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  • Title: Involvement of beta-adrenoceptors in a central regulation of the ovarian progesterone release in rats.
    Author: De Bortoli MA, Garraza MH, Aguado LI.
    Journal: Neuro Endocrinol Lett; 2002 Feb; 23(1):27-31. PubMed ID: 11880859.
    Abstract:
    UNLABELLED: The intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of epinephrine modifies ovarian progesterone (P) release in rats on diestrus day 2 (D2). OBJECTIVES: To investigate the characteristic of a central adrenergic effect on the ovarian P release on D2. Also, the function of the superior ovarian nerve (SON) is re-examined. METHODS AND RESULTS: P concentrations were measured using radioimmunoassay techniques. The i.c.v. injection of 5 mg isoproterenol (beta-adrenergic agonist) in SON-intact rats on D2, decreased the P levels in ovarian vein blood from 1 to 25 min after injection (p<0.05). Similar treatment in SON-transected rats did not modify the P concentrations in ovarian vein blood between 1 and 25 min after injection. After 5 microg propranolol (beta-adrenergic antagonist) i.c.v. injection in SON-intact rats, the P levels in ovarian vein blood increased from 2 to 4 min (p<0.05). Similar treatment in SON-transected rats did not change the P concentrations in ovarian vein blood during 25 min after injection. The i.c.v. injection of 5 microg phenylephrine (alpha-adrenergic agonist) in SON-intact or SON-transected rats, did not modify the P levels in ovarian vein blood between 1 and 25 min after injection. After 5 microg phentolamine (alpha-adrenergic antagonist) i.c.v. injection in SON-intact or SON-transected rats, the P concentrations in ovarian vein blood did not change during 25 min. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest the participation of central beta-adrenergic receptors in the neural regulation of the ovarian P release in rats on D2, and, furthermore, that the central beta-adrenergic input is conduced almost entirely through the superior ovarian nerve.
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