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In vivo and in vitro approaches have been used to examine the role of dopamine (DA) as a growth hormone (GH)-releasing factor in the goldfish. DA stimulated GH release from perifused pituitary fragments of goldfish in a dose-dependent manner. The GH-releasing effect of DA was seasonal, being the highest in sexually regressed fish, intermediate in recrudescent fish, and the lowest in sexually mature (prespawning) fish. The GH response to DA was blocked by the D1 antagonist (+)SCH23390, confirming the involvement of D1 receptors in DA-stimulated GH release. In studies using static incubation of pituitary cells, somatostatin, a known physiological GH-release inhibitor in the goldfish, abolished the GH response to DA. Intraperitoneal injection of apomorphine, a non-selective DA agonist, also increased the plasma GH levels and enhanced the linear body growth of goldfish. These results strongly suggest that DA, by acting through DA D1 receptors, functions as a GH-releasing factor in the goldfish.  相似文献   

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The effects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) on growth hormone (GH) and gonadotropin (GtH) release, and the influences of somatostatin (SRIF), the dopamine agonist apomorphine (APO) and extracellular calcium on basal and TRH-induced GH release were examined using an in vitro perifusion system for pituitary fragments of common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Five minute pulses of different dosages of TRH stimulated a rapid and dose-dependent increase in GH release from the perifused pituitary fragments with an ED50 of 9.7 ± 2.3 nM. TRH was ineffective on GtH release. SRIF significantly inhibited basal and TRH-induced GH release from the perifused pituitary fragments, and the effects of SRIF were dose-dependent. APO induced a dose-dependent increase in basal and TRH-stimulated GH release from the perifused pituitary fragments. Increasing the concentrations of extracellular calcium from 0 mM to 1.25 mM resulted in an increase in basal and TRH-induced GH release. The high dose of calcium (6.25 mM) caused a slight decrease in basal and TRH-induced GH release compared with those at a concentration of 1.25 mM.
Résumé Les effets de la thyrotropine (TRH) sur la sécrétion d'hormone de croissance (GH) et de gonadotropine (GTH), et de la somatostatine (SRIF), de l'apomorphine (APO), antagoniste dopaminergique, et du calcium extracellulaire sur les sécrétions basale et stimulée de GH ont été étudiées in vitro par périfusion, de fragments d'hypophyses de carpe (Cyprinus carpio). Des applications de 5 minutes de TRH à différentes concentrations induisent une stimulation rapide et dose dépendante de la sécrétion de GH (ED50 = 9.7 ± 2.3 nM). Le TRH est sans effet sur la sécrétion de GTH. Le SRIF inhibe la sécrétion basale de GH ainsi que la résponse hypophysaire à l'action du TRH. Son action est dose dépendante. L'apomorphine induit une augmentation dose dépendante de la sécrétion basale de GH et potentialise l'action du TRH sur la stimulation de la sécrétion de GH. Des effets équivalents sont induits par des concentrations croissantes de calcium extra cellulaire de 0 à 1.2 mM, alors qu'à une concentration de 6.25 mM des effets opposés sont obtenus.
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Profiles of plasma growth hormone (GH) in male tilapia hybrid (Oreochromis niloticus x O. aureus) were measured and compared at different times of the year. The profiles did not appear to be repetitive, however, differences in their nature were observed at the different seasons; the most erratic profiles were seen in the height of the reproductive season (July), while the peaks were more subdued in the spring and disappeared in the autumn. Peaks in male fish were more prominent than in the females when measured in July. Perifused pituitary fragments from fish with a high GSI responded to salmon gonadotropin-releasing hormone (sGnRH) analog (10 nM-1 M), while those from fish with a low GSI barely responded to even the highest dose. Exposure of perifused pituitary fragments from sexually-regressed fish to carp growth hormone-releasing hormone (cGHRH; 0.1 M) or sGnRH (I M) stimulated GH release only after injection of the fish with methyl testosterone (MT; 3 injections of 0.4 mg kg 1). The same MT pretreatment did not alter the response to dopamine (DA; 1 or 10 M). GH pituitary content in MT-treated fish was lower than in control fish, which may be explained by the higher circulating GH levels in these fish, but does not account for the increased response to the releasing hormones. Castration abolished the response of cultured pituitary cells to sGnRH (I fM-100 nM) without altering either their basal rate of secretion or circulating GH levels. Addition of steroids to the culture medium (MT or estradiol at 10 nM for 2 days) enabled a GH response to sGnRH stimulation in cells from sexually regressed fish. Pituitary cells which had not been exposed to steroids failed to respond to sGnRH, although their response to forskolin or TPA was similar to that of steroid-exposed cells. It would appear, therefore, that at least one of the effects of the sex steroids on the response to GnRH is exerted proximally to the formation of cAMP, or PKC, presumably at the level of the receptor. An increase in the number of receptors to the GH-releasing hormones, following steroid exposure, would explain also the changing nature of the GH secretory profile in different stages of the reproductive season.  相似文献   

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In this study, the direct actions of serotonin (5HT) on gonadotropin (GTH)-II and growth hormone (GH) release in the goldfish were tested at the pituitary cell level. 5HT (10 nM - 10 µM) stimulated GTH-II but inhibited GH release from perifused goldfish pituitary cells in a dose-dependent manner. The minimal effective dose of 5HT tested to suppress basal GH secretion (10 nM) was 10-fold lower than that to stimulate GTH-II release (100 nM). The GTH-II releasing effect of 5HT was abolished by repeated 5HT treatment (10 µM) whereas the corresponding inhibition on GH release was unaffected. These results suggest that 5HT receptors on goldfish gonadotrophs and somatotrophs exhibit intrinsic differences in terms of sensitivity to stimulation and resistance to desensitization. Salmon GTH-releasing hormone (sGnRH, 100 nM) stimulated GTH-II and GH release from goldfish pituitary cells. The GTH-II releasing action of sGnRH was unaffected by simultaneous treatment of 5HT (1 µM). However, the corresponding GH response to sGnRH (100 nM) was inhibited. In the goldfish, dopamine is known to stimulate GH release through activation of pituitary D1 receptors. In the present study, the GH-releasing action of dopamine (1 µM) and the D1 agonist SKF38393 (1 µM) was significantly reduced by 5HT (1 µM). To examine the receptor specificity of 5HT action, the effects of 5HT1 and 5HT2 analogs on GTH-II and GH release were tested in goldfish pituitary cells. The 5HT1 agonist 8OH DPAT (0.1 and 1µM) and 5HT2 agonist methyl 5HT (0.1 1µM) mimicked the GTH-II releasing effect of 5HT. The 5HT1 agonist 8OH DPAT (0.1 and 1µM) also stimulated GH release but the 5HT2 agonist methyl 5HT (0.1 and 1µM) was inhibitory to basal GH secretion. In addition, 5HT (1µM) -stimulated GTH-II release was abolished by the 5HT1 antagonist methiothepin (10µM) and 5HT2 antagonist mianserin (10µM). Similarly, the inhibitory action of 5HT (1µM) on basal GH release was blocked by the 5HT2 antagonist mianserin (10µM). The 5HT1 antagonist methiothepin (10µM) was not effective in this regard. These results, taken together, indicate that 5HT exerts its regulatory actions on GTH-II and GH release in the goldfish directly at the pituitary cell level, probably through interactions with other regulators including sGnRH and dopamine. The GTH-II releasing action of 5HT is mediated through 5HT2 and possibly 5HT1 receptors. The inhibition of 5HT on basal GH release is mediated through 5HT2 receptors only. Apparently, 5HT1 receptors are not involved in this inhibitory action. In this study, a paradoxical stimulatory component of 5HT on GH release by activating 5HT1 receptors is also implicated.  相似文献   

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采用脑垂体离体灌流孵育系统,研究细胞外 Ca~(2+)和 K~+对鲤鱼脑垂体基础的和鲑鱼促性腺激素释放激素(sGnRH)刺激的生长激素(GH)分泌的影响。离体灌流孵育的鲤鱼脑垂体基础 GH分泌和 sGnRH 刺激的 GH 分泌都是细胞外 Ca~(2+)依赖的,缺细胞外 Ca~(2+)存在时,基础 GR分泌显著下降,2分钟脉冲式 sGnRH 刺激的 GH 分泌反应接近消失。Ca~(2+)通道阻滞剂异搏定以剂量依存形式显著抑制基础的和2分钟脉冲式sGnRH 刺激的 GH 分泌,表明细胞外 Ca~(2+)的作用至少部分通过细胞膜电位敏感性 Ca~(2+)通道。50mM K~+显著刺激基础GH 分泌,并显著加强高剂量sGnRH 刺激的GH 分泌,且K~+的作用是细胞外 Ca~(2+)依赖的。  相似文献   

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The goldfish pituitary contains two classes of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) binding sites, a high affinity/low capacity site and a low affinity/high capacity site (Habibiet al. 1987a), whereas the catfish pituitary contains a single class of high affinity GnRH binding sites (De Leeuwet al. 1988a). Seasonal variations in pituitary GnRH receptor binding parameters, and the effect of castration on pituitary GnRH receptor binding were investigated in goldfish and catfish, respectively. In goldfish, GnRH receptors undergo seasonal variation with the highest pituitary content of both high and low affinity sites occurring during the late stages of gonadal recrudescence. The observed changes in pituitary GnRH receptor content correlate closely with responsiveness to a GnRH agonistin vivo in terms of serum gonadotropin (GTH) levels. In catfish, castration results in a two-fold increase in pituitary GnRH receptor content, which can be reversed by concomitant treatment with androstenedione, but not by the non-aromatizable androgen 11β-hydroxyandrostenedione; changes observed in GnRH receptor content correlate with variations in serum GTH levels and responsiveness to a GnRH agonist. In summary, the present study provides a clear evidence for seasonal variation in pituitary GnRH receptor activity in goldfish, and demonstrates a gonadal feedback mechanism regulating GnRH receptor activity in the catfish pituitary.  相似文献   

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Growth hormone (GH) secretion from organ-cultured pituitaries of the eel (Anguilla japonica) was studied during incubation in a defined medium for 2 weeks, using a homologous radioimmunoassay which does not distinguish between the two molecular forms of eel GH. The total amount of GH secreted increased gradually during the incubation period; so that the amount of GH released on day 14 was about 30 times greater than that on day 1. On day 14, the proportion of GH released relative to the total amount of GH present (the sum of GH released into the medium and residual content in the pituitary) was 96% and the amount produced on day 14 was 4 times greater than the content in the unincubated pituitary. Somatostatin (SRIF, 1.8 × 10-7 M) inhibited the increase in GH release. On day 7, the proportion of GH released by pituitaries treated with SRIF (28%) was less than that released by the control pituitary (91%). There was no significant difference in GH release between the pituitaries incubated in isotonic medium (300 mOsm) and those in hypotonic medium (240 mOsm) for 2 weeks except for the first 3 days, when the pituitaries in hypotonic medium secreted significantly greater amounts of GH than those incubated under isotonic condition. Hypertonic medium (350 mOsm) had no effect on GH release except for significant inhibition on days 6 and 14. When secretion of the two forms of GH (GH I and II) was examined after separation by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by densitometry, slightly more GH I tended to be secreted than GH II during the culture period, although the effects of SRIF and osmolality of the media on GH I release were similar to those on GH II. It is concluded that GH secretion and production in the eel is mainly under the inhibitory control of hypothalamus, and that osmolality has a minimum influence on the GH release.  相似文献   

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This work investigated the action of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on thein vitro pituitary release of the maturing gonadotropic hormone (GtH) of the rainbow trout using a perifusion system employing trout balanced salt solution (pH 7.5) at 15°C and a 12.5 ml/h flow rate. In vitellogenic females a 20 minutes NPY application (10−7 M) induced a 20–30% decrease in GtH secretion. Removal of NPY was followed by a rebound in GTH secretion. On the contrary, in ovulated females, NPY (15 minutes, 10−7 M) directly stimulated GTH secretion. The greatest stimulation was obtained the day of ovulation where the stimulatory effect of NPY was similar to those induced by s.GnRH in the same conditions, reaching 400% of the basal GTH level. In vitellogenic females treated with 1-4-6 androstadien 3–7 dione, an inhibitor of aromatase activity, the pituitary response to NPY was similar to that obtained in ovulated females. Thus thein vitro action of NPY might depend on thein vivo steroidogenic environment.  相似文献   

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone and gonadotropin in goldfish and masu salmon   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  
Reproductive activities in vertebrates are regulated by an endocrine system, consisting of the brain-pituitary-gonad axis. In teleosts, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in the brain stimulates gonadotropin (GTH) release in the pituitary gland, but because of lack of the portal vessel, it is not known when and how much GnRH is released for the regulation of GTH release. There are multiple molecular types of GnRH in teleosts and several distinct populations of GnRH neurons in the brain. However, we do not know which types and populations of GnRH neurons regulate reproductive activities. Here we summarize our recent studies on GnRH and GTH in masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou and goldfish Carassius auratus. Immunocytochemistry showed the location and molecular types of GnRH neurons. Salmon (sGnRH) and chicken-II GnRH (cGnRH-II) neuronal fibers were widely distributed in the brain of both masu salmon and goldfish. Only sGnRH fibers were observed in the pituitary of masu salmon, whereas both sGnRH and cGnRH-II fibers were observed in the goldfish pituitary, indicating that species specific GnRH profiles are involved in the regulation of pituitary function in teleosts. A series of experiments in masu salmon and goldfish suggest that among GnRH neuron populations GnRH neurons in the ventral telencephalon and the hypothalamus regulate GTH release, and that GnRH of the terminal nerve origin is not essential to gonadal maturation and ovulation. The biological function of other GnRH neurons remains unkown. Two GTHs appear to be characteristic of teleost; however, regulation of reproduction by these GTHs is a question that remains to be elucidated. In salmonid species, it is proposed that GTH I stimulates early gonadal development, whereas GTH II acts in later stages. When GTH expression was examined in goldfish, both GTH I and II mRNA levels in the pituitary gland showed increases in accordance with gonadal development, unlike the sequential expression of GTH subunits in salmonids. The expression of these GTH subunit mRNAs were affected by water temperature, starvation, and steroid hormones in goldfish, but in what manner these two GTHs regulate gonadal development remains to be clarified.  相似文献   

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Studies in mammals have shown that synthetic Met-enkephalin derivatives, called growth hormone-releasing peptides (GHRPs), stimulate growth hormone (GH) release. In the present study, GHRP-6 action on GH secretion was examined in vivo and in vitro in sexually immature grass carp. GHRP-6 injected intraperitoneally had no influences on serum GH levels in juvenile grass carp. Following intraperitonal injection of GHRP-6 and dopamine (DA) or cysteamine hydrochloride (CSH), alone and in combination into juvenile grass carp, DA and CSH were effective in elevating serum GH levels, but GHRP-6 was not effective in this respect; in addition, the synergistic action of GHRP-6 and DA or CSH on GH secretion was not seen. In this work, we had adapted and validated a perifusion system and a culture system for GH regulation studies. In a perifusion system, GHRP-6 (1000 to 0.1 nM), GHRP-6 (0.1 to 1000 nM), GHRP-6 (1 μM), and Hexarelin (an analog of GHRP, 1 μM) had no action on GH release from juvenile grass carp pituitary fragments or cells. Under static incubation conditions, GHRP-6 was inactive on GH release from juvenile grass carp pituitary fragments after 1 h and 6 h incubation, but human growth hormone-releasing hormone (hGHRH; 1 to 100 nM) as positive control could stimulate GH release in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, when GHRP-6 (100 nM) in combination static incubation with neuropeptides [e.g., hGHRH (100 nM), salmon gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (sGnRH-A) (100 nM), or D-Ala6,Pro9-NEt-luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (D-Ala6,Pro9-NEt-LHRH, LHRH-A) (100nM)], GHRP-6 did not strengthen GH secretion actions of neuropeptides, and at the same time neuropeptides also did not modify the effects of GHRP-6 on GH secretion. The present results obtained using in vivo and in vitro techniques adapted for GH regulation studies show that GHRP-6 does not function as a GH-releasing factor in juvenile grass carp as it does in tilapia, amphibians, chickens, and mammals.  相似文献   

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Evidence for the involvement of Ca2+, protein kinase C, cAMP, and arachidonic acid metabolism in mediating gonadotropin (GTH) and growth hormone (GH) release in the goldfish is reviewed. Models for the signal transduction pathways mediating GTH-releasing hormone (GnRH) and dopamine actions on GTH and GH secretion are postulated. A novel hypothesis that two GnRHs which bind to the same receptor type activate different transduction cascade in two different cell types (GTH vs. GH) as well as within the same cell type (GTH) is presented.
Résumé Cette revue présente les données expérimentales démontrant l'implication de Ca++, de la protéine kinase C et du métabolismes de l'acide arachidonique dans les mécanismes régulant la sécrétion des hormones gonadotrope (GTH) et de croissance (GH). Des modèles de signaux de transduction de l'action de la gonadolibérine (GnRH) et de la dopamine sur la sécrétion de GTH et de GH sont proposés. Les deux GnRHs existant chez le poisson rouge pourraient se lier au même type de récepteur et activer différentes voies de transduction dans deux différents types cellulaires (GTH vs. GH) ou dans un seul type (GTH).
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大鳍鳠脑垂体和血清生长激素水平的季节变化   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  
根据大鳍脑垂体匀浆和血清样品的稀释曲线与鲤生长激素（ｃＧＨ）标准曲线的平行性,采用鲤生长激素的标准品和抗血清（ＲＡＧ）测定了周年中几个不同时期大鳍脑垂体和血清样品的生长激素（ＧＨ）含量,发现脑垂体和血清中的ＧＨ含量均表现出明显的季节变化。脑垂体的ＧＨ含量分别在３月份和８月份出现两个峰。４～７月的繁殖期和１１～１月的越冬期间,脑垂体的ＧＨ含量很低,而且波动不大。受水温和光周期的影响,大鳍血清ＧＨ水平表现为从冬季（１１～１月）到春季（２～４月）逐渐上升,夏季急剧升高,到夏末（７月底）达到最高,一直持续到秋季。大鳍血清ＧＨ含量的变化与生殖周期密切相关,最低的ＧＨ含量出现在性腺静止期,其次为性腺发育期,再次为性腺成熟期,在产卵期急剧升高,最高为性腺退化期。  相似文献   

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Ghrelin was recently demonstrated as an endogenous ligand of the growth hormone (GH) secretagogue receptor (GHS-R), which could promote the release of GH in mammal significantly. The present study conducted to determine whether ghrelin stimulate the release and synthesis of GH in orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides). Rat ghrelin was incubated with the pituitary fragments of grouper in static culture system. The culture medium was collected at 1, 6, 12, 18 and 24 h after incubation to detect the contents of GH by homologous radioimmunoassay. The level of GH mRNA in the pituitary fragments was measured by a sensitive chemiluminescent ribonuclease protection assay. The results showed that rat ghrelin not only stimulated the release of GH but also augmented the GH mRNA level in grouper. It suggested that the ghrelin-like peptide and the GHS-R involved in the regulation of GH synthesis and release in grouper. The present study would provide a better understanding of the regulatory mechanism of GH release in marine fish.  相似文献   

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The goldfish (Carassius auratus) has proven an advantageous model for investigations of the neuroendocrine regulation of pituitary hormone secretion in teleost fishes. Investigations examining the secretion of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) from pituitary cellsin vitro have been used to identify neuropeptides influencing goldfish corticotrope and melanotrope activity. Ovine CRF, urotensin I (UI), arginine vasotocin (AVT), isotocin and angiotensins I and II stimulate the release of ACTH from corticotropesin vitro. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), oCRF, UI and neuropeptide Y stimulate the release of MSH from melanotropesin vitro. Immunocytochemical studies have revealed the presence of separate CRF- and UI-immunoreactive perikarya in the hypothalamus suggesting the existence of two structurally similar, yet distinct, hypothalamic CRF-UI-like peptides. Interactions of AVT and CRF in the regulation of ACTH secretion is suggested from studies demonstrating the co-localization of AVT- and CRF-immunoreactivities in perikarya of the preoptic-hypophyseal system. These investigations demonstrate that the secretory activity of goldfish corticotropes and melanotropes is influenced by a diversity of neuropeptides of hypothalamic origin.  相似文献   

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It has been established that secretion of gonadotropin (GtH) and growth hormone (GH) release in goldfish are both stimulated by GtH-releasing hormone (GnRH); in addition GtH secretion is inhibited by dopamine D2 mechanisms. In the present study, depletion of protein kinase C (PKC) in goldfish pituitary cells reduced the GtH and GH responses to GnRH and an activator of PKC in static culture. In perifusion studies, GtH released in response to sGnRH analog was greatly attenuated in PKC-depleted cells, however, hormone responses to forskolin were enhanced. Stimulation of dopamine D2 receptors reduced the GtH, but not the GH, responses elicited by PKC activators. These results indicate that PKC participates in the GtH and GH responses to natural neuroendocrine regulators in the goldfish.
Résumé Il a été établi que chez le poisson rouge, les sécrétions de gonadotropine (GtH) et d'hormone de croissance (GH) sont toutes les deux stimulées par la gonadolibérine (GnRH); de plus, la sécrétion de GtH est inhibée par des mécanismes dopaminergiques de type D2. Dans le présent travail, la déplétion de la teneur en protéine kinase C (PKC) dans des cellules hypophysaires de poisson rouge réduit les résponses en GtH et GH au GnRH et à un activateur de la PKC de cellules maintenues en incubation statique. Dans des cellules maintenues en périfusion et soumises à une déplétion en PKC, la GtH libérée en réponse à un analogue du sGnRH est fortement diminuée, cependent les réponses hormonales à la forskoline sont augmentées. La stimulation des récepteurs dopaminergiques D2 réduit, dans le cas d'action d'activateur de la PKC, la réponse en GtH mais pas en GH. Ces résultats indiquent que la PKC est impliquée dans les mécanismes de régulation de GtH et GH par des facteurs neuroendocriniens naturels.
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The objective of the present study was to confirm previous results on the mediation of GnRH signal in tilapia by providing evidence from experiments in cultured pituitary cells and from perifusion experiments using a GnRH-antagonist. After 4 days in culture under identical conditions, cells taken from pituitaries of fish maintained at 26°C were more sensitive to GnRHa ([D-Ala6, Pro9-NEt]-LHRH) than those taken from fish maintained at 19°C. Cells from female pituitaries were more responsive than those from males. taGTH release in culture was augmented by Ca2+ ionophore (A23187; 1–100 μM) or ionomycin (0.02–10 μM). The response of perifused pituitary to GnRH was reduced by nimodipine (1–10 μM) indicating that Ca2+ influx via voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels is involved in the stimulation of GTH release. Activation of protein kinase C by OAG (1-oleyl-2-acetyl glycerol; 0.16–160 μM) or TPA (1-O-tetra-decanoyl phorbol-13-acetate; 1.25–125 nM) resulted in a dose-dependent stimulation of taGTH release from cultured cells. Arachidonic acid (0.33–330 μM) also augmented the release of taGTH from the culture. Four sequential pulses of sGnRH (100 nM) at 2h intervals resulted in surges of taGTH release from perifused pituitary fragments; the surges were similar in magnitude with no signs of desensitization. Sequential stimulation with graded doses of sGnRH (0.1 nM to 1 μM) in the presence of GnRH-antagonist ([Pro2,6, Trp3]-GnRH) resulted in an attenuation of taGTH release. However, the GnRH-antagonist did not alter the pattern of forskolin-stimulated GTH release, indicating that forskolin stimulation is exerted at the level of the adenohypophyseal cells. It is concluded that, as in other vertebrates, the transduction of GnRH stimulation of GTH release involves Ca2+ influx through voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels, mobilization of the ion from intracellular sources, arachidonic acid and activation of PKC. Adenylate cyclase-cAMP system us also involved in the mediation but its relationship with other transduction cascades requires further investigations.  相似文献   

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The gonadotropin (GTH)-stimulated testicular androgen secretionin vitro and the ultrastructure of Leydig and Sertoli cells was studied during the pubertal development in male African catfish. Testicular weight increased from less than 1 mg in the ninth week of age to nearly 600 mg in the 28th week. Immature testes (stage I: spermatogonia) were highly sensitive to GTH and secreted very high amounts of androgens per mg of tissue. The secretion per mg tissue decreased gradually in stages II (spermatogonia and spermatocytes) and III (spermatogonia, spermatocytes, and spermatids), but precipitously in stage IV (all germ cell stages, including spermatozoa). However, due to the testicular weight gain, the total androgen output per pair of testes increased slightly in stage III and strongly in stage IV. The sensitivity to GTH decreased with the appearance of haploid germ cells in stage III. Leydig cells but not Sertoli cells showed the ultrastructural characteristics of steroid producing cells. Leydig cell morphology did not change in stages I–III, while in stage IV, more smooth endoplasmic reticulum was present. The ultrastructural characteristics of Sertoli cells did not change prominently. Thus, spermatogonial multiplication and spermatocyte formation takes place when the testicular steroidogenic system is highly active and responsive to GTH; whereas the differentiation of haploid germ cells is accompanied by a reduced responsiveness to GTH and by the secretion of several-fold lower androgen amounts per mg of tissue.  相似文献   

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In the present investigation, significant annual/seasonal variations were noticed in plasma and pituitary gonadotropin (GTH) which were correlated with gonado-somatic index, plasma estradiol-17β, and nuclear E2 receptor (NE2R) in the pituitary, hypothalamus and telencephalon. The NE2R concentrations and dissociation constant (k d) values showed significant seasonal variations with high values in the late preparatory phase and low values in the postspawning phase. The NE2R levels were the highest in the pituitary, followed by the hypothalamus and telencephalon in all the seasons. In the prespawning phase, ovariectomy (OVX) elicited a strong negative feedback on GTH secretion with a bimodal pattern of release and elevated the NE2R levels and k d values, without producing any significant change in the resting phase suggesting that E2 appears to exert differential feedbacks on GTH secretion.  相似文献   

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The mechanisms of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) action on goldfish growth hormone (GH) release were investigated by examining GH release responses from dispersed goldfish pituitary cells to a synthetic mammalian (m)PACAP38 peptide. It was established that GH release stimulated by 2-h exposure to mPACAP38 was concentration-dependent, attenuated by the PACAP receptor antagonist mPACAP6–38, and subject to neuroendocrine modulation by somatostatin. Maximal mPACAP38-stimulated GH release was not additive to the responses elicited by either the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin or the cyclic (c)AMP analog 8-bromo-cAMP. The GH responses to mPACAP38, forskolin and 8-bromo-cAMP, either alone or in combination, were abolished by H89, a protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor. SQ22536, an adenylate cyclase inhibitor, attenuated forskolin- and mPACAP38-stimulated GH release. In contrast, mPACAP38-stimulated GH release were additive to the responses to two protein kinase C (PKC) activators and unaffected by two PKC inhibitors. These results suggest that the stimulatory action of PACAP on GH secretion is mediated through a cAMP- / PKA-dependent mechanism, whereas the involvement of PKC appears unlikely. The ability of mPACAP38 to further enhance maximal GnRH (PKC)-dependent GH release, but not dopamine D1 agonist (PKA)-dependent GH secretion, is consistent with this hypothesis. A possible involvement of Ca2+ in PACAP action is also suggested. Two inhibitors of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channel reduced the GH responses to mPACAP38 in static incubation; conversely, mPACAP38 increased intracellular [Ca2+] in identified, single goldfish somatotropes.  相似文献   

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Levels of two moleculer types of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), salmon GnRH (sGnRH) and chicken GnRH–II (cGnRH–II) in the various brain regions and pituitary gland of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) and chum salmon (O. keta) during smoltification and spawning migration, respectively, were measured using specific time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay (TR-FIA) systems. Changes in sGnRH levels in different brain regions tended to be specifically synchronized with serum thyroid hormone or pituitary gonadotropin (GTH) levels during smoltification and spawning migration, respectively. In contrast, cGnRH–II levels did not show such synchronized changes. SGnRH and cGnRH–II in various brain regions might have different roles during smoltification and spawning migration of salmonid fishes.  相似文献   

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