Abstract
Adult and immature male rats were hypophysectomized and injected daily with saline or 0.2 or 2 μg of superactive Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone (LHRH) agonist, [D-Trp6]-LHRH subcutaneously for seven days - with, or without, concomitant treatment of 1 IU Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) or 50 IU Pregnant Mare Serum. The administration of [D-Trp6]-LHRH reduced Luteinizing Hormone/Human Chorionic Gonadotropin receptors in all cases. The magnitude of this reduction was dose-related. As small a dose as 0.2 μg of the peptide resulted in approximately a 72% reduction of the receptors. The results suggest a direct action of [D-Trp6]-LHRH on the testis. It also indicated that reduction of testicular Luteinizing Hormone/Human Chorionic Gonadotropin receptors by the peptide is not necessarily due to the over-stimulation of Luteinizing Hormone (LH) release from the pituitary through a "down regulation" mechanism.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 687-693 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Volume | 90 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 12 1979 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology