title: Prostaglandin D2 induces release of luteinizing hormone from the rat pituitary gland without the modulation of hypothalamic luteinizing hormone releasing hormone.
abstract: The effect of prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) on release of LH and LH releasing hormone (LHRH) was studied in a sequential double-chamber superfusion system using the medial basal hypothalamus (MBH) and the pituitary gland from female rats at dioestrus. Infusion of PGD2 (5.7 or 57 mumol/l) caused a significant (P less than 0.05) increase in LH release to values 40-60% above the preinjection values from the pituitary gland superfused either alone or in series with the MBH. No release of LHRH in response to PGD2 was observed from the superfused MBH. These data demonstrate that PGD2 causes LH release from the pituitary gland not by inducing release of hypothalamic LHRH but by a direct action on the gland.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004031:Diestrus; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015230:Prostaglandin D2; D011457:Prostaglandins D / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D011457:Prostaglandins D; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D015230:Prostaglandin D2