Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:22:36 BST CiteULike: maybe's Sanchez-Criado http://www.citeulike.org/user/maybe/author/Sanchez-Criado CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/maybe/article/2648274 <i>J Endocrinol, Vol. 196, No. 3. (1 March 2008), pp. 583-592.</i><br /><br />Hyperstimulation of ovarian function with human FSH (hFSH) attenuates the preovulatory surge of LH. These experiments aimed at investigating the mechanism of ovarian-mediated FSH suppression of the progesterone (P4) receptor (PR)-dependent LH surge in the rat. Four-day cycling rats were injected with hFSH, oestradiol benzoate (EB) or vehicle during the dioestrous phase. On pro-oestrus, their pituitaries were studied for PR mRNA and protein expression. Additionally, pro-oestrous pituitaries were incubated in the presence of oestradiol-17 (E2), and primed with P4 and LH-releasing hormone (LHRH), with or without the antiprogestin RU486. After 1 h of incubation, pituitaries were either challenged or not challenged with LHRH. Measured basal and LHRH-stimulated LH secretions and LHRH self-priming were compared with those exhibited by incubated pituitaries on day 4 from ovariectomized (OVX) rats in metoestrus (day 2) injected with hFSH and/or EB on days 2 and 3. The results showed that: i) hFSH lowered the spontaneous LH surge without affecting basal LH and E2 levels, gonadotroph PR-A/PR-B mRNA ratio or immunohistochemical protein expression; ii) incubated pro-oestrous pituitaries from hFSH-treated rats did not respond to P4 or LHRH, and lacked E2-augmenting and LHRH self-priming effects and iii) OVX reversed the inhibitory effects of hFSH on LH secretion. It is concluded that under the influence of hFSH, the ovaries produce a non-steroidal factor which suppresses all PR-dependent events of the LH surge elicited by E2. The action of such a factor seemed to be due to a blockade of gonadotroph PR action rather than to an inhibition of PR expression. 10.1677/JOE-07-0223 The ovary-mediated FSH attenuation of the LH surge in the rat involves a decreased gonadotroph progesterone receptor (PR) action but not PR expression Ana Gordon Jose Garrido-Gracia Rafaela Aguilar Carmina Bellido Juan Velasco Yolanda Millan Manuel Tena-Sempere Martin Jose Sanchez-Criado doi:10.1677/JOE-07-0223 J Endocrinol, Vol. 196, No. 3. (1 March 2008), pp. 583-592. 2008-04-10T07:39:17-00:00 2008 J Endocrinol 196 3 583 592 fsh lh progesterone topmy