Abstract
Luteinizing hormone is known to stimulate the enzyme ornithine decarboxylase in the ovary. Highly purified human follicle stimulating hormone that is devoid of significant biologically active luteinizing hormone can also induce ornithine decarboxylase activity in intact immature rats with a time course of induction similar to that reported for luteinizing hormone. A maximum of 8–10-fold stimulation above controls was observed 4 h following intravenous administration of human follicle stimulating hormone. This stimulation followed a strict dose response relationship. Ovine luteinizing hormone and human chorionic gonadotropin always induced more ovarian ornithine decarboxylase activity than that achieved by maximally effective doses of follicle stimulating hormone. This could not be attributed solely to the ability of specific cell population to respond to the respective gonadotropins. Although granulosa cells contained little receptor for luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotropin and the residual tissue contained little receptor for follicle stimulating hormone, each tissue responded to these gonadotropins in a manner suggestive of the mediation by one or more diffusable factors. A relationship between gonadotropin induced 3’5’-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cyclic adenosine monophosphate) concentration and ornithine decarboxylase activity suggests that the mediation of gonadotropin stimulated ovarian ornithine decarboxylase is not solely through cyclic adenosine monophosphate, indicating the presence of other factors in the induction of gonadotropin increased ornithine decarboxylase activity.
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Abbreviations
- ODC:
-
Ornithine decarboxylase
- hCG:
-
human chorionic gonadotropin
- LH:
-
luteinizing hormone
- FSH:
-
follicle stimulating hormone
- hFSH:
-
human FSH
- PLP:
-
pyridoxal-5’-phosphate
- DTT:
-
dithiothreitol
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Natraj, U. Tissue specific compartmental analysis of gonadotropin stimulation of ovarian ornithine decarboxylase. J Biosci 13, 275–283 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02712152
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