Cytokines act within the brain to inhibit luteinizing hormone secretion and ovulation in the rat

Endocrinology
C Rivier, W Vale

Abstract

Alterations of immune activity are often accompanied by reproductive disorders. Because interleukins mediate the host's response to immune activation, we first examined the effect of the central injection of several lymphokines on LH secretion by gonadectomized rats. We then studied the ability of the most potent lymphokine in this system, interleukin-1 beta (Il-1 beta), to interfere with the proestrous LH surge and ovulation in the intact female rat as well as the dependence of this effect on the activation of opiate receptors. Finally, we investigated the possibility that increased brain levels of Ils, as induced by the central administration of a bacterial endotoxin, might also alter the normal ovulatory process. After intracerebroventricular (icv) injection, Il-1 beta, Il-6, and tumor necrosis factor all lowered plasma LH levels in castrated rats. On a molar basis, Il-1 beta was the most potent inhibitor of LH secretion. In gonadectomized animals, 2.5 and 10 ng Il-1 beta administered icv significantly (P less than or equal to 0.01) decreased plasma LH levels for 6 h, while the effect of 40 ng lasted up to 12 h. By contrast, FSH secretion was only measurably altered by 40 ng Il-1 beta 8 and 12 h posttreatment. In intact cycl...Continue Reading

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