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| Content Provider | PubMed Central |
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| Author | Sullivan, Shannon D. Moenter, Suzanne M. |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | Polycystic ovary syndrome, a fertility disorder affecting ≈7% of women, is characterized by elevated androgens, disrupted reproductive cycles, and high luteinizing hormone, the latter reflecting increased gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release. In animal models, a similar reproductive endocrine phenotype occurs after prenatal androgen exposure. To study the effects of in utero androgen exposure directly on GnRH neurons, the central regulators of fertility, we prenatally androgenized (PNA) transgenic mice that express GFP in these cells. Pregnant females were injected with dihydrotestosterone, and their female offspring were studied as adults. PNA mice had irregular estrous cycles and elevated testosterone and luteinizing hormone levels, suggesting altered hypothalamo–pituitary–gonadal axis function. GnRH neurons receive a major input from γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic neurons, and GABA type A receptor activation may play a role in their regulation by steroids. We tested whether PNA alters GABAergic drive to GnRH neurons by comparing frequency and size of GABAergic postsynaptic currents in GnRH neurons from PNA and control females. Both postsynaptic current frequency and size were increased in PNA mice; these effects were reversed by in vivo treatment with the androgen receptor antagonist flutamide, suggesting that androgens mediated these effects. Changes in postsynaptic current frequency and size were action potential-independent, suggesting the possibility that PNA increased connectivity between GABAergic and GnRH neurons. The ability of prenatal steroid exposure to initiate changes that alter functional inputs to GnRH neurons in adults has important implications for understanding the regulation of normal reproduction as well as the hypothalamic abnormalities of fertility disorders. |
| Related Links | http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0308058101 |
| Ending Page | 7134 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Starting Page | 7129 |
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| ISSN | 00278424 |
| e-ISSN | 10916490 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
| Issue Number | 18 |
| Volume Number | 101 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | National Academy of Sciences |
| Publisher Date | 2004-05-04 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | National Academy of Sciences |
| Subject Keyword | General Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Multidisciplinary |
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