TY - JOUR
T1 - Pituitary stalk portal blood collection in rhesus monkeys
T2 - Evidence for pulsatile release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)
AU - Carmel, P. W.
AU - Arak, S.
AU - Ferin, M.
PY - 1976/7
Y1 - 1976/7
N2 - Hypothalamic-pituitary stalk portal blood was collected from 12 female rhesus monkeys. The pituitary stalk was approached transorbitally and cut at the level of the diaphragma sellae underdirect visualization. Aftercomplete heparinization of the animal, stalk portal blood was obtained continuously, for periods of 30 minutes to 9 hours, using a constant exfusion pump at a rate of 30 to 40 μl/min. The mean GnRH in portal blood, as measured by radioimmunoassay, was 66 ± 6.6 pg/ml (±SE) in 7 ovariectomized animals and 51 ± 5.3 pg/ml (±SE) in 2 monkeys during the early follicular phase. Fluctuations in portal blood GnRH were most prominent in ovariectomized animals, with peak levels of 200-800 pg/ml and intervals of 1 to 3 hours between pulses. Peaks of GnRH during the early follicular phase did not exceed 200 pg/ml. The administration of estradiol (1000 ng, iv) to 3 monkeys did not decrease GnRH levels within the next 2 hours. These data provide direct evidence for a hypothalamic mediation of pituitary LH pulsatile release.
AB - Hypothalamic-pituitary stalk portal blood was collected from 12 female rhesus monkeys. The pituitary stalk was approached transorbitally and cut at the level of the diaphragma sellae underdirect visualization. Aftercomplete heparinization of the animal, stalk portal blood was obtained continuously, for periods of 30 minutes to 9 hours, using a constant exfusion pump at a rate of 30 to 40 μl/min. The mean GnRH in portal blood, as measured by radioimmunoassay, was 66 ± 6.6 pg/ml (±SE) in 7 ovariectomized animals and 51 ± 5.3 pg/ml (±SE) in 2 monkeys during the early follicular phase. Fluctuations in portal blood GnRH were most prominent in ovariectomized animals, with peak levels of 200-800 pg/ml and intervals of 1 to 3 hours between pulses. Peaks of GnRH during the early follicular phase did not exceed 200 pg/ml. The administration of estradiol (1000 ng, iv) to 3 monkeys did not decrease GnRH levels within the next 2 hours. These data provide direct evidence for a hypothalamic mediation of pituitary LH pulsatile release.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-99-1-243
DO - https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-99-1-243
M3 - Article
C2 - 820547
SN - 0013-7227
VL - 99
SP - 243
EP - 248
JO - Endocrinology
JF - Endocrinology
IS - 1
ER -