Effect of alterations in pulsatile luteinizing hormone release on ovarian follicular atresia and steroid secretion on diestrus 1 in the rat estrous cycle.
Effect of alterations in pulsatile luteinizing hormone release on ovarian follicular atresia and steroid secretion on diestrus 1 in the rat estrous cycle.
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脉动黄体生成激素释放的变化对大鼠动情周期中动情间期 1 的卵巢卵泡闭锁和类固醇分泌的影响。
DOI:
10.1095/biolreprod33.1.103
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发表时间:
1985
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Gallo,RV
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作者:
Devorshak-Harvey,E;Peluso,JJ;Bona-Gallo,A;Gallo,RV
This study examined the importance of pulsatile luteinizing hormone (LH) release on diestrus 1 (D1; metestrus) in the rat estrous cycle to ovarian follicular development and estradiol (E2) secretion. Single injections of a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) antagonist given at −7.5 h prior to the onset of a 3-h blood sampling period on D1 reduced mean blood LH levels by decreasing LH pulse amplitude, while frequency was not altered. Sequential injections at −7.5 and −3.5 h completely eliminated pulsatile LH secretion. Neither treatment altered the total number of follicles/ovary greater than 150 μ in diameter, the number of follicles in any size group between 150 and 551 μ, or plasma E2, progesterone, or follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels. However, both treatments with LHRH antagonist significantly increased the percentage of atretic follicles in the ovary. These data indicate that: 1) pulsatile LH release is an important factor in determining the rate at which follicles undergo atresia on D1; 2) reductions in LH pulse amplitude alone are sufficient to increase the rate of follicular atresia on D1; 3) an absence of pulsatile LH release for a period of up to 10 h on D1 is not sufficient to produce a decline in ovarian E2secretion, most likely because the atretic process was in its early stages and had not yet affected a sufficient number of E2-secreting granulosa cells to reduce the follicle’s capacity to secrete E2; and 4) suppression or elimination of pulsatile LH release on D1 is not associated with diminished FSH secretion.