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  • Title: Regulation of proopiomelanocortin messenger ribonucleic acid content by sex steroids in the arcuate nucleus of the female rat brain.
    Author: Tong Y, Zhao HF, Labrie F, Pelletier G.
    Journal: Neurosci Lett; 1990 Apr 20; 112(1):104-8. PubMed ID: 2385358.
    Abstract:
    It has been recently demonstrated that sex steroids can negatively regulate beta-endorphin content as well as proopiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA levels in the rat basal hypothalamus. In order to verify whether or not all the POMC neurons are equally affected by sex steroids, we arbitrarily divided the arcuate nucleus rostro-caudally into four equal portions and used an in situ hybridization technique to evaluate POMC gene expression in these different regions of the arcuate nucleus in the female rat. It was shown that ovariectomy induced an increase in mRNA levels in the most rostral region of the arcuate nucleus, an effect which was reversed by the concurrent administration of estradiol and dihydrotestosterone. On the other hand, estrogen administration to ovariectomized animals produced a marked depression of mRNA levels in all the regions of the arcuate nucleus with the exception of the most caudal one. These results suggest that sex steroids exert their action in subpopulations of POMC neurons.
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