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  • Title: Hormone ontogeny in the ovine fetus: XIX: The effect of a potent luteinizing hormone-releasing factor agonist on gonadotropin and testosterone release in the fetus and neonate.
    Author: Clark SJ, Hauffa BP, Rodens KP, Styne DL, Kaplan SL, Grumbach MM.
    Journal: Pediatr Res; 1989 Apr; 25(4):347-52. PubMed ID: 2498831.
    Abstract:
    To investigate further the role of the hypothalamic luteinizing hormone releasing factor (LRF) pulse generator and the pituitary LRF receptor in the regulation of gonadotropin secretion and gonadal steroidogenesis in the ovine (O) fetus and neonatal lamb, we measured the increment (the difference between the concentration of plasma LH at time 0 and peak LH) in oLH (delta oLH) and oFSH (delta oFSH) responses to a potent LRF agonist, D-Trp6Pro9NEt-LRF (LRF-A), after consecutive daily doses in 17 ovine fetuses (six females, 11 males) and in 15 neonatal lambs (six females, nine males). Seven of the lambs had been studied as fetuses. In addition, plasma concentrations of testosterone (T) and androstenedione (delta 4A) were measured in nine male fetuses. After a stimulatory response to the first dose of LRF-A, the mean delta oLH and delta oFSH responses in the 106- to 118-d gestation fetuses of both sexes were significantly suppressed by the fourth dose and in the neonatal lamb by the second dose. Suppression was sustained throughout the duration of LRF-A therapy which included the gestational interval when the fetal pituitary exhibits its greatest responsiveness to an acute dose of synthetic LRF. The duration of oLH and oFSH suppression after cessation of LRF-A therapy was studied by measuring the delta oLH and delta oFSH responses to LRF before and at intervals after LRF-A therapy. In the fetus, the delta oLH and delta oFSH responses remained significantly decreased 7-8 d after the agonist was discontinued.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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