Question

What symptom will be common to a person whose leydig cells have been destroyed and a person whose sertoli cells have been destroyed? What symptom will not be common?

Answer 1

Sterility due to lack of spermatogenesis is common to both individuals with destroyed leydig and sertoli cells. However, testosterone deficiency symptoms will appear only in the person with destroyed leydig cells, not in the one with destroyed sertoli cells. This condition is because leydig cells produce testosterone, while sertoli cells support spermatogenesis but do not produce testosterone.