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  • Title: A new gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) superagonist in goldfish: influence of dialkyl-D-homoarginine at position 6 on gonadotropin-II and growth hormone release.
    Author: Murthy CK, Turner RJ, Nestor JJ, Rivier JE, Peter RE.
    Journal: Regul Pept; 1994 Aug 31; 53(1):1-15. PubMed ID: 7528436.
    Abstract:
    The two native forms of gonadotropin-releasing hormones (GnRH) present in goldfish, salmon GnRH (sGnRH) and chicken GnRH-II (cGnRH-II), stimulate gonadotropin-II (GTH-II) and growth hormone (GH) release both in vivo and in vitro. In our previous study using perifused goldfish pituitary fragments, many mammalian GnRH antagonists, especially those with D-Arg6, showed weak to strong stimulation of GTH-II and GH release. In the present study, the dose-related stimulation of GTH-II and GH release by [Ac-D(2)-Nal1, 4Cl-D-Phe2, D-Trp3, D-Arg6, Trp7, D-Ala10] mGnRH (analog J) and [Ac-D(2)-Nal1, 4Cl-D-Phe2, D-Trp3, D-hArg(Et2)6, D-Ala10] mGnRH (analog K) was demonstrated; the stimulatory potency of both analogs was significantly lower than that of native sGnRH. In the presence of analogs J and K, cGnRH-II stimulated GTH-II release was significantly suppressed. Further, GTH-II and GH stimulation by 2 microM of analog K was significantly suppressed by a 'true' GnRH antagonist, [Ac-delta 3-Pro1, 4FD-Phe2, D-Trp3,6] mGnRH (analog E). These results indicate that analogs J and K increase GTH-II and GH release in goldfish by acting on GnRH receptors on gonadotrophs and somatotrophs. Since analog K, having [D-hArg(Et2)6], strongly stimulated GTH-II release, the potency of [D-hArg(Et2)6] or [D-hArg(CH2CF3)2(6)] substituted analogs to stimulate GTH-II and GH release from the perifused goldfish pituitary fragments was tested. Among the peptides tested, [D-hArg(Et2)6, Pro9-NHEt] sGnRH had a higher potency in stimulating GTH-II release than any other analog tested in the present or in previous studies. For stimulation of GH release, [D-hArg(Et2)6, Pro9-NHEt] sGnRH and [D-Arg6, Pro9-NHEt] sGnRH were the most potent analogs tested; analogs of mGnRH were less potent than sGnRH, indicating the importance of Trp7, Leu8 residues in the native peptide. These results suggest the importance of [D-Arg6] or alkylated [D-Arg6] in determining the intrinsic activity and potency of GnRH peptides in goldfish.
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