Activation of subtilisin by luteotropic and luteinizing hormone

Zusammenfassung Die Katalysegeschwindigkeit der Hydrolyse vonN-l-Leucyl-2-naphthylamin durch Subtilisin war grösser in Gegenwart von luteotrophem Schafhormon und etwas geringer in Gegenwart von luteinisierendem Pferdehormon. Dieses Verhalten wird als kompetitive Aktivierung erklärt.     

Release of luteinizing hormone by cerebral cortex spreading depression

Résumé La «spreading depression» du cortex cérébral provoquée chez les rats par l'application locale d'une solution de KCl à 25% déclenche une sécrétion d'hormone lutéinisante mesurée par la déplétion de l'acide ascorbique ovarien chez des animaux pseudogravides.     

Effect of synthetic luteinizing hormone releasing hormone on pituitary and serum levels of luteinizing hormone of intact and median eminence lesioned male rats

Résumé Des rats mâles intacts ou ayant une lésion du ME ont reçu une seule injection intrajugulaire de LRF synthétique. Les variations de taux de LH hypophysaire et sérique (en fonction du temps et de la dose réponse) montrent que le LRF contrôle la sécrétion (la décharge et la synthèse) du LH hypophysaire.     

Differences in luteinizing hormone release stimulated in rat anterior pituitary cells by leukotriene C4 and by gonadotropin-releasing hormone in vitro

Continuous administration of leukotriene C4 (LTC4, 10(-10) M) to superfused rat anterior pituitary cells increased LH release for 40 min only, whereas in a parallel experiment gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH, 10(-9) M) evoked a continuous increase in hormone secretion. In contrast to GnRH, LTC4 did not desensitize rat anterior pituitary cells. The secretory action resulting from the administration of LTC4 (10(-10) M) was abolished for 40 min after previous stimulation. The results documented the dual action of LTC4 on LH exocytosis.     

Differences in luteinizing hormone release stimulated in rat anterior pituitary cells by leukotriene C4 and by gonadotropin-releasing hormone in vitro

Summary Continuous administration of leukotriene C₄ (LTC₄, 10^–10 M) to superfused rat anterior pituitary cells increased LH release for 40 min only, whereas in a parallel experiment gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH, 10^–9 M) evoked a continuous increase in hormone secretion. In contrast to GnRH, LTC₄ did not desensitize rat anterior pituitary cells. The secretory action resulting from the administration of LTC₄ (10^–10 M) was abolished for 40 min after previous stimulation. The results documented the dual action of LTC₄ on LH exocytosis.     

Hypophysial feed-back in the hypothalamic regulation of luteinizing hormone secretion

Resumen LH exógeno disminuye LHRF circulante no así estradiol ni estradiol-progesterona, concluyéndose que: eminencia media regula LH siendo su nivel plasmático la señal feed-back.     

Preparation of a luteinizing hormone releasing factor from sheep hypothalamus

Résumé Un matériel provoquant la libération d'hormone lutéinisante (LH) d'hypophyse de rats femelles (impubères ou mûres), aussi bien que d'hypophyse d'oiseaux femelles (Steganura paradisea), a été obtenu par la précipitation à l'acétone d'extraits acides de l'hypothalamus de mouton. L'évidence que l'activité de ces extraits n'est pas due a la contamination LH a été obtenue grâce à une méthode sérologique. L'antisérum préparé contre l'extrait d'hypophyse de mouton inhibe la capacité de l'LH de mouton d'épusier l'acide ascorbique de l'ovaire, mais pas celle de l'extrait hypothalamique.     

Activation and inactivation of thyroid hormone by deiodinases: Local action with general consequences

The thyroid hormone plays a fundamental role in the development, growth, and metabolic homeostasis in all vertebrates by affecting the expression of different sets of genes. A group of thioredoxin fold-containing selenoproteins known as deiodinases control thyroid hormone action by activating or inactivating the precursor molecule thyroxine that is secreted by the thyroid gland. These pathways ensure regulation of the availability of the biologically active molecule T3, which occurs in a time-and tissue-specific fashion. In addition, because cells and plasma are in equilibrium and deiodination affects central thyroid hormone regulation, these local deiodinase-mediated events can also affect systemic thyroid hormone economy, such as in the case of non-thyroidal illness. Heightened interest in the field has been generated following the discovery that the deiodinases can be a component in both the Sonic hedgehog signaling pathway and the TGR-5 signaling cascade, a G-protein-coupled receptor for bile acids. These new mechanisms involved in deiodinase regulation indicate that local thyroid hormone activation and inactivation play a much broader role than previously thought. Received 29 August 2007; received after revision 11 October 2007; accepted 16 October 2007     

Effect of dopaminergic blocking agents on plasma luteinizing hormone releasing hormone activity in hypophysectomized rats

Résumé Des rats femelles hypophysectomisées depuits 60 jours ont un haut niveau d'activité LRF plasmatique. Le traitement par bloqueurs des récepteurs dopaminergiques (pimozide ou fluspirilène) fait disparaître l'activité LRF plasmatique et indique que ce sont des systèmes dopaminergiques qui règlent les mécanismes hypothalamiques de libération hormonale.     

Somatostatin inhibits in vitro release of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone from rat mediobasal hypothalamic slices

Summary Somatostatin, in concentrations ranging from 10^–10 M to 10^–7 M, induces a dose-dependent inhibition of LHRH release from mediobasal hypothalamic slices incubated in vitro. In contrast, VIP, secretin, glucagon, substance P, neurotensin and arginine-vasotocin do not affect spontaneous release of LHRH.