GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING-HORMONE (GNRH) RECEPTOR DYNAMICS AND GONADOTROPE RESPONSIVENESS DURING AND AFTER CONTINUOUS GNRH STIMULATION
GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING-HORMONE (GNRH) RECEPTOR DYNAMICS AND GONADOTROPE RESPONSIVENESS DURING AND AFTER CONTINUOUS GNRH STIMULATION
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DOI:
10.1095/biolreprod35.4.881
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发表时间:
1986-11-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
ADAMS, BM
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作者:
ADAMS, TE;CUMMING, S;ADAMS, BM
Gonadotrope responsiveness, serum and tissue levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), and tissue concentration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptors in ovariectomized rats were determined during and after continuous GnRH stimulation. Intraperitoneal placement of GnRH-containing osmotic minipumps for 96 h established a rate of GnRH delivery (1 .mu.g/h) that resulted in stable serum levels of GnRH (500-700 pg/ml). Secretion of LH increased 8-fold within 6 h; however, serum LH returned to pretreatment levels by 24h, even with continued GnRH stimulation. Tissue concentration of LH was depressed within 48 h of intitiation of treatment but levels were restored by 96 h. Tissue levels of GnRH receptor remained elevated during the first 6 h of treatment but were reduced by 60% within 24 h and remained depressed for the duration of treatment. Gonadotrope responsiveness 48 h and 96 h after initiation of treatment was reduced by 50% and 90%, respectively. Removal of the GnRH delivery vehicle resulted in rapid disappearance of GnRH from serum. Dramatic reduction (75%) in circulating levels of LH, and a 2-fold increase in tissue levels of LH and in GnRH receptor concentration were noted within 6 h of minipump removal. Although tissue concentration of GnRH receptor returned to pretreatment levels within 48 h of minipump removal, both basal LH secretion and gonadotrope responsiveness remained depressed even 96 h after cessation of continuous GnRH stimulation. These data indicate that 1) GnRH and "down regulate" its receptor, 2) gonadotrope responsiveness is not obligatorily linked to receptor concentration, and 3) desensitization that follows hyperstimulation represents effects directed at post-receptor loci.