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2. Role of Estradiol in the Dynamic Control of Tanycyte Plasticity Mediated by Vascular Endothelial Cells in the Median Eminence
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de Seranno, Sandrine, de Tassigny, Xavier d’Anglemont, Estrella, Cecilia, Loyens, Anne, Kasparov, Sergey, Leroy, Danièle, Ojeda, Sergio R., Beauvillain, Jean-Claude, and Prevot, Vincent
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- 2010
3. Kisspeptin Can Stimulate Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Release by a Direct Action at GnRH Nerve Terminals
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de Tassigny, Xavier d’Anglemont, Fagg, Lisa A., Carlton, Mark B.L., and Colledge, William H.
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- 2008
4. Kisspeptin signalling is required to maintain progesterone levels during mouse pregnancy
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William H Colledge, de Tassigny Xavier d'Anglemont, Shel-Hwa Yeo, Victoria Kyle, and Alice Herreboudt
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pregnancy ,Signalling ,Endocrinology ,Kisspeptin ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,General Medicine ,Biology ,medicine.disease - Published
- 2014
5. Investigating whether Kiss1 KO mice can be used as a model for PCOS and age-onset diabetes
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Victoria Kyle, de Tassigny Xavier d'Anglemont, and William H Colledge
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Endocrinology ,business.industry ,Internal medicine ,Diabetes mellitus ,medicine ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,business - Published
- 2014
6. Mll5 Is Required for Normal Spermatogenesis
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Yap, Damian B., primary, Walker, David C., additional, Prentice, Leah M., additional, McKinney, Steven, additional, Turashvili, Gulisa, additional, Mooslehner-Allen, Katrin, additional, de Algara, Teresa Ruiz, additional, Fee, John, additional, de Tassigny, Xavier d'Anglemont, additional, Colledge, William H., additional, and Aparicio, Samuel, additional
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- 2011
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7. Inotropic Action of the Puberty Hormone Kisspeptin in Rat, Mouse and Human: Cardiovascular Distribution and Characteristics of the Kisspeptin Receptor.
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Maguire, Janet J., Kirby, Helen R., Mead, Emma J., Kuc, Rhoda E., de Tassigny, Xavier d'Anglemont, Colledge, William H., and Davenport, Anthony P.
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KISSPEPTIN neurons ,CARDIOVASCULAR system ,HEART ,LABORATORY rats ,LABORATORY mice ,TISSUES ,IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY - Abstract
Kisspeptins, the ligands of the kisspeptin receptor known for its roles in reproduction and cancer, are also vasoconstrictor peptides in atherosclerosis-prone human aorta and coronary artery. The aim of this study was to further investigate the cardiovascular localisation and function of the kisspeptins and their receptor in human compared to rat and mouse heart. Immunohistochemistry and radioligand binding techniques were employed to investigate kisspeptin receptor localisation, density and pharmacological characteristics in cardiac tissues from all three species. Radioimmunoassay was used to detect kisspeptin peptide levels in human normal heart and to identify any pathological changes in myocardium from patients transplanted for cardiomyopathy or ischaemic heart disease. The cardiac function of kisspeptin receptor was studied in isolated human, rat and mouse paced atria, with a role for the receptor confirmed using mice with targeted disruption of Kiss1r. The data demonstrated that kisspeptin receptor-like immunoreactivity localised to endothelial and smooth muscle cells of intramyocardial blood vessels and to myocytes in human and rodent tissue. [
125 I]KP-14 bound saturably, with subnanomolar affinity to human and rodent myocardium (KD = 0.12 nM, human; KD = 0.44 nM, rat). Positive inotropic effects of kisspeptin were observed in rat, human and mouse. No response was observed in mice with targeted disruption of Kiss1r. In human heart a decrease in cardiac kisspeptin level was detected in ischaemic heart disease. Kisspeptin and its receptor are expressed in the human, rat and mouse heart and kisspeptins possess potent positive inotropic activity. The cardiovascular actions of the kisspeptins may contribute to the role of these peptides in pregnancy but the consequences of receptor activation must be considered if kisspeptin receptor agonists are developed for use in the treatment of reproductive disorders or cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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8. Nitric Oxide as Key Mediator of Neuron-to-Neuron and Endothelia-to-Glia Communication Involved in the Neuroendocrine Control of Reproduction.
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Bellefontaine, Nicole, Hanchate, Naresh Kumar, Parkash, Jyoti, Campagne, Céline, De Seranno, Sandrine, Clasadonte, Jérôme, De Tassigny, Xavier d'Anglemont, and Prevot, Vincent
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LUTEINIZING hormone releasing hormone ,NITRIC oxide ,NEUROGLIA ,NEUROENDOCRINE cells ,BRAIN physiology - Abstract
Nitric oxide (NO) is a peculiar chemical transmitter that freely diffuses through aqueous and lipid environments and plays a role in major aspects of brain function. Within the hypothalamus, NO exerts critical effects upon the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) network to maintain fertility. Here, we review recent evidence that NO regulates major aspects of the GnRH neuron physiology. Far more active than once thought, NO powerfully controls GnRH neuronal activity, GnRH release and structural plasticity at the neurohemal junction. In the preoptic region, neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) activity is tightly regulated by estrogens and is found to be maximal at the proestrus stage. Natural fluctuations of estrogens control both the differential coupling of this Ca
2+ -activated enzyme to glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor channels and phosphorylation-mediated nNOS activation. Furthermore, NO endogenously produced by neurons expressing nNOS acutely and directly suppresses spontaneous firing in GnRH neurons, which suggests that neuronal NO may serve as a synchronizing switch within the preoptic region. At the median eminence, NO is spontaneously released from an endothelial source and follows a pulsatile and cyclic pattern of secretion. Importantly, GnRH release appears to be causally related to endothelial NO release. NO is also highly involved in mediating the dialogue set in motion between vascular endothelial cells and tanycytes that control the direct access of GnRH neurons to the pituitary portal blood during the estrous cycle. Altogether, these data raise the intriguing possibility that the neuroendocrine brain uses NO to coordinate both GnRH neuronal activity and GnRH release at key stages of reproductive physiology. Copyright © 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2011
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9. Frequency-Dependent Recruitment of Fast Amino Acid and Slow Neuropeptide Neurotransmitter Release Controls Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuron Excitability.
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Xinhuai Liu, Porteous, Robert, de Tassigny, Xavier d'Anglemont, Colledge, William H., Millar, Robert, Petersen, Sandra L., and Herbison, Allan E.
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MICE ,GONADOTROPIN releasing hormone ,AMINO acids ,GABA receptors ,NEURAL transmission - Abstract
The anteroventral periventricular nucleus (AVPV) is thought to play a key role in regulating the excitability of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons that control fertility. Using an angled, parahorizontal brain slice preparation we have undertaken a series of electrophysiological experiments to examine how theAVPVcontrolsGnRHneurons in adult male and female mice. More than half (59%) of GnRH neurons located in the rostral preoptic area were found to receive monosynaptic inputs from the AVPV in a sex-dependent manner. AVPV stimulation frequencies <1 Hz generated short-latency action potentials in GnRH neurons with GABA and glutamate mediating>90% of the evoked fast synaptic currents. TheAVPVGABAinput was dominant and found to excite or inhibitGnRHneurons in a cell-dependent manner. Increasing theAVPVstimulation frequency to 5-10Hzresulted in the appearance of additional poststimulus inhibitory as well as delayed excitatory responses in GnRH neurons that were independent of ionotropic amino acid receptors. The inhibition observed immediately following the end of the stimulation period was mediated partly by GABA
B receptors, while the delayed activation was mediated by the neuropeptide kisspeptin. The latter response was essentially absent in Gpr54 knock-out mice and abolished by a Gpr54 antagonist. Together, these studies show that AVPV neurons provide direct amino acid and neuropeptidergic inputs to GnRH neurons. Low-frequency activation generates predominant GABA/glutamate release with higher frequency activation recruiting release of kisspeptin. This frequency-dependent release of amino acid and neuropeptide neurotransmitters greatly expands the range of AVPV control of GnRH neuron excitability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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10. Kisspeptin Signaling Is Required for Peripheral But Not Central Stimulation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons by NMDA.
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de Tassigny, Xavier d'Anglemont, Ackroyd, Karen J., Chatzidaki, Emmanouella E., and Colledge, William H.
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KISSPEPTIN neurons , *GONADOTROPIN releasing hormone , *ANIMAL experimentation , *NEURONS , *NERVOUS system - Abstract
NMDA and kisspeptins can stimulate gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release after peripheral or central administration in mice. To determine whether these agonists act independently or through a common pathway, we have examined their ability to stimulate GnRH/luteinizing hormone (LH) release after peripheral or central administration in Kiss1- or Gpr54 (Kiss1r)-null mutant mice. Peripheral injection of NMDA failed to stimulate GnRH/LH release in prepubertal or gonadally intact mutant male mice. Dual-labeling experiments indicated a direct activation of Kiss1-expressing neurons in the arcuate nucleus. In contrast, central injection of NMDA into the lateral ventricle increased plasma LH levels in both Kiss1 and Gpr54 mutant male mice similar to the responses in wild-type mice. Central injection of NMDA stimulated c-Fos expression throughout the hypothalamus but not in GnRH neurons, suggesting an action at the nerve terminals only. In contrast, kisspeptin-10 stimulated LH release after both central and peripheral injection but induced c-Fos expression in GnRH neurons only after central administration. Finally, central injection of NMDA induces c-Fos expression in catecholamine- and nitric oxide-producing neurons in the hypothalamus of mutant mice, indicating a possible kisspeptin-independent GnRH/LH release by NMDA through activation of these neurons. Thus, NMDA may act at both GnRH cell bodies (kisspeptin-independent) and nerve terminals (kisspeptin-dependent) in a dual way to participate in the GnRH/LH secretion in the male mouse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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11. Estradiol induces physical association of neuronal nitric oxide synthase with NMDA receptor and promotes nitric oxide formation via estrogen receptor activation in primary neuronal cultures.
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de Tassigny, Xavier d'Anglemont, Campagne, Céline, Steculorum, Sophie, and Prevot, Vincent
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ESTRADIOL , *SELECTIVE estrogen receptor modulators , *HYPOTHALAMUS , *NITRIC oxide , *BRAIN - Abstract
Estrogens and nitric oxide (NO) exert wide-ranging effects on brain function. Recent evidence suggested that one important mechanism for the regulation of NO production may reside in the differential coupling of the calcium-activated neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) to glutamate NMDA receptor channels harboring NR2B subunits by the scaffolding protein post-synaptic density-95 (PSD-95), and that estrogens promote the formation of this ternary complex. Here, we demonstrate that 30-min estradiol-treatment triggers the production of NO by physically and functionally coupling NMDA receptors to nNOS in primary neurons of the rat preoptic region in vitro. The ability of estradiol to activate neuronal NO signaling in preoptic neurons and to promote changes in protein-protein interactions is blocked by ICI 182,780, an estrogen receptor antagonist. In addition, blockade of NMDA receptor NR2B subunit activity with ifenprodil or disruption of PSD-95 synthesis in preoptic neurons by treatment with an anti-sense oligodeoxynucleotide inhibited the estradiol-promoted stimulation of NO release in cultured preoptic neurons. Thus, estrogen receptor-mediated stimulation of the nNOS/PSD-95/NMDA receptor complex assembly is likely to be a critical component of the signaling process by which estradiol facilitates coupling of glutamatergic fluxes for NO production in neurons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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12. Kisspeptin-GPR54 Signaling Is Essential for Preovulatory Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuron Activation and the Luteinizing Hormone Surge.
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Clarkson, Jenny, de Tassigny, Xavier d'Anglemont, Moreno, Adriana Santos, Colledge, William H., and Herbison, Allan E.
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GONADOTROPIN releasing hormone , *LUTEINIZING hormone , *GONADOTROPIN , *PITUITARY hormones , *IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY , *IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE - Abstract
Kisspeptin and its receptor GPR54 have recently been identified as key signaling partners in the neural control of fertility in animal models and humans. The gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons represent the final output neurons of the neural network controlling fertility and are suspected to be the primary locus of kisspeptin-GPR54 signaling. Using mouse models, the present study addressed whether kisspeptin and GPR54 have a key role in the activation of GnRH neurons to generate the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge responsible for ovulation. Dual-label immunocytochemistry experiments showed that 40-60%of kisspeptin neurons in the rostral periventricular area of the third ventricle (RP3V) expressed estrogen receptor α and progesterone receptors. Using an ovariectomized, gonadal steroid-replacement regimen, which reliably generates an LH surge, ∼30% of RP3V kisspeptin neurons were found to express c-FOS in surging mice compared with 0% in nonsurging controls. A strong correlation was found between the percentage of c-FOSpositive kisspeptin neurons and the percentage of c-FOS-positive GnRH neurons. To evaluate whether kisspeptin and/or GPR54 were essential for GnRH neuron activation and the LH surge, Gpr54- and Kiss1-null mice were examined. Whereas wild-type littermates all exhibited LH surges and c-FOS in ∼50% of their GnRH neurons, none of the mutant mice from either line showed an LH surge or any GnRH neurons with c-FOS. These observations provide the first evidence that kisspeptin-GPR54 signaling is essential for GnRH neuron activation that initiates ovulation. This broadens considerably the potential roles and therapeutic possibilities for kisspeptin and GPR54 in fertility regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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13. Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in mice lacking a functional Kiss 1 gene.
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De Tassigny, Xavier D'Anglemont, Fagg, Lisa A., Dixon, John P. C., Day, Kate, Leitch, Harry G., Hendrick, Alan G., Zahn, Dirk, Franceschini, Lsabelle, Caraty, Alain, Carlton, Mark B. L., Aparicio, Samuel A. J. R., and Colledge, William H.
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G proteins ,LIGANDS (Biochemistry) ,LABORATORY mice ,SEX (Biology) ,PUBERTY -- Physiological aspects - Abstract
The G protein-coupled receptor GPR54 (AXOR12, OT7T175) is central to acquisition of reproductive competency in mammals. Peptide ligands (kisspeptins) for this receptor are encoded by the Kiss1 gene, and administration of exogenous kisspeptins stimulates hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release in several species, including humans. To establish that kisspeptins are the authentic agonists of GPR54 in vivo and to determine whether these ligands have additional physiological functions we have generated mice with a targeted disruption of the Kiss1 gene. Kiss1-null mice are viable and healthy with no apparent abnormalities but fail to undergo sexual maturation. Mutant female mice do not progress through the estrous cycle, have thread-like uteri and small ovaries, and do not produce mature Graffian follicles. Mutant males have small testes, and spermatogenesis arrests mainly at the early haploid spermatid stage. Both sexes have low circulating gonadotropin (luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone) and sex steroid (β-estradiol or testosterone) hormone levels. Migration of GnRH neurons into the hypothalamus appears normal with appropriate axonal connections to the median eminence and total GnRH content. The hypothalamic-pituitary axis is functional in these mice as shown by robust luteinizing hormone secretion after peripheral administration of kisspeptin. The virtually identical phenotype of Gpr54- and Kiss1- null mice provides direct proof that kisspeptins are the true physiological ligand for the GPR54 receptor in vivo. Kiss1 also does not seem to play a vital role in any other physiological processes other than activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, and loss of Kiss1 cannot be overcome by compensatory mechanisms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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14. Coupling of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase to NMDA Receptors via Postsynaptic Density-95 Depends on Estrogen and Contributes to the Central Control of Adult Female Reproduction.
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De Tassigny, Xavier d'Anglemont, Campagne, Céline, Dehouck, Bénédicte, Leroy, Danièle, Holstein, Gay R., Beauvillain, Jean-Claude, Buée-Scherrer, Valérie, and Prevot, Vincent
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NITRIC-oxide synthases , *NEURONS , *PROTEIN-protein interactions , *ESTROGEN , *HYPOTHALAMUS , *ESTRUS , *LUTEINIZING hormone releasing hormone , *LABORATORY rats - Abstract
Considerable research has been devoted to the understanding of how nitric oxide (NO) influences brain function. Few studies, however, have addressed how its production is physiologically regulated. Here, we report that protein-protein interactions between neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) and glutamate NMDA receptors via the scaffolding protein postsynaptic density-95 (PSD-95) in the hypothalamic preoptic region of adult female rats is sensitive to cyclic estrogen fluctuation. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments were used to assess the physical association between nNOS and NMDA receptor NR2B subunit in the preoptic region of the hypothalamus. We found that nNOS strongly interacts with NR2B at the onset of the preovulatory surge at proestrus (when estrogen levels are highest) compared with basal-stage diestrous rats. Consistently, estrogen treatment of gonadectomized female rats also increases nNOS/NR2B complex formation. Moreover, endogenous fluctuations in estrogen levels during the estrous cycle coincide with changes in the physical association of nNOS to PSD-95 and the magnitude of NO release in the preoptic region. Finally, temporary and local in vivo suppression of PSD-95 synthesis by using antisense oligodeoxynucleotides leads to inhibition of nNOS activity in the preoptic region and disrupted estrous cyclicity, a process requiring coordinated activation of neurons containing gonadotropin-releasing hormone (the neuropeptide controlling reproductive function). In conclusion, our findings identify a novel steroid-mediated molecular mechanism that enables the adult mammalian brain to control NO release under physiological conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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15. Mechanistic insights into the more potent effect of KP-54 compared to KP-10 in vivo
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d'Anglemont de Tassigny, Xavier, Jayasena, Channa, Murphy, Kevin G., Dhillo, Waljit S., Colledge, William H., Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK), National Institute for Health Research (UK), Colledge, Bill [0000-0002-9603-4429], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, [de Tassigny, Xavier d'Anglemont] Univ Cambridge, Dept Physiol Dev & Neurosci, Reprod Physiol Grp, Cambridge, England, [Colledge, William H.] Univ Cambridge, Dept Physiol Dev & Neurosci, Reprod Physiol Grp, Cambridge, England, [Jayasena, Channa] Imperial Coll London, Div Diabet Endocrinol & Metab, Sect Endocrinol & Invest Med, Hammersmith Campus,Commonwealth Bldg, London, England, [Murphy, Kevin G.] Imperial Coll London, Div Diabet Endocrinol & Metab, Sect Endocrinol & Invest Med, Hammersmith Campus,Commonwealth Bldg, London, England, [Dhillo, Waljit S.] Imperial Coll London, Div Diabet Endocrinol & Metab, Sect Endocrinol & Invest Med, Hammersmith Campus,Commonwealth Bldg, London, England, [de Tassigny, Xavier d'Anglemont] Inst Biomed Sevilla IBiS, Campus Hosp Univ Virgen del Rocio, Seville, Spain, BBSRC grant, NIHR, BBSRC, and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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Central Nervous System ,Male ,Physiology ,lcsh:Medicine ,Nervous System ,Animal Cells ,Intraperitoneal Injections ,GnRH stimulation test ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM ,lcsh:Science ,Luteinizing-hormone ,Pharmacologic-based diagnostics ,Routes of Administration ,Neurons ,Kisspeptins ,Gonadotropin-secretion ,Tak-683 ,Brain ,Immunohistochemistry ,Body Fluids ,Investigational metastin/kisspeptin analog ,Multidisciplinary Sciences ,Blood ,Blood-Brain Barrier ,Peptide ,INVESTIGATIONAL METASTIN/KISSPEPTIN ANALOG ,Science & Technology - Other Topics ,Cellular Types ,Anatomy ,ADULT MALE RATS ,Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos ,Kisspeptin analog ,Research Article ,Mice, 129 Strain ,General Science & Technology ,PITUITARY-GONADAL AXIS ,LUTEINIZING-HORMONE ,TAK-683 ,Hypothalamus ,Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ,Blood Plasma ,Capillary Permeability ,MD Multidisciplinary ,Animals ,Humans ,Women ,Secretion ,Pharmacology ,RELEASE ,Analysis of Variance ,Science & Technology ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,lcsh:R ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Cell Biology ,VITRO FERTILIZATION ,Luteinizing Hormone ,Release ,Gnrh ,Cellular Neuroscience ,GONADOTROPIN-SECRETION ,lcsh:Q ,Physiological Processes ,KISSPEPTIN ANALOG ,Neuroscience ,Central Nervous System Agents - Abstract
Kisspeptins regulate the mammalian reproductive axis by stimulating release of gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH). Different length kisspeptins (KP) are found of 54, 14, 13 or 10 amino-acids which share a common C-terminal 10-amino acid sequence. KP-54 and KP-10 have been widely used to stimulate the reproductive axis but data suggest that KP-54 and KP-10 are not equally effective at eliciting reproductive hormone secretion after peripheral delivery. To confirm this, we analysed the effect of systemic administration of KP-54 or KP-10 on luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion into the bloodstream of male mice. Plasma LH measurements 10 min or 2 hours after kisspeptin injection showed that KP-54 can sustain LH release far longer than KP-10, suggesting a differential mode of action of the two peptides. To investigate the mechanism for this, we evaluated the pharmacokinetics of the two peptides in vivo and their potential to cross the blood brain barrier (BBB). We found that KP-54 has a half-life of ~32 min in the bloodstream, while KP-10 has a half-life of ~4 min. To compensate for this difference in half-life, we repeated injections of KP-10 every 10 min over 1 hr but failed to reproduce the sustained rise in LH observed after a single KP-54 injection, suggesting that the failure of KP-10 to sustain LH release may not just be related to peptide clearance. We tested the ability of peripherally administered KP-54 and KP-10 to activate c-FOS in GnRH neurons behind the blood brain barrier (BBB) and found that only KP-54 could do this. These data are consistent with KP-54 being able to cross the BBB and suggest that KP10 may be less able to do so., This work was funded by a BBSRC grant (BB/FO1936X/1). W.S.D. is funded by an NIHR Research Professorship.
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16. Leptin-dependent neuronal NO signaling in the preoptic hypothalamus facilitates reproduction.
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Bellefontaine, Nicole, Chachlaki, Konstantina, Parkash, Jyoti, Vanacker, Charlotte, Colledge, William, de Tassigny, Xavier d'Anglemont, Garthwaite, John, Bouret, Sebastien G., and Prevot, Vincent
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PUBERTY , *LEPTIN , *LUTEINIZING hormone releasing hormone , *LUTEINIZING hormone , *NEURONS - Abstract
The transition to puberty and adult fertility both require a minimum level of energy availability. The adipocyte-derived hormone leptin signals the long-term status of peripheral energy stores and serves as a key metabolic messenger to the neuroendocrine reproductive axis. Humans and mice lacking leptin or its receptor fail to complete puberty and are infertile. Restoration of leptin levels in these individuals promotes sexual maturation, which requires the pulsatile, coordinated delivery of gonadotropin-releasing hormone to the pituitary and the resulting surge of luteinizing hormone (LH); however, the neural circuits that control the leptin-mediated induction of the reproductive axis are not fully understood. Here, we found that leptin coordinated fertility by acting on neurons in the preoptic region of the hypothalamus and inducing the synthesis of the freely diffusible volume-based transmitter NO, through the activation of neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) in these neurons. The deletion of the gene encoding nNOS or its pharmacological inhibition in the preoptic region blunted the stimulatory action of exogenous leptin on LH secretion and prevented the restoration of fertility in leptin-deficient female mice by leptin treatment. Together, these data indicate that leptin plays a central role in regulating the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis in vivo through the activation of nNOS in neurons of the preoptic region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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17. Kisspeptin neurons co-express met-enkephalin and galanin in the rostral periventricular region of the female mouse hypothalamus.
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Porteous R, Petersen SL, Yeo SH, Bhattarai JP, Ciofi P, de Tassigny XD, Colledge WH, Caraty A, and Herbison AE
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- Animals, Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus chemistry, Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus metabolism, Female, Hypothalamus chemistry, Mice, Neurons chemistry, Third Ventricle chemistry, Third Ventricle metabolism, Enkephalin, Methionine biosynthesis, Galanin biosynthesis, Gene Expression Regulation, Hypothalamus metabolism, Kisspeptins biosynthesis, Neurons metabolism
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It is now well established that the kisspeptin neurons of the hypothalamus play a key role in regulating the activity of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons. The population of kisspeptin neurons residing in the rostral periventricular region of the third ventricle (RP3V), encompassing the anteroventral periventricular (AVPV) and periventricular preoptic nuclei (PVpo), are implicated in the generation of the preovulatory GnRH surge mechanism and puberty onset in female rodents. The present study examined whether these kisspeptin neurons may express other neuropeptides in the adult female mouse. Initially, the distribution of galanin, neurotensin, met-enkephalin (mENK), and cholecystokinin (CCK)-immunoreactive cells was determined within the RP3V of colchicine-treated mice. Subsequent experiments, using a new kisspeptin-10 antibody raised in sheep, examined the relationship of these neuropeptides to kisspeptin neurons. No evidence was found for expression of neurotensin or CCK by RP3V kisspeptin neurons, but subpopulations of kisspeptin neurons were observed to express galanin and mENK. Dual-labeled RP3V kisspeptin/galanin cells represented 7% of all kisspeptin and 21% of all galanin neurons whereas dual-labeled kisspeptin/mENK cells represented 28-38% of kisspeptin neurons and 58-68% of the mENK population, depending on location within the AVPV or PVpo. Kisspeptin neurons in the arcuate nucleus were also found to express galanin but not mENK. These observations indicate that, like the kisspeptin population of the arcuate nucleus, kisspeptin neurons in the RP3V also co-express a range of neuropeptides. This pattern of co-expression should greatly increase the dynamic range with which kisspeptin neurons can modulate the activity of their afferent neurons., (Copyright © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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- 2011
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18. Function-related structural plasticity of the GnRH system: a role for neuronal-glial-endothelial interactions.
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Prevot V, Hanchate NK, Bellefontaine N, Sharif A, Parkash J, Estrella C, Allet C, de Seranno S, Campagne C, de Tassigny Xd, and Baroncini M
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- Animals, Endothelial Cells metabolism, Female, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone physiology, Humans, Models, Biological, Neuroglia metabolism, Neurons metabolism, Ovary metabolism, Ovary physiology, Puberty metabolism, Puberty physiology, Receptors, LHRH metabolism, Receptors, LHRH physiology, Cell Communication physiology, Endothelial Cells physiology, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone metabolism, Neuroglia physiology, Neuronal Plasticity physiology, Neurons physiology
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As the final common pathway for the central control of gonadotropin secretion, GnRH neurons are subjected to numerous regulatory homeostatic and external factors to achieve levels of fertility appropriate to the organism. The GnRH system thus provides an excellent model in which to investigate the complex relationships between neurosecretion, morphological plasticity and the expression of a physiological function. Throughout the reproductive cycle beginning from postnatal sexual development and the onset of puberty to reproductive senescence, and even within the ovarian cycle itself, all levels of the GnRH system undergo morphological plasticity. This structural plasticity within the GnRH system appears crucial to the timely control of reproductive competence within the individual, and as such must have coordinated actions of multiple signals secreted from glial cells, endothelial cells, and GnRH neurons. Thus, the GnRH system must be viewed as a complete neuro-glial-vascular unit that works in concert to maintain the reproductive axis., (Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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19. Distribution and postnatal development of Gpr54 gene expression in mouse brain and gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons.
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Herbison AE, de Tassigny Xd, Doran J, and Colledge WH
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- Aging genetics, Aging metabolism, Aging physiology, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Brain growth & development, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Male, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Models, Biological, Neurons physiology, Receptors, Kisspeptin-1, Sex Characteristics, Sexual Maturation genetics, Sexual Maturation physiology, Tissue Distribution, Brain metabolism, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone metabolism, Neurons metabolism, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled genetics, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled metabolism
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Kisspeptin and G protein-coupled receptor 54 (GPR54) are now acknowledged to play essential roles in the neural regulation of fertility. Using a transgenic Gpr54 LacZ knock-in mouse model, this study aimed to provide 1) a detailed map of cells expressing Gpr54 in the mouse brain and 2) an analysis of Gpr54 expression in GnRH neurons across postnatal development. The highest density of Gpr54-expressing cells in the mouse central nervous system was found in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus beginning on postnatal d 6 (P6). Abundant Gpr54 expression was also noted in the septum, rostral preoptic area (rPOA), anteroventral nucleus of the thalamus, posterior hypothalamus, periaqueductal grey, supramammillary and pontine nuclei, and dorsal cochlear nucleus. No Gpr54 expression was detected in the arcuate and rostral periventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus. Dual-labeling experiments showed that essentially all Gpr54-expressing cells in the rPOA were GnRH neurons. Analyses of mice at birth, P1, P5, P20, and P30 and as adults revealed a gradual increase in the percentage of GnRH neurons expressing Gpr54 from approximately 40% at birth through to approximately 70% from P20 onward. Whereas GnRH neurons located in the septum displayed a consistent increase across this time, GnRH neurons in the rPOA showed a sharp reduction in Gpr54 expression after birth (to approximately 10% at P5) before increasing to the 70% expression levels by P20. Together these findings provide an anatomical basis for the exploration of Gpr54 actions outside the reproductive axis and reveal a complex temporal and spatial pattern of Gpr54 gene expression in developing GnRH neurons.
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