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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
Pulsatile release of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is indispensable to maintain normal gonadotrophin secretion. The pulsatile secretion of GnRH is associated with synchronised electrical activity in the mediobasal hypothalamus (i.e. multiple unit activity; MUA), which is considered to reflect the rhythmic oscillations in the activity of the neuronal network that drives pulsatile GnRH secretion. However, the cellular source of this ultradian rhythm in GnRH activity is unknown. Direct input from kisspeptin neurones in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) to GnRH cell bodies in the medial preoptic area or their terminals in the median eminence could be the intrinsic source for driving the GnRH pulse generator. To determine whether kisspeptin signalling could be responsible for producing pulsatile GnRH secretion, we studied goats, measured plasma levels of luteinising hormone (LH) and recorded MUA in the posterior ARC, where the majority of kisspeptin neuronal cell bodies are located. Rhythmic volleys of MUA were found to be accompanied by LH pulses with regular intervals in the ARC, where kisspeptin neuronal cell bodies were found. Exogenous administration of kisspeptin stimulated a sustained increase in LH secretion, without influencing MUA, suggesting that the GnRH pulse generator, as reflected by MUA, originated from outside of the network of GnRH neurones, and could plausibly reflect the pacemaker activity of kisspeptin neurones, whose projections reach the median eminence where GnRH fibres project. These observations suggest that the kisspeptin neurones in the ARC may be the intrinsic source of the GnRH pulse generator.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1365-2826
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
813-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Arcuate Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Electrodes, Implanted, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Goats, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Hypothalamus, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Kisspeptins, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Luteinizing Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Neural Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Orchiectomy, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Periodicity, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:19678868-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone pulse generator activity in the hypothalamus of the goat.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan. saohkura@agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't