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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone(GnRH)surge generator in rats Toshiya Funabashi 1 , Fukuko Kimura 1 1Department of Physiology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine Keyword: GnRH , 視索前野 , 視交叉上核 , エストロジェン pp.389-397
Published Date 2003/6/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1431100321
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 It is widely accepted that the surge of luteinizing hormone(LH)secretion occurs as the result of a positive feedback action of estrogen, which is applied with certain strength and duration to the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland. We suggest for the essence of the positive feedback action that estrogen exerts inhibitory effects on GnRH neurons via the action on GABA neurons, but this inhibition is cancelled by some mechanism prior to the time of LH surge in rats. It is also known that the circadian clock located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus(SCN)controls the timing of LH surge. We found that the release of GnRH in co-cultures of the POA with the SCN exhibited a significant circadian rhythm in the presence of estrogen but did not in the absence of estrogen. In these co-cultures, the period of the GnRH circadian rhythm was the same as that of the arginine-vasopressin(AVP)circadian rhythm and was different from the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide(VIP)circadian rhythm. The result suggests that, in co-cultures of the POA and the SCN, AVP neurons drive the circadian release of GnRH in the presence of estrogen. In summary, in rats, GnRH neurons located in the POA constitute the GnRH surge generator in association with GABA neurons in the POA and AVP neurons in the SCN.


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