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Biosynthesis, in vivo, of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the hypothalamus of normal and ovariectomized female rats.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7035255     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Normal female and ovariectomized rats were infused into the 3rd ventricle with [3H]glycine or [3H]alanine. Some rats were pretreated with cycloheximide. Hypothalamus, anterior pituitary and fragments of cortex were excised, homogenized, extracted and treated with specific antiserum to GnRH, bound to Sepharose. The radioactivity of immuno-absorbed products was counted either immediately of after extraction and thin-layer chromatography by using two different solvent systems. With the two systems, the location of the immuno-absorbed radioactivity always coincided with the spot of synthetic GnRH. Our results show that [3H]glycine was incorporated, as a function of time, into GnRH isolated from rat hypothalami. The amount was incorporated, as a function of time, into GnRH isolated from rat hypothalami. The amount of radioactivity incorporated into hypothalami from diestrous-I rats was similar to that of ovariectomized rats and twice as high as in late proestrous rats. Only minute amounts of radioactivity were incorporated into the immuno-absorbed product. Cycloheximide inhibited incorporation of [3H]glycine into the immuno-absorbed product to the same extent as its incorporation into the total protein from the hypothalamus. Our experimental results support the hypothesis of ribosomal mechanisms being involved in the biosynthesis of GnRH. They also suggest that the rate of accumulation of newly synthesized labeled GnRH is of the same order in the hypothalamus of ovariectomized rats as in diestrous-I rats.
Authors:
K Kochman; B Kerdelhué; A Ostrowska; L Chomicka; E Domanski; M Jutisz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Molecular and cellular endocrinology     Volume:  25     ISSN:  0303-7207     ISO Abbreviation:  Mol. Cell. Endocrinol.     Publication Date:  1982 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1982-04-12     Completed Date:  1982-04-12     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7500844     Medline TA:  Mol Cell Endocrinol     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  193-202     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Acids / metabolism
Animals
Castration
Chromatography, Thin Layer
Cycloheximide / pharmacology
Female
Hypothalamus / metabolism*
Kinetics
Pituitary Gland, Anterior / metabolism
Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones / biosynthesis*,  metabolism
Rats
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Amino Acids; 0/Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones; 66-81-9/Cycloheximide

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