• 제목/요약/키워드: Gonadotropin releasing

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성 성숙 자극호르몬방출호르몬(GnRH) 투여를 이용한 백점얼룩상어 (Chiloscyllium plagiosum)의 성 성숙 유도에 관한 연구 (Effect of the Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) on Induction of Maturation in White-Spotted Bambooshark Chiloscyllium plagiosum)

  • 김기혁;전지민;문혜나;남궁진;여인규
    • 한국수산과학회지
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    • 제56권3호
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    • pp.309-314
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    • 2023
  • Shark populations are constantly decreasing owing to environmental destruction and overfishing; thus, sharks are now at risk of extinction, with 30.5% of species classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List. Sharks are apex predators and keystone species in balancing the marine food chain; their extinction would create an imbalance in the entire marine ecosystem. Assisted reproductive technology is a last resort for protecting animals facing extinction. Here, as a proactive effort toward building a hormone-induced artificial insemination protocol for endangered wild sharks, we identified the possibility of germ cell maturation by administration of GnRH, a commercially produced synthetic salmon gonadotropin-releasing hormone, and calculated its optimum dosage and injection timing. The experiment was conducted on one shark species, Chiloscyllium plagiosum. Injections were administered in 24 h intervals to C. plagiosum females, and 0.2 mL/kg+0.2 mL/kg were the optimal doses. These doses effectively induced maturation and, and ovulation, and oocyte release. Our results confirm that GnRH is a suitable tool for shark hormone-induced artificial insemination and indicate that this method may facilitate the conservation of endangered shark species.

예측성인신장이 작은 조기사춘기 여아에서 성선자극호르몬 방출호르몬 효능약제와 성장호르몬 병합치료의 성장획득 효과 (Growth promoting effect of combined gonadotropin releasing hormone analogue and growth hormone therapy in early pubertal girls with predicted low adult heights)

  • 홍은정;한헌석
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제50권7호
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    • pp.678-685
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    • 2007
  • 목 적 : 조기사춘기 여아에게 성선자극호르몬 방출호르몬 효능약제(gonadotropin releasing hormone analogue, GnRHa)와 성장호르몬(growth hormone, GH)의 병합치료를 시행하여 성인신장획득에 대한 효과를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 2001년 1월부터 2004년 1월까지 조기사춘기로 소아과 외래를 내원한 여아 중 예측성인신장이 -2 표준편차점수 이하로 표적키보다 훨씬 작은 23명($9.73{\pm}1.59$세)을 대상으로 초경을 시작하지 않은 군(Group 1, n=19, $9.59{\pm}1.59$세)과 초경을 시작한 군(Group 2, n=4, $10.38{\pm}1.44$세)으로 나누어 GnRHa와 GH의 병합치료를 시행하고, 치료 시작 전후 및 두 군 간의 역연령, 골연령, 성장속도, 신장, 예측성인신장, 혈청 IGF-1, IGFBP-3 치, BMI를 비교 분석하였다. 결 과 : 치료 시작 시의 두 군의 역연령, 성장속도, BMI는 유의한 차이는 없었으나 골연령 및 골연령과 역연령의 차이는 Group 2에서 Group 1보다 유의하게 증가되어 있었다. 신장은 Group 1의 평균이 $130.7{\pm}7.4cm$, Group 2의 평균이 $140.7{\pm}6.0cm$으로 유의하게 차이가 있었으나 표적키, 예측성인신장, 혈청 IGF-1과 IGFBP-3은 유의한 차이가 없었다. 치료 종료 시의 Group 1의 골연령은 평균 $12.18{\pm}1.02$세, Group 2의 골연령은 평균 $13.56{\pm}0.83$세로 치료 시작 전과 마찬가지로 Group 2에서 유의하게 높았으나, 골연령과 역연령의 차이, 신장, 그리고 IGF-1은 차이가 없었다. 전체에서 골연령과 역연령의 차이가 치료 시작 전에 평균 $2.50{\pm}2.46$세, 치료 종료 후에 평균 $1.10{\pm}0.97$세로 감소되었고, 역연령에 대한 골연령의 비도 $1.22{\pm}0.16$에서 $1.10{\pm}0.10$으로 감소되어서 결국 골연령의 증가는 현저히 감소하였다. 성장 속도 역시 평균 $7.46{\pm}2.44cm$/년에서 $5.65{\pm}2.08cm$/년으로 감소하였다. 예측성인신장은 치료 전에 평균 $146.6{\pm}3.50cm$, 치료 후에 평균 $153.8{\pm}4.7cm$으로 현저히 증가하였으며 신장의 표준편차점수도 $-0.66{\pm}1.02$ SDS에서 $-0.34{\pm}1.04$ SDS로 유의하게 증가하였다. BMI는 치료 전 평균 $18.80{\pm}2.35kg/m^2$, 치료 후에 평균 $20.4{\pm}2.53kg/m^2$로 유의하게 증가하였고, 혈청 IGF-1은 치료 후에 유의하게 증가하였으나 IGFBP-3는 유의한 변화가 없었다. 치료 전후에 두 군에서 각 성장 변수의 변화를 보면 골연령과 역연령의 차이는 유의하게 감소하였고 신장, 예측성인신장, BMI는 유의하게 증가하였다. 그러나 혈청 IGF-1의 경우, Group 1에서는 치료 후에 현저히 증가하였으나 Group 2에서는 별 차이가 없었다. 혈청 IGFBP-3는 모두에서 유의한 차이가 없었다. 결 론 : 조기사춘기 여아에게 GnRHa와 GH의 병합치료를 시행했을 때, 골연령의 증가 속도와 성장속도가 감소하고, 혈청 IGF-1이 증가함으로써 예측성인신장이 의미 있게 증가하며 표적키에 가깝게 증가한다. 또한 IGF-1의 변화를 보면 초경을 시작하지 않은 조기사춘기 여아가 초경을 시작한 경우보다 성장획득에 대한 가능성이 더 클 것으로 생각된다.

성 성숙 억제 물질 투여에 따른 Zebrafish Dario rerio의 성호르몬 관련 유전자 발현 변화 (Changes in Sex Hormone-related Gene Expression in Zebrafish Dario rerio by the Administration of Sexual Maturation Inhibitors)

  • 김기혁;문혜나;여인규
    • 한국수산과학회지
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    • 제55권1호
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    • pp.17-22
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    • 2022
  • Successful reproduction in vertebrates necessitates complex interactions along the brain-pituitary-gonad axis, it is determined by gonadotropin releasing hormone produced in the hypothalamus of the brain, gonadotropin synthesized in the pituitary gland, and sex hormone secreted by the gonads. The goal of this study was to secure and test technology for controlling (inhibiting) sexual maturation hormones such as maturation hormones through hormone regulation. We studied the effect on sexual maturation of zebrafish Danio rerio by tamoxifen, anastrozole, exemestane and dopamine 4 kinds of sexual maturation inhibitors to feed and after administration. As a result, 4 kinds of sexual maturation inducing substances were mixed with zebrafish feed, it could be concluded that all of them were effective in inhibiting sexual maturation by reducing mRNA levels of genetic materials related to sexual maturation.

Association of GRIA1 polymorphisms with ovarian response to human menopausal gonadotropin in Iranian women

  • Golestanpour, Hossein;Javadi, Gholamreza;Sheikhha, Mohammad Hasan
    • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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    • 제47권3호
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    • pp.207-212
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    • 2020
  • Objective: Glutamate ionotropic receptor AMPA type subunit 1 (GRIA1) is a subunit of a ligand-gated ion channel that regulates the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) by controlling the release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone. Few studies have investigated the association between the GRIA1 gene and human infertility. This study evaluated the association of the GRIA1 rs548294 C > T and rs2195450 G > A polymorphisms with the ovarian response to human menopausal gonadotropin (HMG) in Iranian women. Methods: One hundred women with histories of at least 1 year of infertility were included. On the second day of menstruation, patients were injected with HMG; on the third day, blood samples were collected. After hormonal analysis, the GRIA1 rs548294 C > T and rs2195450 G > A genotypes of samples were identified via the restriction fragment length polymorphism method, and on day 9, the number of follicles was assessed via ultrasound. Results: For the GRIA1 rs548294 C > T and rs2195450 G > A single nucleotide polymorphisms, the subjects with CT and GG genotypes, respectively, displayed the highest mean FSH level, LH level, and number of follicles on day 9 of the menstrual cycle (p< 0.05). Significant positive correlations were observed between LH and FSH (p< 0.01), LH and follicle count (p< 0.01), FSH and age (p< 0.05), follicle count and age (p= 0.048), and FSH and follicle count (p< 0.01). Conclusion: This study showed a significant relationship between GRIA1 polymorphisms and ovarian response to the induction of ovulation. Therefore, determining patients' GRIA1 genotype may be useful for improving treatment and prescribing suitable doses of ovulation-stimulating drugs.

Dopaminergic Regulation of Gonadotropin-II Secretion in Testosterone-treated Precocious Male and Immature Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

  • Kim, Dae-Jung;Aida, Katsumi
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • 제4권3호
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    • pp.287-292
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    • 2000
  • The present work examined the role of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and dopaminergic drugs on the secretion of maturational gonadotropin (GTH II) in relation to testosterone m treatment. This study provides evidence that the plasma GTH II levels are increased by T treatment in precocious males, but not in the immature animal. In addition, GnRH analogue (GnRHa) alone significantly increased the plasma GTH II secretion in immature rainbow trout treated with T, as well as in T-treated and T-untreated precocious males. However, injection with either dopamine (DA) or domperidone (DOM; DA D2 receptor antagonist) alone did not alter the basal plasma GTH 11 secretion in all experimental groups. The secretion of GTH II in the T-treated precocious males was remarkably influenced by GnRHa or combination of dopaminergic drugs. Notably, the effects of dopaminergic drugs on GnRHa-induced GTH II secretion w8s prolonged by T in precocious males. In T-treated immature animals, GnRHa-induced GTH II secretion was Increased only by a dose DOM (10$\mu$g/g body n) but not by higher dose DOM (100$\mu$/g body wt). In the T-untreated immature rainbow trout, however, plasma GTH 11 secretion was not influenced by the same treatments. Therefore, these results indicate that DA may be acting indirectly by blocking the effect of GnRH on GTH II secretion in vivo. T may act to modulate the relative contribution by the stimulatory (GnRH) and inhibitory (DA) neuroendocrine factors, which would ultimately determine the pattern of GTH II secretion.

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자궁근종시 LHRH agonist (D-Trp6-LHRH) 치료에 따른 근종세포내 미세구조의 변화 (Electron Microscopic Ultrastructural Changes of Leiomyoma after Treatment with D-Trp6-Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone)

  • 박기현;신명철;이보연;이병석;송찬호
    • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.189-196
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    • 1991
  • Long-term administration of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone(LHRH) agonists, through a process of pituitary desensitization and down-regulation of receptors, inhibits the secretion of gonadotropin and sex-steroids and induces a reversible suppression of gonadal activity. This approach can be used as an effective endocrine therapy for some hormone-dependent tumors. We have used D-Trp6-LHRH, a long acting LHRH agonist, for the treatment of eleven patients with uterine leiomyomas, thereafter myomectomy was performed in seven cases and observed the ultrastructural changes of leiomyoma with an electron microscope. The use of LHRH agonist may be effective in reducing the size of a myoma considerably by primarily inducing medical hypophysectomy and would allow easier surgical removal. Electron microscopic findings of myoma cells after the use of LHRH agonist included the following: loss of cristae and swelling nuclear chromatin, perinuclear vacuolation in cytoplasm. Bone mineral density was slightly decreased, however, the difference was not statistically significant.

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In situ hybridization법에 의한 북방산개구리 뇌에서 GnRH mRNA를 함유한 세포의 분포 연구 (Neuroanatomical Localization of Cells Containing Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone mRNA in the Brain of Frog, Rana dvbowskii, by in situ Hybridization)

  • 최완성;김정우
    • 한국동물학회지
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    • 제37권3호
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    • pp.304-310
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    • 1994
  • Using in situ hybridization, we have mapped the anatomical localization of perikarya containing myNA that codes for sonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) in the brains of female frogs, R. dybowskii. DNA olisomers, with sequences complementary to the GnRH portion of pro-GnRH myNA sequence, were synthesized and hybridized to paraformaldehvde-fixed, sagittal sections of the whole brain stem. The distribution of the GnRH mRNA containing cell bodies was similar to that described for GnRH peptide by immunohistochemistrv. That is, cells containing GnRH mRNA were observed in the medial septal area, anterior preoptic area, ventromedial hvpothalamus and infundibular regions. However, another cell groups which contains GnRH mRNAs were also detected by in situ hybridization in the bed nucleus of hippocampal commissure, preoptic area, nucleus infundibularis dorsalis, mesencephalic nuclei and intermediolateral cell column of spinal cord areas. These results demonstrate the feasibility of using in situ hybridization as a strategy to study the distribution of GnRH neurons and the detection of GnRH gene expression in the vertebrates.

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성선자극호르몬이 흰쥐 난소의 GnRH와 GnRH mRNA의 발현에 미치는 영향 (Effect of Gonadotropin on the Expression of GnRH and GnRH mRNA in Rat Ovary)

  • 백원영;정파진;박신근;김완영;이종학;김종화;김명옥;최완성
    • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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    • 제21권1호
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    • pp.121-130
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    • 1994
  • Expression of gonadotropin releasing hormone(GnRH) has been described in the rat ovary. It remains, however, unkown whether GnRH is synthesized as a prohormone. Therefore, this study was performed to verify the expression of pro-GnRH by in situ hybridization and further to investigate the effect of gonadotropin on GnRH or GnRH mRNA in rat ovary by immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization techniques. Adult female Sprague-Dawely rats were used and the estrous cycle was synchronized by intraperitoneal injection of pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin(PMSG). Ovaries were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde and embedded with G.C.T. compound and cut by cryostat. For immunohistochemistry, avidin-biotin peroxidase complex(ABS) method was employed and for in situ hybridization, $^{35}S$-end labeled oligonucleotide was used and followed by autoradiography. By in situ hybridization using GnRH oligomer and GAP(GnRH associated protein) oligomer, GnRH mRNA and GAP mRNA were co-localized in the fullicular cells, luteal cells, interstitial cells and theca cells. GnRH or GnRH mRNA signals in the ovary increased by human chorionic gonadotropin(hCG) injection. At the 3 and 6 hrs after hCG injection, the number of GnRH and GnRH mRNA containing cells increased rapidly and the density of GnRH and GnRH mRHA culminated at 9 hrs after heG injection. With the follicular development, the high expression of GnRH and GnRH mRNA was also observed within the follicles. After ovulation, the density of GnRH or GnRH mRNA decreased in the follicles but increased in the corpus lutea.

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미성숙 암컷 흰쥐 시상하부-뇌하수체 축 상의 유전자 발현에 미치는 Vinclozolin 투여 효과 (Effect of Vinclozolin Administration on the Gene Expressions in Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axis of Immature Female Rats)

  • 이우철;이성호
    • 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.97-105
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    • 2008
  • Vinclozolin (VCZ)은 침투성 살균제로써 과일, 채소, 와인산업에 널리 사용된다. VCZ와 그것의 대사산물들인 butenoic acid (M1)과 enanilide (M2)는 안드로겐 수용체를 놓고 항 안드로겐 물질로 작용한다. VCZ가 수컷의 생식생리와 병리에서 내분비계 장애물질(endocrine disrupting chemical, EDC)로 작용함에 대한 증거는 많이 있지만, 암컷 생식생리에 미치는 VCZ의 효과에 대한 증거는 전무하다. 본 연구자들은 이전 연구에서 VCZ가 미성숙 암컷 흰쥐의 사춘기 개시를 유의하게 지연시킴을 보고한 바 있는데, 이는 VCZ에 의해 시상하부-뇌하수체-난소(hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary, H-P-O) 생식 호르몬 축의 활성이 지연되거나 약화됨을 시사한다. 본 연구에서는 미성숙 암컷 흰쥐들의 VCZ 투여가 암컷 흰쥐의 시상하부-뇌하수체 축의 생식 호르몬 관련 유전자들 활성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. VCZ (10 mg/kg/day)를 생후 21일부터 첫 번째 질구개방이 관찰되는 날까지 매일 복강주사하였다. 시상하부와 뇌하수체의 표적 유전자들의 전사적인 변화량을 측정하기 위하여, total RNA를 추출하였고 반 정량적 역전사 중합효소반응(RT-PCR)을 실시하였다. VCZ 투여군에서 시상하부의 gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)의 분비를 조절함이 알려진 nitric oxide synthase-2 (NOS-2)의 전사활성은 대조군보다 유의하게 감소하였다(p<0.01). 유사하게, VCZ 투여군의 시상하부에서의 KiSS-1, G protein-coupled receptor54 (GPR54) 그리고 GnRH mRNA 수준도 감소하였다(p<0.01). 예상대로, VCZ 투여군의 뇌하수체 luteinizing hormone-${\beta}$ (LH-${\beta}$)과 follicle stimulating hormone-${\beta}$ (FSH-${\beta}$) 전사활성도 대조군에 비하여 유의하게 감소하였다(p<0.01). 이번 연구를 통해 미성숙 암컷 흰쥐의 VCZ 노출시 사춘기 개시의 지연효과는 시상하부-뇌하수체 신경내분비 축의 GnRH와 KiSS-1같은 성선자극호르몬들과 그들의 상위조절인자들의 전사 활성의 감소에 의해 야기되고, 아마도 nitric oxide (NO) 신호전달경로에 의해 조절됨을 시사한다.

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The Consequences of Mutations in the Reproductive Endocrine System

  • Choi, Donchan
    • 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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    • 제16권4호
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    • pp.235-251
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    • 2012
  • The reproductive activity in male mammals is well known to be regulated by the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis. The hypothalamic neurons secreting gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) govern the reproductive neuroendocrine system by integrating all the exogenous information impinging on themselves. The GnRH synthesized and released from the hypothalamus arrives at the anterior pituitary through the portal vessels, provoking the production of the gonadotropins(follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH)) at the same time. The gonadotropins affect the gonads to promote spermatogenesis and to secret testosterone. Testosterone acts on the GnRH neurons by a feedback loop through the circulatory system, resulting in the balance of all the hormones by regulating reproductive activities. These hormones exert their effects by acting on their own receptors, which are included in the signal transduction pathways as well. Unexpected aberrants are arised during this course of action of each hormone. This review summarizes these abnormal phenomena, including various mutations of molecules and their actions related to the reproductive function.