with hypotheses based on evidence from total androgen receptor knockout models implying that LC AR is responsible for final LC number, regulation of steroidogenic enzyme expression and LC maturation.To better define the role of AR in LC, we generated a mouse line with a LC specific ablation of AR (LCARKO) using the Cre...