Sexual dimorphism in the effects of mating on the in vitro release of LHRH from the ferret mediobasal hypothalamus.
Sexual dimorphism in the effects of mating on the in vitro release of LHRH from the ferret mediobasal hypothalamus.
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交配对雪貂下丘脑中基底层体外 LHRH 释放影响的性别二态性。
DOI:
10.1016/0031-9384(92)90418-2
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Baum,MJ
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作者:
Lambert,GM;Rubin,BS;Baum,MJ
A sexually dimorphic pattern in the secretion of luteinizing hormone (LH) has previously been shown to occur in response to mating in an induced ovulating species, the ferret, with mating augmenting the secretion of LH in females but not in males. The aim of this study was to determine whether this dimorphic pattern in the postcoital secretion of LH reflects a dimorphic effect of mating on the neural release of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH). The effect of mating on the in vitro release of LHRH from mediobasal hypothalami (MBH) collected from breeding male and female ferrets was studied. Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone release and content were significantly reduced in tissues from estrous females sacrificed 0.25 h after mating compared to unpaired estrous females and estrous females sacrificed 1 or 2.6 h after the mating stimulus. By contrast, the release of LHRH from MBH fragments and LHRH tissue content were equivalent in breeding males that were sacrificed 0.25 h after mating and in breeding males that were left unpaired. These data suggest that the postcoital surge of LH in the female ferret is preceded by a release of LHRH that initially depletes neuronal terminals within the MBH, whereas LHRH release, like pituitary LH secretion, is minimally affected by mating in males.