LUTEINIZING HORMONE RESPONSIVENESS TO LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE IN THE ADULT GUINEA-PIG: DIRECT OVARIAN INVOLVEMENT

1978 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. TER HAAR
Keyword(s):  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Oestrous Cycle ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone ◽  
Releasing Hormone ◽  
Maximum Increment ◽  
Lh Rh ◽  
Dose Dependent ◽  
Ovarian Involvement ◽  
Stimulation Of

SUMMARY The effects of intravenous injection of synthetic luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH-RH) on the release of LH and FSH have been studied in the adult guinea-pig. In all the experiments the secretion of FSH was apparently unaffected by administration of LH-RH. The release of LH was log dose-dependent over the range 0·5–50 μg LH-RH. During the female cycle, the maximum increment in the concentration of LH after a single i.v. injection of 0·5 μg LH-RH decreased progressively from day 1 to day 13. Double or triple injections of 1 μg LH-RH at 1 h intervals produced no potentiation on day 3 but progressively greater LH responses occurred on days 7, 10 or 13 of the oestrous cycle. Ovariectomy immediately before the first injection of LH-RH on day 7 blocked the potentiated response to subsequent injections, whereas ovariectomy immediately before the second injection still permitted this potentiation. These results suggest that there is direct ovarian involvement in the potentiated response to LH-RH observed during the later part of the guinea-pig oestrous cycle. Infusion of LH-RH (1 μg over 200 min) produced a potentiated release of LH in female guinea-pigs on day 7 (but not on day 3) of the oestrous cycle after a delay of 1·5 h. It is proposed that there are two 'pools' of LH in the pituitary gland of the female guinea-pig and that the second pool is 'activated' consequent upon previous hypophysial stimulation of secretion from an ovary containing adequately developed follicles.

PROLONGED RELEASE BY DIOESTROUS RATS OF FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE DURING THE PERIOD OF OVULATION INDUCED BY LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE

1979 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHUJI SASAMOTO ◽  
SHIGEO HARADA ◽  
KAZUYOSHI TAYA
Keyword(s):  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Plasma Concentrations ◽  
High Plasma ◽  
Oestrous Cycle ◽  
Prolonged Release ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone ◽  
Releasing Hormone ◽  
Follicular Maturation ◽  
Lh Rh ◽  
Premature Ovulation

When 1·0 μg luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH-RH) was given i.v. three times at 1 h intervals from 17.00 to 19.00 h on the day of dioestrus (day 0) to regular 4 day cyclic rats, premature ovulation was induced the next morning (day 1) with the number of ova present comparable to normal spontaneous ovulation. The next spontaneous ovulation occurred on the morning of day 5, 4 days after premature ovulation induced by LH-RH. Plasma concentrations of FSH and LH showed transient rises and falls within 1 h of administration of LH-RH; concentrations of FSH in the plasma decreased from 20.00 h on day 0 but markedly increased again from 23.00 h on day 0 to 02.00 h on day 1 and these high levels persisted until 14.00 h on day 1, with only a small increase of plasma LH during this period. The duration of increased FSH release during premature ovulation induced by LH-RH treatment was 6 h longer than the FSH surge occurring after administration of HCG on day 0. Surges of gonadotrophin were absent on the afternoon of day 1 (the expected day of pro-oestrus) and the surges characteristic of pro-oestrus occurred on the afternoon of day 4 and ovulation followed the next morning. The pituitary content of FSH did not decrease despite persisting high plasma levels of FSH during premature ovulation induced by either LH-RH or HCG on day 0. The changes in uterine weight indicated that the pattern of oestrogen secretion from the day of premature ovulation induced by LH-RH to the day of the next spontaneous ovulation was similar to that of the normal 4 day oestrous cycle. When 10 i.u. HCG were given on day 0, an increase in oestrogen secretion occurred on day 2, 1 day earlier than in the group given LH-RH on day 0. This advancement of oestrogen secretion was assumed to be responsible for the gonadotrophin surges on day 3. Similar numbers of fully developed follicles were found by 17.00 h on day 2 after premature ovulation induced by either LH-RH or HCG, suggesting that the shorter surge of FSH during premature ovulation induced by HCG had no serious consequences on the initiation of follicular maturation for the succeeding oestrous cycle in these rats. Administration of LH-RH on day 0 had no direct effect on the FSH surge during premature ovulation. Secretory changes in the ovary during ovulation may be responsible for this prolonged selective release of FSH.

OESTRADIOL STIMULATION OF PROLACTING RELEASE FROM CANINE PITUITARY IN CULTURE

1976 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 706-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwyneth E. Jones ◽  
A. R. Boyns
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Prolactin Release ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone ◽  
Releasing Hormone ◽  
Thyrotrophic Hormone ◽  
Lh Rh ◽  
Stimulation Of

ABSTRACT Anterior canine pituitaries were maintained in tissue culture for 8 days, and the immunoreactive prolactin released, was measured by a heterologous radioimmunoassay for canine prolactin. Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) and thyrotrophic hormone-releasing hormone (TRH) did not affect prolactin release, while theophylline and oestradiol-17β stimulated the release of canine prolactin.

COMPARISON OF PLASMA LEVELS OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE IN MEN AFTER INTRAVENOUS OR INTRANASAL ADMINISTRATION

1974 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. FINK ◽  
G. GENNSER ◽  
P. LIEDHOLM ◽  
J. THORELL ◽  
J. MULDER
Keyword(s):  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Intranasal Administration ◽  
Intravenous Route ◽  
Metabolic Clearance ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone ◽  
Releasing Hormone ◽  
Disappearance Curve ◽  
Lh Rh ◽  
Dose Dependent Increase ◽  
Dose Dependent

SUMMARY The concentrations of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH-RH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) were determined by radioimmunoassay in blood samples taken at intervals after the administration of different doses of synthetic LH-RH administered either intravenously or intranasally in healthy fertile men. Intranasal administration of LH-RH caused a dose-dependent increase of plasma LH with the peak occurring later than that after intravenous injection. The intravenous route was approximately 100 times more effective than the intranasal route in terms of the dose of LH-RH necessary to achieve an LH response of similar magnitude, but the route through the nasal mucosa seems a safe and convenient way for LH-RH administration. The characteristics of the disappearance curve, metabolic clearance rate and volumes of distribution of LH-RH in man are compared with those found by others.

EFFECT OF SYNTHETIC LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE ON OVULATION DURING THE OESTROUS CYCLE IN THE RAT

1974 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Morishita ◽  
H. Mitani ◽  
Y. Masuda ◽  
K. Higuchi ◽  
M. Tomioka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Pituitary Gland ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Early Period ◽  
Oestrous Cycle ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Average Volume ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone ◽  
Releasing Hormone ◽  
Lh Rh

ABSTRACT The effect of synthetic luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH-RH) on ovulation has been studied during the oestrous cycle in adult female rats. Ovulation could be induced by the administration of 1 μg synthetic LH-RH at 1:00 a. m. on the day of dioestrus II (lights on from 10:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m.). At 1:00 a.m. on the day of dioestrus II, the average volume of the largest follicles reached a volume of 83 × 106 μm3 and was three fifth of the volume of that at 6:00 a. m. on the day of pro-oestrus (critical period). These findings suggest that the luteinizing hormone (LH) content in the pituitary gland during the early period of dioestrus II is sufficient to induce ovulation and that the follicles that reach to three fifth of the volume at the critical period are capable of ovulating providing endogenous ovulatory LH released.

STIMULATION OF PROSTAGLANDIN ACCUMULATION IN THE RAT ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND BY LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE IN VITRO

1977 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. BARDEN ◽  
A. BETTERIDGE
Keyword(s):  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Anterior Pituitary ◽  
Pituitary Cells ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone ◽  
Releasing Hormone ◽  
Lh Release ◽  
Lh Rh ◽  
Stimulation Of

The addition of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH-RH) to cultures of monolayers of rat anterior pituitary cells was shown to increase both the concentrations of prostaglandins E1 and E2 (PGE) in the cells and the release of LH over similar ranges of concentrations of LH-RH (10−6 to 10−10 mol/l). The peak concentration of PGE was observed after 2·5 h. The stimulation of the level of PGE in the cells by LH-RH was completely inhibited by two inhibitors of prostaglandin synthetase, which only partially inhibited the stimulation of LH release. Therefore the increased concentration of PGE was not obligatory for the effect of LH-RH on LH release. It was also shown that monobutyryl cyclic AMP stimulated the intracellular concentration of PGE and it is suggested that the stimulation of PGE levels may be mediated by increased levels of cyclic AMP in the cells after the addition of LH-RH.

Effect of synthetic luteinizing hormone – releasing hormone (LH–RH) on ovarian development in Japanese medaka, Oryzias latipes

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Ka-Sing Chan
Keyword(s):  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Ovarian Development ◽  
Gonadosomatic Index ◽  
Class Iii ◽  
Warm Temperature ◽  
Yolk Formation ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone ◽  
Releasing Hormone ◽  
Lh Rh ◽  
Stimulation Of

Regressed female medakas were injected with synthetic luteinizing hormone–releasing hormone (LH–RH) intraperitoneally twice a week for 6 weeks under warm temperature (23 ± 1 °C) and short photoperiod (8 h light: 16 h dark). A dose response was observed as shown by the gonadosomatic index and the percentage distribution of class III oocytes with yolk formation. Ovulation also occurred in fish injected with the highest dose. Pituitary cytology revealed stimulation of gonadotropic cells in the proximal pars distalis by synthetic LH–RH at doses of 100 and 1000 ng per gram body weight. Thus, synthetic LH–RH seems to be effective in inducing ovarian development in the medaka. In fish, the presence of a system similar to the mammalian LH–RH system seems likely.

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