Effect of prodynorphin-derived opioid peptides on the ovulatory luteinizing hormone surge in the proestrous rat |
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Authors: | Zhang Qiang Gallo Robert V |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, 3107 Horsebarn Hill Road, Box U-156, 06269-4156 Storrs, CT |
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Abstract: | The objective of this study was to determine whether prodynorphin-derived opioid peptides could block the spontaneous luteinizing
hormone (LH) surge and ovulation, and if so, whether this inhibitory action was mediated through κ-opioid receptors. Various
doses of dynorphin peptides (dynorphin A1–17, dynorphin A1–8, dynorphin B, α- and β-neoendorphin) were infused into the brain through third-ventricle cannulae in rats between 1330–1800
h on proestrus. Each dynorphin peptide blocked the LH surge and ovulation in a dose-dependent manner. Dynorphin A1–17 and A1–8 were equally effective in producing these actions, and more potent than either dynorphin B or α- or β-neoendorphin. U50,488H,
a specific κ-opioid receptor agonist, also blocked the LH surge and ovulation. When a mixture of five dynorphin peptides was
infused intraventricularly, each at a dose that inhibited the LH surge, both the surge and ovulation were blocked. However,
when norbinaltorphimine, a specific κ-opioid receptor antagonist, was coinfused with the mixture of dynorphin peptides, the
LH surge and ovulation were fully restored. These results demonstrate that prodynorphin-derived opioid peptides, acting through
κ-opioid receptors, can block the LH surge and ovulation. Dynorphin A1–17 and A1–8 are the most potent in this regard. |
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Keywords: | Dynorphin luteinizing hormone surge κ -opioid receptors norbinaltorphimine |
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