Peripheral administration of kisspeptin-10 increases plasma concentrations of GH as well as LH in prepubertal Holstein heifers

J Endocrinol. 2008 Feb;196(2):331-4. doi: 10.1677/JOE-07-0504.

Abstract

This study was conducted to estimate the effects of kisspeptin-10 on blood concentrations of LH and GH in prepubertal dairy heifers. Heifers received a single injection of 1 mg kisspeptin-10 (n=5) or saline (n=5) intravenously, and serial blood samples were collected at 15-min intervals to analyze the response curves of both LH and GH after injection. Peak-shaped responses were observed for concentrations of LH and GH, and the peaks were observed at 27+/-3 and 75+/-9 min, respectively, after injection, only in heifers injected with kisspeptin-10. These data suggest various possible important links among kisspeptin, the reproductive axis, and also the somatotropic axis in prepubertal Holstein heifers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aging / blood*
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Female
  • Growth Hormone / blood*
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Kisspeptins
  • Luteinizing Hormone / blood*
  • Oligopeptides / administration & dosage*
  • Oligopeptides / pharmacology
  • Osmolar Concentration
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • KISS1 protein, human
  • Kisspeptins
  • Oligopeptides
  • Luteinizing Hormone
  • Growth Hormone