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  • Title: Temporal changes in the hypothalamic and serum luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) levels and the circulating ovarian steroids during the rat oestrous cycle.
    Author: Kalra PS, Kalra SP.
    Journal: Acta Endocrinol (Copenh); 1977 Jul; 85(3):449-55. PubMed ID: 325980.
    Abstract:
    Cycling female rats were sacrificed at various times during the 4-day oestrous cycle. LH-RH in the medial basal hypothalamus (MBH) and serum LH-RH, LH, oestradiol (Oe2), and progesterone were analyzed by radioimmunoassays. The MBH LH-RH content was lowest at 19.55-20.15 h during pro-oestrus but increased gradually through oestrus and dioestrus I to significantly higher values at noon of dioestrus II, and then decreased precipitously at 18.00 h. Although serum LH levels remained basal from midnight of pro-oestrus through dioestrus II, serum LH-RH levels were significantly elevated at 12.00 and 21.00 h on oestrus (vs. the midnight pro-oestrus levels) and declined between 15.00 and 22.00 h of dioestrus I. In conjunction with high Oe2 titres, LH-RH in the MBH and serum declined initially during pro-oestrus between 14.07-14.45 h and then increased abruptly between 14.55-15.55 h; the pre-ovulatory rise in serum LH was observed from 16.05 h onwards. LH-RH activity in the MBH and serum receded gradually to the early afternoon levels by 19.55-24.00 h while the peak in serum LH was observed at 17.05-18.05 h. These studies suggested that the hypersecretion of the MBH LH-RH (synthesis + release) may be responsible for the pre-ovulatory discharge of LH.
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