Tamanini C, Crowder ME, Nett TM. Effects of oestradiol and progesterone on pulsatile secretion of luteinizing hormone in ovariectomized ewes.
ACTA ENDOCRINOLOGICA 1986;
111:172-8. [PMID:
3953230 DOI:
10.1530/acta.0.1110172]
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Abstract
The effect of treatment with oestradiol, progesterone, a combination of the two steroids or no steroids on pulsatile release of luteinizing hormone (LH) was examined in ovariectomized ewes. Beginning 3 days after ovariectomy, 5 ewes were assigned to each of the following treatment groups: 0.7 mg oestradiol, 16 mg progesterone, 0.7 mg oestradiol plus 16 mg progesterone or no steroid. All treatments were administered twice daily for 3 weeks in a 0.5 ml injection of ethanol given sc. After 2 weeks of treatment and 1, 4, 8, 16 and 32 days after the treatment period ended, blood samples were obtained from all ewes at 10-min intervals for a 6-h period. At the end of the 6-h period, 100 micrograms gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) was injected iv and blood samples were collected at 15 min intervals for an additional 5 h to estimate the relative pituitary content of LH. Ovariectomized ewes receiving no steroid presented regular pulses of LH at frequency of four to five pulses during a 6-h sampling period. Treatment with progesterone alone decreased the frequency of pulsatile release of LH to approximately 1 pulse/6 h, but did not affect the amplitudes of the pulses of LH. Recovery of pulsatile release of LH to a frequency of four or five pulses of LH in a 6-h period was complete between 16 ewes. Oestradiol, administered alone or with progesterone, resulted in a decrease in both the frequency and the amplitude of pulses of LH compared to control ewes and a decrease in GnRH-induced release of LH.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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