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Neurokinin B Acts via the Neurokinin-3 Receptor in the Retrochiasmatic Area to Stimulate Luteinizing Hormone Secretion in Sheep

Billings, Heather J ; Connors, John M ; Altman, Stephanie N ; Hileman, Stanley M ; Holaskova, Ida ; Lehman, Michael N ; McManus, Christina J ; Nestor, Casey C ; Jacobs, Britni H ; Goodman, Robert L

Endocrinology (Philadelphia), 2010-08, Vol.151 (8), p.3836-3846 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

United States: Endocrine Society

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Title:
Neurokinin B Acts via the Neurokinin-3 Receptor in the Retrochiasmatic Area to Stimulate Luteinizing Hormone Secretion in Sheep
Author: Billings, Heather J ; Connors, John M ; Altman, Stephanie N ; Hileman, Stanley M ; Holaskova, Ida ; Lehman, Michael N ; McManus, Christina J ; Nestor, Casey C ; Jacobs, Britni H ; Goodman, Robert L
Subjects: Anestrus - blood ; Anestrus - drug effects ; Animals ; Brain - drug effects ; Brain - metabolism ; Dopamine - metabolism ; Female ; Follicular Phase - drug effects ; Follicular Phase - metabolism ; Follicular Phase - physiology ; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone - blood ; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone - secretion ; Injections, Intraventricular ; Luteal Phase - drug effects ; Luteal Phase - metabolism ; Luteal Phase - physiology ; Luteinizing Hormone - blood ; Luteinizing Hormone - secretion ; Models, Biological ; Neurokinin B - pharmacology ; Neurokinin B - physiology ; Neurons - drug effects ; Neurons - metabolism ; Neurotransmitter Agents - pharmacology ; Peptide Fragments - administration & dosage ; Peptide Fragments - pharmacology ; Receptors, Neurokinin-3 - agonists ; Receptors, Neurokinin-3 - metabolism ; Receptors, Neurokinin-3 - physiology ; Sheep ; Substance P - administration & dosage ; Substance P - analogs & derivatives ; Substance P - pharmacology
Is Part Of: Endocrinology (Philadelphia), 2010-08, Vol.151 (8), p.3836-3846
Notes: Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Heather J. Billings, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 9128, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-9128. E-mail: hbillings@hsc.wvu.edu.
Description: Recent data have demonstrated that mutations in the receptor for neurokinin B (NKB), the NK-3 receptor (NK3R), produce hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in humans. These data, together with reports that NKB expression increases after ovariectomy and in postmenopausal women, have led to the hypothesis that this tachykinin is an important stimulator of GnRH secretion. However, the NK3R agonist, senktide, inhibited LH secretion in rats and mice. In this study, we report that senktide stimulates LH secretion in ewes. A dramatic increase in LH concentrations to levels close to those observed during the preovulatory LH surge was observed after injection of 1 nmol senktide into the third ventricle during the follicular, but not in the luteal, phase. Similar increases in LH secretion occurred after insertion of microimplants containing this agonist into the retrochiasmatic area (RCh) in anestrous or follicular phase ewes. A low-dose microinjection (3 pmol) of senktide into the RCh produced a smaller but significant increase in LH concentrations in anestrous ewes. Moreover, NK3R immunoreactivity was clearly evident in the RCh, although it was not found in A15 dopaminergic cell bodies in this region. These data provide evidence that NKB stimulates LH (and presumably GnRH) secretion in ewes and point to the RCh as one important site of action. Based on these data, and the effects of NK3R mutations in humans, we hypothesize that NKB plays an important stimulatory role in the control of GnRH and LH secretion in nonrodent species. NK3R neurons are identified in the retrochiasmatic area, and NK3R agonist in the retrochiasmatic area stimulates surge-like LH secretion in anestrous and follicular phase ewes.
Publisher: United States: Endocrine Society
Language: English

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Neurokinin B Acts via the Neurokinin-3 Receptor in the Retrochiasmatic Area to Stimulate Luteinizing Hormone Secretion in Sheep

Billings, Heather J ; Connors, John M ; Altman, Stephanie N ; Hileman, Stanley M ; Holaskova, Ida ; Lehman, Michael N ; McManus, Christina J ; Nestor, Casey C ; Jacobs, Britni H ; Goodman, Robert L

United States: Endocrine Society

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