Adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase of Leydig cells: in vitro activation and relationship to gonadotropin action upon cyclic AMP and steroidogenesis.

Animals Chorionic Gonadotropin/pharmacology Cyclic AMP/metabolism,pharmacology Enzyme Activation/drug effects Follicle Stimulating Hormone/pharmacology Gonadotropins/pharmacology Growth Hormone/pharmacology Kinetics Leydig Cells/drug effects,metabolism Luteinizing Hormone/pharmacology Male Protamine Kinase/metabolism Protein Kinases/metabolism Rats Testosterone/biosynthesis Thyrotropin/pharmacology

Chorionic Gonadotropin Gonadotropins Testosterone Luteinizing Hormone Follicle Stimulating Hormone Thyrotropin Growth Hormone Cyclic AMP Protein Kinases Protamine Kinase