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  • Title: Nocturnal melatonin levels are unaltered by ovarian suppression in girls with central precocious puberty.
    Author: Berga SL, Jones KL, Kaufmann S, Yen SS.
    Journal: Fertil Steril; 1989 Dec; 52(6):936-41. PubMed ID: 2512182.
    Abstract:
    Girls with central precocious puberty were utilized as a model in which to study the melatonin secretory response to ovarian suppression. Eight girls with central precocious puberty documented by clinical and endocrine characteristics, including sleep-entrained augmentation of luteinizing hormone (LH) pulsatility, were investigated. Nocturnal (6:00 P.M. to 9:00 A.M.) plasma melatonin levels were measured hourly by a sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay before and after gonadotropin-ovarian downregulation with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-agonist. Although nocturnal melatonin elevations varied widely between girls, patterns within the same individual were remarkably reproducible and unaltered before and after treatment. Although estrogens have been shown to modulate melatonin synthesis and secretion, in this model, reduction of estrogen levels was not associated with alterations in plasma melatonin concentrations.
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