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Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
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Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
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School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
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The control of reproductive processes involves the integration of a number of factors from the internal and external environment, with the final output signal of these processes being the pulsatile secretion of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus. These factors include the feedback actions of sex steroids, feed intake and nutritional status, season/photoperiod, pheromones, age and stress. Understanding these factors and how they influence GnRH secretion and hence reproduction is important for the management of farm animals. There is evidence that the RF-amide neuropeptide, kisspeptin, may be involved in relaying the effects of these factors to the GnRH neurons. This paper will review the evidence from the common domestic animals (sheep, goats, cattle, horses and pigs), that kisspeptin neurons are (i) regulated by the factors listed above, (ii) contact GnRH neurons and (iii) involved in the regulation of GnRH/gonadotrophin secretion.
Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
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Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
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Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
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Our previous studies showed that microinjection into the median eminence of the sheep of glucagon-like peptide- 1 (GLP-1) or its receptor agonist exendin-4 stimulates luteinising hormone (LH) secretion, but it is unknown whether the same effect may be obtained by systemic administration of the same. The present study measured the response in terms of plasma LH concentrations to intravenous (iv) infusion of exendin-4. A preliminary study showed that infusion of 2 mg exendin-4 into ewes produced a greater LH response in the follicular phase of the oestrous cycle than the luteal phase. Accordingly, the main study monitored plasma LH levels in response to either 0.5 mg or 2 mg exendin-4 or vehicle (normal saline) delivered by jugular infusion for 1 h in the follicular phase of the oestrous cycle. Blood samples were collected at 10 min intervals before, during and after infusion. Both doses of exendin-4 increased mean plasma LH concentrations and increased LH peripheral pulse amplitude. There was no effect on inter-pulse interval or timing of the preovulatory LH surge. These doses of exendin-4 did not alter plasma insulin or glucose concentrations. Quantitative PCR of the gastrointestinal tract samples from a population of ewes confirmed the expression of the preproglucagon gene (GCG). Expression increased aborally and was greatest in the rectum. It is concluded that endogenous GLP-1, most likely derived from the hindgut, may act systemically to stimulate LH secretion. The present data suggest that this effect may be obtained with levels of agonist that are lower than those functioning as an incretin.
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Using a highly sensitive quantitative RT-PCR method for the measurement of CYP11B1 (11β-hydroxylase) and CYP11B2 (aldosterone synthase) mRNAs, we previously demonstrated that CYP11B2 expression in the central nervous system (CNS) is subject to regulation by dietary sodium. We have now quantified the expression of these genes in the CNS of male Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats in response to systemic ACTH infusion, dexamethasone infusion, and to adrenalectomy. CYP11B1 and CYP11B2 mRNA levels were measured in total RNA isolated from the adrenal gland and discrete brain regions using real-time quantitative RT-PCR. ACTH infusion (40 ng/day for 7 days, N=8) significantly increased CYP11B1 mRNA in the adrenal gland, hypothalamus, and cerebral cortex compared with animals infused with vehicle only. ACTH infusion decreased adrenal CYP11B2 expression but increased expression in all of the CNS regions except the cortex. Dexamethasone (10 μg/day for 7 days, N=8) reduced adrenal CYP11B1 mRNA compared with control animals but had no significant effect on either gene's expression in the CNS. Adrenalectomy (N=6 per group) significantly increased CYP11B1 expression in the hippocampus and hypothalamus and raised CYP11B2 expression in the cerebellum relative to sham-operated animals. This study confirms the transcription of CYP11B1 and CYP11B2 throughout the CNS and demonstrates that gene transcription is subject to differential regulation by ACTH and circulating corticosteroid levels.
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Internal Medicine-Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Missouri System, Columbia, Missouri, USA
Research Service, Truman VA Memorial Hospital, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri System System, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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Estrogen receptor β (ERb), one of the two major estrogen receptors, acts via genomic and non-genomic signaling pathways to affect many metabolic functions, including mitochondrial biogenesis and respiration. This study assessed the effect of ERb classical genomic activity on adipocyte-specific and -systemic metabolic responses to wheel running exercise in a rodent model of menopause. Female mice lacking the ERb DNA-binding domain (ERbDBDKO, n = 20) and WT (n = 21) littermate controls were fed a high-fat diet (HFD), ovariectomized (OVX), and randomized to control (no running wheel) and exercise (running wheel access) groups and were followed for 8 weeks. Wheel running did not confer protection against metabolic dysfunction associated with HFD+OVX in either ERbDBDKO or WT mice, despite increased energy expenditure. Unexpectedly, in the ERbDBDKO group, wheel running increased fasting insulin and surrogate measures of insulin resistance, and modestly increased adipose tissue inflammatory gene expression (P ≤ 0.05). These changes were not accompanied by significant changes in adipocyte mitochondrial respiration. It was demonstrated for the first time that female WT OVX mice do experience exercise-induced browning of white adipose tissue, indicated by a robust increase in uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) (P ≤ 0.05). However, KO mice were completely resistant to this effect, indicating that full ERb genomic activity is required for exercise-induced browning. The inability to upregulate UCP1 with exercise following OVX may have resulted in the increased insulin resistance observed in KO mice, a hypothesis requiring further investigation.
