Suppressive action of orexin A on pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion is potentiated by a low dose of estrogen in ovariectomized rats

Neuroendocrinology
Miyako FurutaFukuko Kimura

Abstract

Orexins are hypothalamic neuropeptides which stimulate luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion in estrogen- and progesterone-treated ovariectomized (OVX) rats and suppress it in OVX rats not treated with estrogen, suggesting a modulation by estrogen of the response to orexins. We examined the effects of orexin A on pulsatile LH secretion in OVX rats treated with a very small dose of estrogen so as to maintain the pulsatile secretion of LH. The estrogen treatment was done 24 h before the blood sampling by subcutaneously implanting a silicone tube (id = 1.5 mm, od = 2.5 mm, length = 25 mm) containing 17beta-estradiol (E(2)) dissolved in sesame oil at 20 microg/ml. In OVX rats treated with sesame oil as a control, the intracerebroventricular (icv) injection of orexin A (0.3 nmol, dissolved in 3 microl artificial cerebrospinal fluid) had no significant effect on the parameters of pulsatile LH secretion, i.e., pulse frequency and pulse amplitude, although it caused a small but statistically significant decrease in overall mean LH concentrations within 1 h. In OVX rats treated with E(2), the icv injection of orexin A significantly suppressed the pulsatile LH secretion; the frequency decreased for more than 2 h, inducing a rapid decline in...Continue Reading

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