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Ghrelin effects on gonadotropin secretion in male and female rats
Authors:Fernández-Fernández Rafael  Tena-Sempere Manuel  Aguilar Enrique  Pinilla Leonor
Affiliation:Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Córdoba, 14004 Cordoba, Spain.
Abstract:
Ghrelin is a 28-amino acid peptide primarily involved in the control of food intake and growth hormone secretion. The present experiments were carried out to analyze the potential involvement of ghrelin in the control of gonadotropin secretion. Prepubertal intact and gonadectomized female and male rats, cyclic rats in diestrus, lactating rats and aged female rats were i.c.v. injected with ghrelin (3 nmol/rat) and blood samples were obtained by decapitation 15 min later. In addition, we analyzed the effects of ghrelin on in vitro basal and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH)-stimulated gonadotropin secretion. Our present results indicate that ghrelin inhibited luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion in vivo in prepubertal males as well as gonadectomized males and females, whereas follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) remained unaffected. In vitro, ghrelin stimulated the secretion of both gonadotropins, and differentially modulated the response to LHRH; the LH response was inhibited, while the FSH response was enhanced. Overall, our current data open up the possibility that ghrelin may be involved in the control of LH secretion, and in the dissociation of both gonadotropins that takes place in many physiological, pathological and experimental situations.
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