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To determine whether leptin restores gonadotropic function in lean hypogonadotropic animals by upregulating central acetylated melanocortin production.

November 18, 2009NeuroendocrinologyOpen Access

Melanocortins Mimic the Effects of Leptin to Restore Reproductive Function in Lean Hypogonadotropic Ewes

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To determine whether leptin restores gonadotropic function in lean hypogonadotropic animals by upregulating central acetylated melanocortin production.
Administered 3-day intracerebroventricular infusions of leptin, vehicle, a melanocortin agonist (MTII), or naloxone to lean ovariectomized ewes.
Assessed proopiomelanocortin mRNA, beta-endorphin, and post-translational acetylation forms of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone across the arcuate nucleus, hypothalamus, and preoptic area in lean and normal-weight ewes.
Leptin infusions upregulated proopiomelanocortin mRNA and restored pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion in lean ewes, an effect mirrored by the melanocortin agonist MTII but not by naloxone.
Levels of acetylated alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone were lower in lean animals within terminal beds of the hypothalamus and preoptic area, but remained unchanged in the arcuate nucleus.

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Experimental study demonstrates restored luteinizing hormone secretion via melanocortin signaling in lean ewes, suggesting leptin regulates reproduction through central melanocortin pathways.

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Backholer et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87d104e9ff8443d248efc9 https://doi.org/10.1159/000260060

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Experimental study demonstrates restored luteinizing hormone secretion via melanocortin signaling in lean ewes, suggesting leptin regulates reproduction through central melanocortin pathways.

Melanocortins Mimic the Effects of Leptin to Restore Reproductive Function in Lean Hypogonadotropic Ewes

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