Regulation of alpha and luteinizing hormone beta subunit messenger ribonucleic acids during stimulatory and downregulatory phases of gonadotropin-releasing hormone action.

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Decreased gonadotropin responsiveness (downregulation) to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) following chronic in vivo and in vitro exposure to GnRH or its agonist (GnRH-A) has been previously reported. In the present studies, changes in LH subunit mRNAs in rat pituitary monolayer culture during stimulatory and down regulatory phases of GnRH action are described. Rat pituitary cells in culture, pretreated with medium alone or GnRH-A (10(-6) M) for 48 h were extensively washed and treated with graded concentrations of GnRH [10(-9) to 10(-7)] for 4 h. Medium was assayed for luteinizing hormone (LH) immunoreactivity, and total cytoplasmic RNAs were extracted by the hot phenol-guanidinium isothiocyanate method. Subunit-specific mRNAs were quantified by dot-hybridization assay using 32P-labeled subunit-specific cDNA probes. Cells pretreated with medium alone showed a dose-dependent increase in medium LH immunoreactivity, but the alpha and LH beta mRNAs showed no change over the 4-h period. Cells pretreated with GnRH-A showed no significant increase in medium LH with GnRH treatment, thus demonstrating that the cells had been desensitized by prior GnRH-A treatment. Alpha and LH beta subunit mRNAs of cells pretreated with GnRH-A did not show any significant change with further GnRH treatment. In subsequent experiments, cells were incubated with medium alone or 10(-7) M GnRH for 4, 8, or 24 h. GnRH failed to increase subunit mRNAs after 4 and 8 h incubation; after 24 h, alpha subunit mRNA showed a modest but significant increase and beta subunit mRNA showed a modest decrease compared to controls.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Kim, W. H., Yuan, Q. X., Swerdloff, R. S., & Bhasin, S. (1988). Regulation of alpha and luteinizing hormone beta subunit messenger ribonucleic acids during stimulatory and downregulatory phases of gonadotropin-releasing hormone action. Biology of Reproduction, 39(4), 847–853. https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod39.4.847

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