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Reproductive Sciences Program (V.P., K.M., F.J.K., A.R.M.) and the Departments of Pediatrics (V.P.), Physiology (F.J.K.), and Biostatistics (D.T.M.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0404
Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Vasantha Padmanabhan, Reproductive Sciences Program, 300 North Ingalls Building, Room 1101, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0404. E-mail vasantha{at}umich.edu
Continuous sampling of hypophyseal portal blood from unrestrained sheep is providing an unprecedented means for measuring and defining the characteristics of the secretory profile of GnRH. With this method, GnRH has been shown to be released in discrete pulses lasting 5–8 min, with the amplitude of some pulses exceeding 50-fold. Although the relationship between these pulses and the accompanying pulses of LH measured in the jugular vein are unambiguous, the relationship of GnRH pulses to the release of FSH has not been well defined due to the longer clearance of FSH. In previous studies we have shown that hypophyseal portal blood, in addition to serving as a source material for hypothalamic secretions, provides a means to define secretory patterns of pituitary hormones. Because of this we hypothesized that the GnRH-FSH secretory relationships would be easier to define in hypophyseal portal than in jugular vein blood before the secretory products are subjected to dispersion and clearance in circulation. To test this possibility, we monitored hormonal patterns in blood collected at 5-min intervals for 6–12 h from the peripheral and hypophyseal portal circulation of six ovariectomized ewes from a previous study. In contrast to the nonpulsatile pattern of FSH in the peripheral blood, 93% of the GnRH pulses were associated with essentially coincident, discrete pulses of FSH in the portal plasma. Of potentially even greater interest, additional episodes of FSH release were clearly discernible between the GnRH-associated pulses of FSH. As concentrations of peripheral plasma FSH did not reach those in hypophyseal portal plasma, the inter-GnRH episodes of FSH secretion could not result from contaminating peripheral blood. In addition to the episodic mode of secretion, substantial amounts of FSH were found between FSH pulses. This basal component of FSH appeared to be the dominant mode of secretion rather than pulses. The results of this study not only confirm that GnRH pulses lead to pulsatile release of FSH, they also suggest that some other mechanism or factor may be controlling the non-GnRH-associated episodes as well as the basal components of FSH secretion.
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