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ArticleNeuromolecular medicine2018

Central Orexin A Affects Reproductive Axis by Modulation of Hypothalamic Kisspeptin/Neurokinin B/Dynorphin Secreting Neurons in the Male Wistar Rats.

Abdolkarim Hosseini, Homayoun Khazali

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Article in Neuromolecular medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Abdolkarim HosseiniDepartment of Animal Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Homayoun KhazaliDepartment of Animal Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. h_khazali@sbu.ac.ir.
Shahid Beheshti University · IR

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Abstract

It is an established fact that orexin plays an important role in regulating the reproductive axis and the secretions of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)/luteinizing hormone (LH). However, its precise cellular and molecular mechanisms are not fully recognized. Accordingly, the aim of the present study is to find out whether the central injection of orexin A (OXA) and its antagonists, SB-334867 (as orexin receptor antagonist 1; OX1RA) and JNJ-10397049 (as orexin receptor antagonist 2; OX2RA), either alone or in combination, can leave any impact on the reproductive axis (either hormonal or behavioral) in the male Wistar rats. Furthermore, in order to see whether OXA signals can be relayed through the pathway of kisspeptin/neurokinin B/dynorphin (known as KNDy neurons, a neural network which works upstream of GnRH neurons) or not, the relative gene expression of these neuropeptides were measured. Overall, the data from radioimmunoassay revealed that OXA significantly decreases the mean serum level of LH and testosterone and, in a similar vein, its antagonists neutralize this impact. Moreover, data from real-time quantitative PCR indicated that OXA has significantly reduced the hypothalamic expression of Gnrh. In this line, the gene expressions of Kisspeptin and Neurokinin b decreased. However, OXA antagonists neutralize this impact. Also, the expression of Dynorphin gene was upregulated by the following application of the OXA. The results of this study are related to the impact of orexin on the reproductive axis. It is recommended that KNDy neurons as the interneural pathway relay the information of orexin to the GnRH neurons.

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AnimalsBenzoxazolesDioxanesDynorphinsGene Expression RegulationGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneHypothalamusInjections, IntraventricularKisspeptinsLuteinizing HormoneMaleNaphthyridinesNeurokinin BNeuronsOrexinsPhenylurea Compounds1-(2-methylbenzoxazol-6-yl)-3-(1,5)naphthyridin-4-yl ureaBenzoxazolesDioxanesDynorphinsGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneJNJ 10397049Kiss1 protein, ratKisspeptinsLuteinizing HormoneNaphthyridinesNeurokinin BOrexinsPhenylurea CompoundsTestosteroneUreaGonadotropin-releasing hormoneKisspeptinKNDy neuronsLuteinizing hormoneOrexin

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