ArticleEndocrinology2014
Impaired GABAB receptor signaling dramatically up-regulates Kiss1 expression selectively in nonhypothalamic brain regions of adult but not prepubertal mice.
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- Kisspeptin enhances brain responses to olfactory and visual cues of attraction in men.JCI insight · 2020Trial
- Kisspeptin modulates sexual and emotional brain processing in humans.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2017Trial
- Kisspeptin made in the preoptic area is required for normal estradiol-induced LH surges and optimal fertility in females.Endocrinology · 2026Article
- GABA receptor modulation of arcuate kisspeptin neuron bursting and synchronization activity in female mice.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2026Article
- Vesicular GABA transport expression in kisspeptin cells may contribute to the preovulatory gonadotropin surge.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Sexually dimorphic distribution of Kiss1 neurons in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- The Neuroendocrine Regulation of Reproductive Behavior and Emotional Control by Kisspeptin.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Review
- Anatomic distribution of kisspeptin neurons in the adult sheep amygdala: Associations with sex, estrogen receptor alpha, androgen receptor, and sexual partner preference.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- Comprehensive chemoanatomical mapping, and the gonadal regulation, of seven kisspeptin neuronal populations in the mouse brain.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- Estrogen-Regulated Lateral Septal Kisspeptin Neurons Abundantly Project to GnRH Neurons and the Hypothalamic Supramammillary Nucleus.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Selective depletion of kisspeptin neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus in early juvenile life reduces pubertal LH secretion and delays puberty onset in mice.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2024Article
- Sex difference in developmental changes in visualized Kiss1 neurons in newly generated Kiss1-Cre rats.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2023Article
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- The molecular phenotype of kisspeptin neurons in the medial amygdala of female mice.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Posterodorsal Medial Amygdala Urocortin-3, GABA, and Glutamate Mediate Suppression of LH Pulsatility in Female Mice.Endocrinology · 2022Article
- GnRH pulse generator frequency is modulated by kisspeptin and GABA-glutamate interactions in the posterodorsal medial amygdala in female mice.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2022Article
- Developmental sex differences in the peri-pubertal pattern of hypothalamic reproductive gene expression, including Kiss1 and Tac2, may contribute to sex differences in puberty onset.Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2022Article
- Metabolic actions of kisspeptin signaling: Effects on body weight, energy expenditure, and feeding.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2022Review
- Current Perspectives on Kisspeptins Role in Behaviour.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Extrahypothalamic Control of Energy Balance and Its Connection with Reproduction: Roles of the Amygdala.Metabolites · 2021Review
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Abstract
Kisspeptin, encoded by Kiss1, stimulates reproduction and is synthesized in the hypothalamic anteroventral periventricular and arcuate nuclei. Kiss1 is also expressed at lower levels in the medial amygdala (MeA) and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), but the regulation and function of Kiss1 there is poorly understood. γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) also regulates reproduction, and female GABAB1 receptor knockout (KO) mice have compromised fertility. However, the interaction between GABAB receptors and Kiss1 neurons is unknown. Here, using double-label in situ hybridization, we first demonstrated that a majority of hypothalamic Kiss1 neurons coexpress GABAB1 subunit, a finding also confirmed for most MeA Kiss1 neurons. Yet, despite known reproductive impairments in GABAB1KO mice, Kiss1 expression in the anteroventral periventricular and arcuate nuclei, assessed by both in situ hybridization and real-time PCR, was identical between adult wild-type and GABAB1KO mice. Surprisingly, however, Kiss1 levels in the BNST and MeA, as well as the lateral septum (a region normally lacking Kiss1 expression), were dramatically increased in both GABAB1KO males and females. The increased Kiss1 levels in extrahypothalamic regions were not caused by elevated sex steroids (which can increase Kiss1 expression), because circulating estradiol and testosterone were equivalent between genotypes. Interestingly, increased Kiss1 expression was not detected in the MeA or BNST in prepubertal KO mice of either sex, indicating that the enhancements in extrahypothalamic Kiss1 levels initiate during/after puberty. These findings suggest that GABAB signaling may normally directly or indirectly inhibit Kiss1 expression, particularly in the BNST and MeA, and highlight the importance of studying kisspeptin populations outside the hypothalamus.
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