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ArticleBiologia futura2024

Investigation of effect peripheral kisspeptin treatment on hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis and hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in male rats.

Zafer Sahin, Osman Aktas, Omer Faruk Kalkan, Gokhan Cuce, Ahmet Alver, Elif Sahin, Seniz Erdem, Neslihan Saglam, Zulfikare Isik Solak Gormus, Selim Kutlu

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Zafer SahinDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. zafersahin@ktu.edu.tr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7982-7155
Osman AktasDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
Omer Faruk KalkanDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
Gokhan CuceDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
Ahmet AlverDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
Elif SahinDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
Seniz ErdemDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
Neslihan SaglamDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
Zulfikare Isik Solak GormusDepartment of Physiology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
Selim KutluDepartment of Physiology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.

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TUBİTAK 116S480
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kisspeptin is an endogenous peptide hormone that is the most potent stimulator of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis. The HPG axis can be suppressed by the activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The physiological role of kisspeptin in the interaction of the HPG axis and the HPA axis is not fully understood yet. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the possible effects of peripheral injection (intraperitoneally) of kisspeptin on HPG axis and HPA axis activity as well. Adult male Wistar rats were randomly divided into seven groups as sham (control), kisspeptin (10 nmol), p234 (10 nmol), kisspeptin + p234, kisspeptin + antalarmin (10 mg/kg), kisspeptin + astressin2b (100 μg/kg), and kisspeptin + atosiban (0.250 mg/kg) (n = 10 each group). At the end of the experiment, the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and serum samples of the rats were collected. Serum follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone levels of the kisspeptin, kisspeptin + antalarmin and kisspeptin + astressin2b groups were significantly higher than the control group. Serum testosterone levels were significantly higher in the kisspeptin, kisspeptin + antalarmin, kisspeptin + astressin2b, and kisspeptin + atosiban groups that compared to the control group. There was no a significant difference in corticotropic releasing hormone immunoreactivity in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, serum adrenocorticotropic hormone and corticosterone concentrations among all groups. Moreover, no significant difference was found in the concentration of pituitary oxytocin. Our results suggest that peripheral kisspeptin injection induces an activation in the HPG axis, but not in the HPA axis in male rats.

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Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal SystemKisspeptinsPituitary-Adrenal SystemRats, WistarAnimalsMaleRatsKisspeptinsCorticotropic releasing hormoneHPA axisHPG axisKisspeptinOxytocinParaventricular nucleus

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