Progesterone positive feedback on gonadotropin release in estrogen-primed postmenopausal women: central nervous system and pituitary as possible sites of action.

To investigate the site and mode of action of progesterone in inducing gonadotropin release, the effects of catecholamine-depleting (methyldopa) or dopamine agonist (bromocriptine) drugs on progesterone positive feedback and the gonadotropin response to a centrally acting noradrenergic drug (clonidine) were evaluated in estrogen-primed postmenopausal women. Progesterone administration induced a significant rise in LH, FSH, and PRL serum levels in the control group. Bromocriptine administration was followed by a marked suppression of PRL release but did not modify the gonadotropin response to progesterone. Methyldopa pretreatment significantly reduced the progesterone-induced LH surge, while PRL release was unaffected. After estrogen priming, clonidine administration did not result in an increase in serum LH or FSH concentrations. The dissociated responses of LH and PRL in bromocriptine-pretreated subjects and the significant reduction of the LH rise after progesterone in methyldopa-pretreated women seem to invalidate the hypothesis that a fall in endogenous dopamine is responsible for progesterone positive feedback and suggest that neural noradrenergic mechanisms are involved in progesterone-induced gonadotropin release. The ineffectiveness of a centrally acting noradrenergic agonist in inducing gonadotropin rise provides indirect evidence that an increased pituitary responsiveness may also be involved in progesterone positive feedback.



Titolo: Progesterone positive feedback on gonadotropin release in estrogen-primed postmenopausal women: central nervous system and pituitary as possible sites of action.
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NICOLETTI, Ildo
SANTEUSANIO, Fausto
BRUNETTI, Paolo
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Data di pubblicazione: 1981
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THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM  
Abstract: To investigate the site and mode of action of progesterone in inducing gonadotropin release, the effects of catecholamine-depleting (methyldopa) or dopamine agonist (bromocriptine) drugs on progesterone positive feedback and the gonadotropin response to a centrally acting noradrenergic drug (clonidine) were evaluated in estrogen-primed postmenopausal women. Progesterone administration induced a significant rise in LH, FSH, and PRL serum levels in the control group. Bromocriptine administration was followed by a marked suppression of PRL release but did not modify the gonadotropin response to progesterone. Methyldopa pretreatment significantly reduced the progesterone-induced LH surge, while PRL release was unaffected. After estrogen priming, clonidine administration did not result in an increase in serum LH or FSH concentrations. The dissociated responses of LH and PRL in bromocriptine-pretreated subjects and the significant reduction of the LH rise after progesterone in methyldopa-pretreated women seem to invalidate the hypothesis that a fall in endogenous dopamine is responsible for progesterone positive feedback and suggest that neural noradrenergic mechanisms are involved in progesterone-induced gonadotropin release. The ineffectiveness of a centrally acting noradrenergic agonist in inducing gonadotropin rise provides indirect evidence that an increased pituitary responsiveness may also be involved in progesterone positive feedback.
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/11391/918620
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