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PubMed2003

Colocalization of progesterone receptors and thyroid hormone receptors alpha in the ovine diencephalon: no effect of estradiol.

Progesterone and thyroid hormones are key hormones in the control of reproduction in the ewe since both have been shown to inhibit GnRH secretion. GnRH neurons do not express progesterone receptors (PR) but half of them contain thyroid hormone receptors alpha (THRalpha), two nuclear receptors potentially able to act on gene transcription. PR and THRalpha distributions overlap in most regions of the ovine preoptic area (POA) and hypothalamus. To determine whether progesterone and thyroid hormones may also have common neuronal targets for the control of GnRH cell activity, we searched for coexpression of PR with THRalpha within neurons of the POA and hypothalamus of ovariectomized ewes treated with estradiol plus progesterone or with progesterone alone. Double-labeled cells were found throughout the medial POA, the periventricular part of the paraventricular nucleus (PVNpe), the arcuate nucleus (ARC) and the ventrolateral ventromedial nucleus (VMNvl). Colocalization ratios were not statistically different between steroid treatment groups. 84% of PR-immunoreactive cells in VMNvl, 90% in POA and ARC and 95% in PVNpe contain THRalpha. More than two-thirds of THRalpha-immunoreactive cells contain PR in each area examined. This study provides evidence that progesterone and thyroid hormones may act within the same cells to modulate physiological functions such as reproduction.

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PubMed1977

Effect of electrical stimulation of the canine diencephalon on the secretion of ACTH, growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (P).

Plasma levels of ACTH, growth hormone (GH), prolactin (Prl) and corticoids were simultaneously monitored before, during and after diencephalic stimulation in 18 pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs. Constant-current, monopolar biphasic stimulation of several regions of the canine ventral medial hypothalamus caused rapid increases in ACTH and corticoid concentrations. No increases in plasma GH were seen during stimulation, but plasma GH increased after the stimulus was turned off when the stimulating electrodes were in the arcuate-median eminence region. Plasma Prl concentration was not increased or decreased by stimulation of the ventral medial hypothalamus, but in 2 instances in 1 dog, it was increased by stimulation of the nucleus supraopticus difusus. The data indicate that different areas in the hypothalamus regulate the secretion of these 3 anterior pituitary (AP) hormones.

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone↗