Metabolic interfaces between growth and reproduction. V. Pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion is dependent on glucose availability

Endocrinology
D C BucholtzD L Foster

Abstract

To test the hypothesis that mechanisms controlling the secretion of LH are modulated by glucose availability, the acute effects of glucoprivation were studied. The model was the gonadectomized male lamb raised on a limited diet of artificial milk. The approach was to monitor LH secretion before and after the administration of a competitive antagonist of glucose metabolism, 2-deoxyglucose (2DG). We first determined whether LH secretion was influenced by glucose availability by administering 2DG at several doses. Peripheral administration of the glucose antagonist (240 and 480 mg/kg 2DG, single iv injection) transiently decreased LH pulse frequency, but not LH pulse amplitude. By contrast, LH secretion (frequency or amplitude) was not affected by lower doses (60 or 120 mg/kg) of the glucose antagonist. A second study was conducted to determine whether either the pituitary gland or the GnRH neurosecretory system per se is directly affected by short term glucoprivation. The competency of the pituitary was assessed by administering GnRH during the time when LH secretion is suppressed by pharmacological glucose blockade. Similarly, the function of the GnRH neurosecretory system was assessed by administering a GnRH secretagogue (N-met...Continue Reading

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