Gonadotropin-releasing hormone differentially regulates expression of the genes for luteinizing hormone alpha and beta subunits in male rats.
AUTOR(ES)
Papavasiliou, S S
RESUMO
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and gonadal steroids regulate synthesis and release of luteinizing hormone (LH). GnRH is secreted intermittently by the hypothalamus, producing pulsatile LH release, and a pulsatile GnRH stimulus is required to maintain LH secretion. We report the regulatory effects of GnRH pulse injections on pituitary concentrations of LH alpha and beta subunit mRNAs in a castrated/testosterone-replaced male rat model. Replacement with physiologic amounts of testosterone decreased concentrations of both LH subunit mRNAs. GnRH pulse injections (10-250 ng per pulse given every 30 min for 48 hr) increased both mRNA concentrations, but the dose response patterns were markedly different. alpha subunit mRNA was increased by all GnRH doses but not the levels seen after castration alone. In contrast, LH beta subunit mRNA concentrations showed a marked dependence on GnRH dose. Maximal responses, to values similar to those in castrates, occurred after 25-ng GnRH pulses, and larger doses produced a smaller increase in LH beta subunit mRNA. Both the acute LH secretory response to GnRH and the number of GnRH receptors followed a pattern similar to the LH beta subunit mRNA concentration and were maximal after the 25-ng GnRH dose. These results show that GnRH can differentially regulate LH subunit mRNAs and suggest that concentrations of LH beta subunit mRNA may be a limiting factor in GnRH-stimulated LH release.
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