Action of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone and synthesis of prostaglandin in the pituitary gland |
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Authors: | Z. Naor Y. Koch S. Bauminger U. Zor |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biodynamics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
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Abstract: | The possibility that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) may play a role in luteinizing hormone (LH) release was examined using an model. Addition of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) to the culture medium stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation and LH-release by incubated hemipituitaries, but did not affect the level of PGE2 or prostaglandin synthetase activity in the gland. Aspirin and indomethacin reduced both prostaglandin synthetase activity and PGE2 content in the pituitary, but did not impair the stimulatory action of LH-RH on either cyclic AMP accumulation or LH-release. Flufenamic acid on its own caused LH-release, but the drug abolished the effect of LH-RH on cyclic AMP accumulation. The mechanism of this action of flufenamic acid is not understood.It is concluded that the stimulatory action of LH-RH on pituitary cyclic AMP production and LH release is not mediated by prostaglandins. |
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