Inhibitory effects of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH-RH) on neurons in the organum vasculosum lamina terminalis (OVLT)
Inhibitory effects of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH-RH) on neurons in the organum vasculosum lamina terminalis (OVLT)
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黄体生成素释放激素 (LH-RH) 对血管器终板 (OVLT) 神经元的抑制作用
DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(79)90390-1
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发表时间:
1979
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
M. Phillips
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作者:
D. Felix;M. Phillips
The release of luteinizing hormone (LH) is controlled by luteinizing-hormonereleasing hormone (LH-RH), a decapeptide. This peptide has been studied by a variety of anatomical techniques and all studies so far in several different species from mouse to man are in agreement that the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis (OVLT) contains LH-RH immuno-reactive processes 1, 2, 1, 17. It is debatable where these processes arise from and whether perikarya containing LH-RH are actually localized in the OVLT 1, 17. Nevertheless, the consistent localization of the peptide in neural processes suggests that LH-RH has a physiological action on neurons in the OVLT regions. In this report, we have investigated neurophysiological responses to LH-RH by applying the peptide directly to neurons in the OVLT by microiontophoresis. As a control peptide we used angiotensin II. The subjects were 18 adult, female, non-ovariectomized albino rats. In order to approach the lamina terminalis accurately, but without damaging it, a ventral surgical approach was performed. In 4 rats, the femoral vein was catheterized with PE 50 tubing. When dura and pia mater has been adequately cleared from the optic chiasm, the preparation was ready for experimentation. There was usually little bleeding during this procedure and animals survived in good condition for the duration of the experiment. Temperature was maintained at 36 C and heart rate monitored throughout the recording and testing. Extracellular action potentials were recorded through the 4 M NaC1 containing barrel of a 5-barrel glass micropipette. The tip diameter was approximately 4# m with a resistance of 4-12 Mfl. The rate of firing of each neuron was counted by a ratemeter (Nuclear Enterprises NE 4667) and displayed continuously on a UV-oscillograph (Bell and Howell 5-137). The other channels of the micropipettes contained the compounds to be ejected microiontophoretically: Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (Beckman, 10 mM, pH 5.5); angiotensin II (Calbiochem.), prepared as a 10-~ M solution in distilled water with a final pH of 4.5, adjusted with NaOH; the criterion for a response to the peptides was a change of 20~ or more in the firing rate. Only stable units were tested. The peptides were ejected with cationic currents. Cells were tested by application of LH-RH or AII for 1-2 rain with intervals