Hypothalamic regulation of pituitary gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors: effects of hypothalamic lesions and a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist.
Hypothalamic regulation of pituitary gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors: effects of hypothalamic lesions and a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist.
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垂体促性腺激素释放激素受体的下丘脑调节:下丘脑病变和促性腺激素释放激素拮抗剂的影响。
DOI:
10.1210/endo-110-4-1108
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发表时间:
1982
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影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
K. Catt
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作者:
R. Clayton;K. Channabasavaiah;J. Stewart;K. Catt
The role of the hypothalamus in maintenance of pituitary gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors (GnRH-R) and gonadotropin secretion was investigated by ablation of endogenous GnRH secretion and subsequent analysis of the receptor and serum LH responses to orchidectomy. The effects of continuous infusion of a potent GnRH antagonist analog, [N-acetyl- Ala1,D-p-chloro-Phe2,D-Trp3,6]GnRH, upon these same responses were also examined. Median eminence destruction before orchidectomy prevented the characteristic 2-fold increase in GnRH-R and 10-fold increase in serum LH, measured 6 days post castration. GnRH-R values in the median eminence lesion (MEL)-bearing animals were 30% (P < 0.01) lower than in the intact controls. In chronically orchidectomized animals, MEL also reduced GnRH-R and serum LH values to below those of intact controls. Exogenous GnRH administration alone to MEL-bearing chronically castrated rats reversed the effects of the lesion, with GnRH-R and serum LH being restored to castrate control ...