The gonadotropin-releasing hormone family of neuropeptides in the brain of human, bovine and rat: identification of a third isoform.

Abstract:

:The mammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH-I), which regulates reproduction, was the first isoform of GnRH that was identified in mammals. Recently, we and others have demonstrated the existence of a second isoform of GnRH in the brain of mammals. The presence of a third isoform of GnRH, GnRH-III, in the brain of mammals is reported herein. GnRH-III, extracted from the brain of bovine and human, was purified by high performance liquid chromatography, using two distinct elution programs. In both, GnRH-III was eluted at the same positions as synthetic salmon GnRH, as demonstrated by radioimmunoassay. The luteinizing hormone-releasing activity of purified GnRH-III, using dispersed rat pituitary cells, was found to be similar to that of synthetic salmon GnRH. The total amount of GnRH-III, determined by radioimmunoassay, in the hypothalamus and midbrain of humans and calves is similar to that of GnRH-I. Immunohistochemical studies demonstrated GnRH-III-containing neurons in the hypothalamus and midbrain of human and GnRH-III fibers in the median eminence of rats. The distribution of GnRH-III in the brain suggests that in addition to a putative function as a neurohormone at the hypothalamic-pituitary axis, GnRH-III may have other functions. Our present results suggest that multiple isoforms of GnRH are present in the brain of mammals, and further studies are required in order to elucidate their biological functions.

journal_name

FEBS Lett

journal_title

FEBS letters

authors

Yahalom D,Chen A,Ben-Aroya N,Rahimipour S,Kaganovsky E,Okon E,Fridkin M,Koch Y

doi

10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01638-5

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Has Abstract

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1999-12-17 00:00:00

pages

289-94

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3

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0014-5793

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1873-3468

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S0014-5793(99)01638-5

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463

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