title: The delta-opioid signal transduction on the gonadotropin-releasing hormone release is eicosanoid dependent.
abstract: In static incubations, the K+ induced release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and of prostaglandin (PG) E2, was 2-3 times higher in the isolated median eminence (ME) compared to the hypothalamic area containing the arcuate nucleus (ARN) plus the ME. The delta-opioid agonist DTLET, induced a parallel, dose-dependent reduction of GnRH and PGE2 release in the ARN plus ME. Both effects of DTLET were blocked by the delta-opioid antagonist Diallyl-G. In the isolated ME, DTLET reduced the secretion of PGE2 but enhanced the release of GnRH. In this area Diallyl-G had no effect on the PGE2 release but blocked the GnRH secretion. When the PGE2 production was blocked by indomethacin in the ARN plus ME preparation, DTLET increased the release of GnRH and induced the production of leukotrienes (LTs). On the other hand, DTLET decreased the release of both GnRH and PGE2 in the presence of nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), an inhibitor of the production of LTs. The above results suggest that: (a) the delta-opioid agonist DTLET modulates GnRH release differentially in the hypothalamic areas examined; and (b) the arachidonic acid metabolites are involved in the mode of action of DTLET on the release of GnRH in the ARN plus ME hypothalamic fragment.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, National Centre for Scientific Research, Demokritos, Attiki, Greece.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gerozissis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dragatsis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zioudrou
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001111:Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism; D015777:Eicosanoids / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015289:Leukotrienes / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D009637:Masoprocol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008473:Median Eminence / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta / Q000187:drug effects*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D015777:Eicosanoids; D015289:Leukotrienes; D009842:Oligopeptides; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D009637:Masoprocol; C037653:deltakephalin; D015232:Dinoprostone; D007213:Indomethacin