title: Kisspeptin, neurokinin B, and dynorphin act in the arcuate nucleus to control activity of the GnRH pulse generator in ewes.
abstract: Recent work has led to the hypothesis that kisspeptin/neurokinin B/dynorphin (KNDy) neurons in the arcuate nucleus play a key role in GnRH pulse generation, with kisspeptin driving GnRH release and neurokinin B (NKB) and dynorphin acting as start and stop signals, respectively. In this study, we tested this hypothesis by determining the actions, if any, of four neurotransmitters found in KNDy neurons (kisspeptin, NKB, dynorphin, and glutamate) on episodic LH secretion using local administration of agonists and antagonists to receptors for these transmitters in ovariectomized ewes. We also obtained evidence that GnRH-containing afferents contact KNDy neurons, so we tested the role of two components of these afferents: GnRH and orphanin-FQ. Microimplants of a Kiss1r antagonist briefly inhibited LH pulses and microinjections of 2 nmol of this antagonist produced a modest transitory decrease in LH pulse frequency. An antagonist to the NKB receptor also decreased LH pulse frequency, whereas NKB and an antagonist to the receptor for dynorphin both increased pulse frequency. In contrast, antagonists to GnRH receptors, orphanin-FQ receptors, and the N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor had no effect on episodic LH secretion. We thus conclude that the KNDy neuropeptides act in the arcuate nucleus to control episodic GnRH secretion in the ewe, but afferent input from GnRH neurons to this area does not. These data support the proposed roles for NKB and dynorphin within the KNDy neural network and raise the possibility that kisspeptin contributes to the control of GnRH pulse frequency in addition to its established role as an output signal from KNDy neurons that drives GnRH pulses.
authors: PhD, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, PO Box 9229, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506. rgoodman@hsc.wvu.edu.
authors: Robert L
authors: RL
authors: Goodman
authors: Stanley M
authors: SM
authors: Hileman
authors: Casey C
authors: CC
authors: Nestor
authors: Katrina L
authors: KL
authors: Porter
authors: John M
authors: JM
authors: Connors
authors: Steve L
authors: SL
authors: Hardy
authors: Robert P
authors: RP
authors: Millar
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Cernea
authors: Lique M
authors: LM
authors: Coolen
authors: Michael N
authors: MN
authors: Lehman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001111:Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D004399:Dynorphins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D059648:Kisspeptins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015287:Neurokinin B / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism; D018042:Receptors, Neurokinin-3 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012756:Sheep / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D059648:Kisspeptins; D018042:Receptors, Neurokinin-3; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D004399:Dynorphins; D015287:Neurokinin B
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