Regulation of pro-gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene expression by sex steroids in the brain of male and female rats.
Regulation of pro-gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene expression by sex steroids in the brain of male and female rats.
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雄性和雌性大鼠大脑中性类固醇对促性腺激素释放激素基因表达的调节。
DOI:
10.1210/mend-3-11-1748
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
G. Pelletier
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文献类型:
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作者:
D. Toranzo;É. Dupont;J. Simard;C. Labrie;J. Couet;F. Labrie;G. Pelletier
The fine modulation of gonadotropin gene expression and secretion is well recognized to be regulated by sex steroids through their direct action both at the anterior pituitary level and on the pulsatile pattern of GnRH secretion at the hypothalamic level. Since the influence of sex steroids on hypothalamic GnRH mRNA levels remains to be elucidated, quantitative in situ hybridization was used to study the effect of sex steroids on cellular levels of pro-GnRH mRNA in adult rats of both sexes. The effects of 14-day gonadectomy as well as administration of 17 beta-estradiol (E2, 0.25 micrograms) or dihydrotestosterone (DHT, 100 micrograms) twice a day during 14 days to gonadectomized animals were evaluated. In addition, the effect of progesterone (P, 2 mg, twice daily) alone or in the presence of E2 was also studied in ovariectomized animals. Hybridization was performed using a 35S-labeled cDNA probe encoding rat pro-GnRH and the corresponding mRNA levels were assessed by counting the number of silver grains overlying labeled neurons. In male rats, castration induced a highly significant 65% increase (compared to intact rats) in the mean number of grains per neuron. Administration of E2 or DHT to castrated animals completely prevented the post castration rise in pro-GnRH mRNA levels. In female animals, the effect of ovariectomy was less striking than in the male, a 25% increase (P less than 0.001) being observed. Treatment with E2 or DHT also completely prevented the increase in pro-GnRH mRNA levels induced by ovariectomy. Moreover, treatment with P in ovariectomized animals markedly potentiated the inhibitory effect of E2 on pro-GnRH mRNA levels.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Wiemann,JN;Clifton,DK;Steiner,RA
通讯作者:
Steiner,RA
DOI:
10.1056/nejm198612043152306
发表时间:
1986-12
期刊:
The New England journal of medicine
影响因子:
--
作者:
J. Marshall;R. Kelch
通讯作者:
J. Marshall;R. Kelch
影响因子:
4.1
作者:
Witkin,JW
通讯作者:
Witkin,JW
DOI:
10.1210/mend-1-5-371
发表时间:
1987
期刊:
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.)
影响因子:
--
作者:
Standish,LJ;Adams,LA;Vician,L;Clifton,DK;Steiner,RA
通讯作者:
Steiner,RA
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
LUBAHN, DB;JOSEPH, DR;WILSON, EM
通讯作者:
WILSON, EM