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“The administration of l-thyroxine to cynomolgus monkeys increases peripheral aromatization of androstenedione from basal, 1.16 +/- 0.15%, to 1.71 +/- 0.14% probably due to increased tissue blood flow.”
“ Thyroxine and its propionic analog 3,5,3',5'-tetraiodothyropropionic acid show a competitive inhibition with an apparent Ki of 1.4 microM and 8.5 microM, respectively, towards androstenedione aromatization.”
“In thecal cells of experiment 5, in the presence of insulin and LH, 30 and 100 mg/ml of T4 increased androstenedione production to 2.3- and 2.8-fold, respectively; only 100 ng/ml of T4 was effective at stimulating progesterone production by thecal cells.”
“Similarly, injection of T4 into sham-operated birds decreased (P less than 0.05) the production of 5 beta-DHT in the hypothalamus while in the pituitary gland injection of T4 into thyroidectomized birds reduced the production of androstenedione (P less than 0.05).”