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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 32, 745-752, Copyright © 1985 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Dose-dependent inhibition of the preovulatory surges of gonadotropins and prolactin by the antiestrogen CI-628: possible sites of action

LV De Paolo

The present series of experiments was conducted in an attempt to correlate previously reported dose-dependent and site-selective inhibitory effects of an antiestrogen, CI-628, on 17 beta-estradiol (E2)-receptor interactions in the anterior pituitary gland (AP) and hypothalamus with its effects on the preovulatory surges of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and prolactin. The effects of CI-628 on the response of the AP to luteinizing hormone- releasing hormone (LHRH) and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) also were examined. In the first study, rats exhibiting 4-day estrous cycles were injected with various doses (0.02, 0.20, 2.0, and 20 mg/kg) of CI- 628 or vehicle at 0900 h on diestrus-2 and proestrus. The preovulatory LH surge and both preovulatory and secondary FSH surges were marginally affected by 0.02 mg/kg CI-628, but were completely abolished by higher doses. In contrast, a dose of 0.20 mg/kg only delayed the prolactin surge; however, higher doses were effective in extinguishing cyclic prolactin release. In a second experiment, CI-628 in rats treated on diestrus-2 and proestrus exerted a dose-dependent suppression of the AP LH response to an initial injection of LHRH on proestrous afternoon in rats whose endogenous LH surges were blocked by phenobarbital. However, AP LH responses to a second LHRH injection to assess the self-priming capacity of LHRH were attenuated only in rats given 0.20, 2.0, and 20 mg/kg CI-628. Contrastingly, the AP prolactin response to TRH was suppressed only in rats given 0.20 mg/kg CI-628.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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