2 POOLS OF PITUITARY GONADOTROPIN - REGULATION DURING MENSTRUAL-CYCLE
2 POOLS OF PITUITARY GONADOTROPIN - REGULATION DURING MENSTRUAL-CYCLE
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DOI:
10.1210/jcem-44-2-302
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
YEN, SSC
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作者:
HOFF, JD;LASLEY, BL;YEN, SSC
Information on the relative activity and on functional relationships between the acutely releasable (1st) and reserve (2nd) pools of pituitary LH [luteinizing hormone] during the normal menstrual cycle was obtained via a 4 h LRF [luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone] infusion (0.2 .mu.g/min .times. 4 h). This was immediately followed by 3 pulses of LRF (10 .mu.g at 2 h intervals) to assess further the size of the acutely releasable pool after activation of the reserve pool by the infusion. Two functional pools of LH are apparently present in all phases of the menstrual cycle, and comparative pool size or activity is probably influenced profoundly by ovarian steroid feedback and by the pattern of input of hypothalamic LRF. From the early to the late follicular phase, in synchrony with the rising levels of E2 [estradiol], the size of the 2nd pool is preferentially augmented. A small increase in the 1st pool activity is not apparent until the late follicular phase when a 5-fold increase in the size of the 2nd pool is also attained. During the mid-luteal phase and in association with relatively high progesterone (P) and E2, the large 2nd pool is maintained as in the late follicular phase, but the 1st pool is strikingly smaller. Activation of the 2nd pool of LH by LRF infusion (priming) increases the acutely releasable LH (1st pool) in all 3 phases of the cycle, as evidenced by an enhanced response to the 1st but not subsequent pulses of LRF at the end of the infusion, as compared with non-infused controls. This priming effect probably reflects activation or shifting of LH from the larger 2nd pool to the smaller 1st pool. This priming effect is greatest during the mid-luteal phase as compared to other cycle phases. During the mid-cycle LH surge, a dramatic reversal of the relative activity of the 2 pools is observed, manifested by an enormous increase in the activity of the 1st relative to the 2nd pool. In contrast to other cycle phases, LH release from the 2nd pool is not sustained. This premature decline in LH release despite continuous LRF infusion appears to be due to pituitary depletion of LH, as evidenced by the failure of the pituitary response to pulses of LRF immediately following the infusion. LRF probably not only induces synthesis-storage (2nd pool) and release (1st pool) of LH, but also activates the 2nd pool and renders its LH more readily releasable. These positive influences exerted by LRF are probably amplified by the presence of E2 which appears to provide a permissive action of LRF, except E2 also functions to impede the LRF mediated LH-release. Mid-luteal levels of P probably do not inhibit the augmented 2nd pool due to E2 but may amplify the LRF induced activation of the 2nd pool with enlargement of the smaller 1st pool. At mid-cycle, the assumed increased endogenous LRF release and the development of estrogen dependent self-priming effect of LRF probably induces a dramatic shifting of LH from the 2nd to the 1st pool with accelerated LH release by overcoming the impeding action of E2.