Estradiol restrains prepubertal gonadotropin secretion in female mice via activation of ERα in kisspeptin neurons

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Elimination of estrogen receptor γ (ERα) from kisspeptin (Kiss1) neurons results in premature LH release and pubertal onset, implicating these receptors in 17 β-estradiol (E2)-mediated negative feedback regulation of GnRH release during the prepubertal period. Here, we tested the dependency of prepubertal negative feedback on ERα in Kiss1 neurons. Prepubertal (postnatal d 14) and peripubertal (postnatal d 34) wild-type (WT) and Kiss1 cell-specific ERα knockout (KERαKO) female mice were sham operated or ovariectomized and treated with either vehicle-or E2-containing capsules. Plasma and tissues were collected 2 days after surgery for analysis. Ovariectomy increased LHand FSH levels, and E2 treatments completely prevented these increases inWTmice of both ages. However, in prepubertal KERαKO mice, basal LH levels were elevated vs WT, and both LH and FSH levels were not further increased by ovariectomy or affected by E2 treatment. Similarly, Kiss1mRNA levels in the medial basal hypothalamus, which includes the arcuate nucleus, were suppressed with E2 treatment in ovariectomized prepubertal WT mice but remained unaffected by any treatment in KERαKO mice. In peripubertal KERαKO mice, basal LH and FSH levels were not elevated vs WT and were unaffected by ovariectomy or E2. In contrast to our previous findings in adult animals, these results demonstrate that suppression of gonadotropins and Kiss1mRNAby E2 in prepubertal animals depends upon ERα activation in Kiss1 neurons. Our observations are consistent with the hypothesis that these receptors play a critical role in restraining GnRH release before the onset and completion of puberty.

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Dubois, S. L., Wolfe, A., Radovick, S., Boehm, U., & Levine, J. E. (2016). Estradiol restrains prepubertal gonadotropin secretion in female mice via activation of ERα in kisspeptin neurons. Endocrinology, 157(4), 1546–1554. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2015-1923

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