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McGrath BM, Norman ST, Gaspardis CA, Rose JL, Scott CJ. Characterizing the relationship between gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), kisspeptin, and RFamide related peptide 3 (RFRP-3) neurons in the equine hypothalamus across the estrous cycle and in the anovulatory seasons. Theriogenology 2024; 219:157-166. [PMID: 38432143 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2024.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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To understand better the role that kisspeptin plays in regulating seasonal and estrous cycle changes in the mare, this study investigated the number, location and interactions between GnRH, kisspeptin and RFRP-3 neurons in the equine hypothalamus. Hypothalami were collected from mares during the non-breeding season, vernal transition and various stages of the breeding season. Fluorescent immunohistochemistry was used to label the neuropeptides of interest. GnRH cells were observed primarily in the arcuate nucleus (ARC), while very few labeled cells were identified in the pre-optic area (POA). Kisspeptin cells were identified primarily in the ARC, with a small number of cells observed dorsal to the ARC, surrounding the third ventricle (3V). The mean number of kisspeptin cells varied between animals and typically showed no pattern associated with season or stage of estrous cycle, but a seasonal difference was identified in the ARC population. Small numbers of RFRP-3 cells were observed in the ARC, ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) and dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH). The mean number of RFRP-3 cells appeared higher in pre-ovulatory animals compared to all other stages. The percentage of GnRH cell bodies with kisspeptin appositions did not change with season or stage of estrous cycle. The percentage of kisspeptin cells receiving inputs from RFRP-3 fibers did not vary with season or stage of estrous cycle. These interactions suggest the possibility of the presence of an ultra-short loop feedback system between these three peptides. The changes in RFRP-3 neurons suggest the possibility of a role in the regulation of reproduction in the horse, but it is unlikely to be as a gonadotropin inhibitory factor.
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- B M McGrath
- School of Dentistry & Medical Sciences, Locked bag 588, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2678, Australia.
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- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Locked bag 588, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2678, Australia.
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- School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Locked bag 588, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2678, Australia.
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- School of Dentistry & Medical Sciences, Locked bag 588, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2678, Australia.
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- School of Dentistry & Medical Sciences, Locked bag 588, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2678, Australia.
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Ogawa S, Parhar IS. Heterogeneity in GnRH and kisspeptin neurons and their significance in vertebrate reproductive biology. Front Neuroendocrinol 2022; 64:100963. [PMID: 34798082 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2021.100963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Vertebrate reproduction is essentially controlled by the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis, which is a central dogma of reproductive biology. Two major hypothalamic neuroendocrine cell groups containing gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and kisspeptin are crucial for control of the HPG axis in vertebrates. GnRH and kisspeptin neurons exhibit high levels of heterogeneity including their cellular morphology, biochemistry, neurophysiology and functions. However, the molecular foundation underlying heterogeneities in GnRH and kisspeptin neurons remains unknown. More importantly, the biological and physiological significance of their heterogeneity in reproductive biology is poorly understood. In this review, we first describe the recent advances in the neuroendocrine functions of kisspeptin-GnRH pathways. We then view the recent emerging progress in the heterogeneity of GnRH and kisspeptin neurons using morphological and single-cell transcriptomic analyses. Finally, we discuss our views on the significance of functional heterogeneity of reproductive endocrine cells and their potential relevance to reproductive health.
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- Satoshi Ogawa
- Brain Research Institute, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Brain Research Institute, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Baidya S, Hassan AM, Al-Shaikhli W, Betancourt BAP, Douglas JF, Garboczi EJ. Analysis of Different Computational Techniques for Calculating the Polarizability Tensors of Stem Cells with Realistic Three-Dimensional Morphologies. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2018; 66:1816-1831. [PMID: 30334744 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2018.2876145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Recently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a database of three-dimensional (3D) stem cell morphologies grown in ten different scaffolds to study the effect of the cells' environments on their morphologies. The goal of this work is to study the polarizability tensors of these stem cell morphologies, using three independent computational techniques, to quantify the effect of the environment on the electric properties of these cells. We show excellent agreement between the three techniques, validating the accuracy of our calculations. These computational methods allowed us to investigate different meshing resolutions for each stem cell morphology. After validating our results, we use a fast and accurate Pad' approximation formulation to calculate the polarizability tensors of stem cells for any contrast value between their dielectric permittivity and the dielectric permittivity of their environment. We also performed statistical analysis of our computational results to identify which environment generates cells with similar electric properties. The computational analysis and the results reported herein can be used for shedding light on the response of stem cells to electric fields in applications such as dielectrophoresis and electroporation and for calculating the electric properties of similar biological structures with complex 3D shapes.
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Irvine CH. The Nonpregnant Mare: A Review of Some Current Research and of the Last 25 Years of Endocrinology. Biol Reprod 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/biolreprod/52.monograph_series1.343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Decourt C, Caraty A, Briant C, Guillaume D, Lomet D, Chesneau D, Lardic L, Duchamp G, Reigner F, Monget P, Dufourny L, Beltramo M, Dardente H. Acute Injection and Chronic Perfusion of Kisspeptin Elicit Gonadotropins Release but Fail to Trigger Ovulation in the Mare1. Biol Reprod 2014; 90:36. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.114157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Magee C, Bruemmer J, Nett T, Squires E, Clay C. Kisspeptide in the estrous mare: Is it an appropriate ovulation-inducing agent? Theriogenology 2012; 78:1987-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2011] [Revised: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 07/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Recent advances in morphological cell image analysis. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2012; 2012:101536. [PMID: 22272215 PMCID: PMC3261466 DOI: 10.1155/2012/101536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Accepted: 10/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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This paper summarizes the recent advances in image processing methods for morphological cell analysis. The topic of morphological analysis has received much attention with the increasing demands in both bioinformatics and biomedical applications. Among many factors that affect the diagnosis of a disease, morphological cell analysis and statistics have made great contributions to results and effects for a doctor. Morphological cell analysis finds the cellar shape, cellar regularity, classification, statistics, diagnosis, and so forth. In the last 20 years, about 1000 publications have reported the use of morphological cell analysis in biomedical research. Relevant solutions encompass a rather wide application area, such as cell clumps segmentation, morphological characteristics extraction, 3D reconstruction, abnormal cells identification, and statistical analysis. These reports are summarized in this paper to enable easy referral to suitable methods for practical solutions. Representative contributions and future research trends are also addressed.
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Magee C, Foradori CD, Bruemmer JE, Arreguin-Arevalo JA, McCue PM, Handa RJ, Squires EL, Clay CM. Biological and anatomical evidence for kisspeptin regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis of estrous horse mares. Endocrinology 2009; 150:2813-21. [PMID: 19228887 DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-1698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of kisspeptin (KiSS) on LH and FSH secretion in the seasonally estrous mare and to examine the distribution and connectivity of GnRH and KiSS neurons in the equine preoptic area (POA) and hypothalamus. The diestrous mare has a threshold serum gonadotropin response to iv rodent KiSS decapeptide (rKP-10) administration between 1.0 and 500 microg. Administration of 500 microg and 1.0 mg rKP-10 elicited peak, mean, and area under the curve LH and FSH responses indistinguishable to that of 25 microg GnRH iv, although a single iv injection of 1.0 mg rKP-10 was insufficient to induce ovulation in the estrous mare. GnRH and KiSS-immunoreactive (ir) cells were identified in the POA and hypothalamus of the diestrous mare. In addition, KiSS-ir fibers were identified in close association with 33.7% of GnRH-ir soma, suggesting a direct action of KiSS on GnRH neurons in the mare. In conclusion, we are the first to reveal a physiological role for KiSS in the diestrous mare with direct anatomic evidence by demonstrating a threshold-like gonadotropin response to KiSS administration and characterizing KiSS and GnRH-ir in the POA and hypothalamus of the diestrous horse mare.
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- Christianne Magee
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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Oosthuizen M, Bennett N, Coen C. An immunohistochemical study of the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone 1 system in solitary Cape mole-rats, Georychus capensis, and social Natal mole-rats, Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis. Neuroscience 2008; 157:164-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.08.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2008] [Revised: 08/18/2008] [Accepted: 08/26/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Decourt C, Tillet Y, Caraty A, Franceschini I, Briant C. Kisspeptin immunoreactive neurons in the equine hypothalamus Interactions with GnRH neuronal system. J Chem Neuroanat 2008; 36:131-7. [PMID: 18761083 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2008.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2007] [Revised: 07/30/2008] [Accepted: 07/30/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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To determine if kisspeptin could be implicated in the control of reproduction in equine species, we studied the distribution of kisspeptin neurons and their anatomical interactions with GnRH neurons in the hypothalamus of pony mares. Brains were collected in three pony mares between 2 and 4h after ovulation. One major population of kisspeptin immunoreactive cell bodies was found in the arcuate nucleus (ARC), where they extended from the middle of the nucleus to the premammillary recess. Kisspeptin immunoreactive varicose fibers extended from the preoptic area to the mammillary nuclei, with important densities especially in the anterior periventricular area and the median eminence (ME). Rare close appositions of kisspeptin fibres on GnRH cell bodies were observed in the ARC. Close appositions between kisspeptin and GnRH fibres were also confirmed at a low incidence in the anterior basal periventricular area and at a high incidence in the ME. This work provides neuroanatomical bases for further investigations into the role of kisspeptin in equine reproduction.
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- C Decourt
- INRA, UMR85, Unité Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, F-37380 Nouzilly, France
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