Neuromodulatory effect of oestradiol in the metabolism of ovarian progesterone and oestradiol during dioestrus II: participation of the superior mesenteric ganglion
Adriana Vega Orozco A , Cynthia Bronzi A B , Sandra Vallcaneras A B , Zulema Sosa A and Marilina Casais A B C
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A Laboratorio de Biología de la Reproducción (LABIR), Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Ejercito de Los Andes 950. San Luis, República Argentina.
B Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas (IMIBIO-SL), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Ejercito de Los Andes 950 – 1er Bloque 1er piso ala Norte D5700HHW, San Luis, República Argentina.
C Corresponding author. Email: mcasais@unsl.edu.ar
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 29(11) 2175-2182 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD16378
Submitted: 26 September 2016 Accepted: 1 February 2017 Published: 26 April 2017
Abstract
The aims of the present study were to determine: (1) whether oestradiol (E2) in the superior mesenteric ganglion (SMG) modifies the release of ovarian progesterone (P4), androstenedione (A2) and E2, the activity and gene expression of 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3β-HSD) and 20α-HSD and the expression of P450 aromatase (Cyp19a1) and (2) whether any such modifications are related to changes in ovarian nitric oxide (NO) and noradrenaline (NA) levels during dioestrus II. Using an ex vivo SMG–ovarian nervous plexus–ovary system, ovarian P4 release was measured following the addition E2 plus tamoxifen (Txf) (10−6M) to the ganglion, whereas A2, E2, NA and NO were measured following the addition of E2 alone. Steroids were measured by radioimmunoassay, NA concentrations were determined by HPLC and gene expression was evaluated using reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction. Oestradiol in the ganglion decreased ovarian P4, E2 and NA release, as well as 3β-HSD activity, but increased the release of A2 and nitrites, as well as the 20α-HSD expression and its activity. No changes were observed in Cyp19a1 gene expression. The addition of E2 plus Txf to the ganglion reversed the effects of E2 alone. The action of oestradiol in SMG favours the beginning of functional luteolysis, due to an increase in NO release and a decrease in NA in the ovary. These results may help elucidate the role of E2 in hormone-dependent pathologies in women.
Additional keywords: nitric oxide, noradrenaline, ovary, steroidogenesis.
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