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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-13
pubmed:abstractText
Our working hypothesis was that synthesis and release of LH, but not FSH, were solely dependent on LHRH. Twenty ovariectomized (OVX) ewes were randomly assigned to one of five treatments (n = 4 per group). Ewes were administered a low (10 micrograms/kg) or high (100 micrograms/kg) dose of LHRH antagonist (LHRH-Ant) at 24-h intervals for 3 or 6 days. Control ewes received vehicle (5% mannitol) at 24-h intervals for 6 days. Blood samples were collected every 15 min for 4 h before LHRH-Ant or vehicle and every 2 h during the period of treatment to determine concentrations of LH and FSH. Twenty-four hours after the last treatment with LHRH-Ant or vehicle, anterior pituitaries were collected and divided in half along the midsagittal plane; the number of receptors for LHRH, pituitary content of LH and FSH, and relative amounts of mRNA for alpha, LH beta, and FSH beta subunits were determined. Concentrations of LH in serum decreased (p < 0.05) from 25.4 +/- 4.3 ng/ml before LHRH-Ant to less than 0.5 ng/ml within 4 h after the first treatment of LHRH-Ant and remained low (< 0.5 ng/ml) throughout the study. Serum concentrations of FSH declined gradually during the 3- or 6-day period of treatment with LHRH-Ant, from 37.3 +/- 2.4 and 26.5 +/- 4.8 ng/ml to 19.9 +/- 1.8 and 13.7 +/- 2.1 ng/ml, respectively. The magnitude of decline in serum concentrations of LH and FSH did not differ among ewes treated with low or high doses of LHRH-Ant.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-3363
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
755-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential regulation of gonadotropin synthesis and release in ovariectomized ewes after treatment with a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone antagonist.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68583-0908.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't