Perinatal programming of the orexinergic (hypocretinergic) system in hypothalamus and anterior pituitary by testosterone

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Cataldi, Natalia Isabel; Lux, Victoria Adela R.; Libertun, Carlos
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2018
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Orexins A/B derived from hypothalamic prepro-orexin (PPO) are agonists for orexin receptors 1 (OX1) and 2 (OX2). Previously, we showed clear sex differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal orexinergic system in adult rodents. Here, we studied the effect of sexual brain differentiation on the orexinergic system in neuroendocrine structures regulating reproduction. We evaluated: a: proestrous and neonatally androgenized female rats; b: adult males, untreated or gonadectomized in adulthood and injected with oil or estradiol and progesterone (E2/P4); c: control and demasculinized males (perinatally treated with flutamide and later castration) injected either with oil or E2/P4 in adulthood. Rats were sacrificed at 12:00 and 18:00h; blood samples and brains were collected. Hormones were measured using radioimmunoassay. PPO, OX1 and OX2 mRNAs were quantified by qPCR in medial basal hypothalamus, anterior hypothalamus, adenohypophysis, and cortex. Western blots for OX1 were done in the same structures. In normal females, gonadotropins surged at 18:00h coinciding with significant elevations of PPO, OX1 and OX2 mRNAs and OX1 protein in hypothalamus and pituitary; no increases were observed at noon. Afternoon changes were absent in masculinized females. Demasculinized males when treated with E2/P4 showed high PPO, OX1 and OX2 mRNAs and OX1 protein expression in hypothalamus and pituitary at 12:00 and 18:00h compared vehicle-treated controls. The same steroid treatment was ineffective in males with normal brain masculinization. Here we show that neonatal testosterone shapes the sexual differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary orexinergic system in synchronicity to establishing the brain sex differences of the reproductive axis. The female brain controls gonadotropin surges and concurrent elevations of all studied components of the orexinergic system, suggesting its participation as a possible link between food intake, behavior and hormonal control of reproduction.
Fil: Cataldi, Natalia Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Lux, Victoria Adela R.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Libertun, Carlos. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; Argentina
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Gonadotropins
Hypothalamus
Orexins
Pituitary
Reproduction
Sexual Programming
Steroids Hormones
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spelling Perinatal programming of the orexinergic (hypocretinergic) system in hypothalamus and anterior pituitary by testosteroneCataldi, Natalia IsabelLux, Victoria Adela R.Libertun, CarlosGonadotropinsHypothalamusOrexinsPituitaryReproductionSexual ProgrammingSteroids Hormoneshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Orexins A/B derived from hypothalamic prepro-orexin (PPO) are agonists for orexin receptors 1 (OX1) and 2 (OX2). Previously, we showed clear sex differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal orexinergic system in adult rodents. Here, we studied the effect of sexual brain differentiation on the orexinergic system in neuroendocrine structures regulating reproduction. We evaluated: a: proestrous and neonatally androgenized female rats; b: adult males, untreated or gonadectomized in adulthood and injected with oil or estradiol and progesterone (E2/P4); c: control and demasculinized males (perinatally treated with flutamide and later castration) injected either with oil or E2/P4 in adulthood. Rats were sacrificed at 12:00 and 18:00h; blood samples and brains were collected. Hormones were measured using radioimmunoassay. PPO, OX1 and OX2 mRNAs were quantified by qPCR in medial basal hypothalamus, anterior hypothalamus, adenohypophysis, and cortex. Western blots for OX1 were done in the same structures. In normal females, gonadotropins surged at 18:00h coinciding with significant elevations of PPO, OX1 and OX2 mRNAs and OX1 protein in hypothalamus and pituitary; no increases were observed at noon. Afternoon changes were absent in masculinized females. Demasculinized males when treated with E2/P4 showed high PPO, OX1 and OX2 mRNAs and OX1 protein expression in hypothalamus and pituitary at 12:00 and 18:00h compared vehicle-treated controls. The same steroid treatment was ineffective in males with normal brain masculinization. Here we show that neonatal testosterone shapes the sexual differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary orexinergic system in synchronicity to establishing the brain sex differences of the reproductive axis. The female brain controls gonadotropin surges and concurrent elevations of all studied components of the orexinergic system, suggesting its participation as a possible link between food intake, behavior and hormonal control of reproduction.Fil: Cataldi, Natalia Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Lux, Victoria Adela R.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Libertun, Carlos. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaElsevier Inc2018-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/38664Cataldi, Natalia Isabel; Lux, Victoria Adela R.; Libertun, Carlos; Perinatal programming of the orexinergic (hypocretinergic) system in hypothalamus and anterior pituitary by testosterone; Elsevier Inc; Peptides; 99; 1-2018; 117-1270196-9781CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.peptides.2017.04.006info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/28442349info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:49:36Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/38664instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:49:36.907CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Perinatal programming of the orexinergic (hypocretinergic) system in hypothalamus and anterior pituitary by testosterone
title Perinatal programming of the orexinergic (hypocretinergic) system in hypothalamus and anterior pituitary by testosterone
spellingShingle Perinatal programming of the orexinergic (hypocretinergic) system in hypothalamus and anterior pituitary by testosterone
Cataldi, Natalia Isabel
Gonadotropins
Hypothalamus
Orexins
Pituitary
Reproduction
Sexual Programming
Steroids Hormones
title_short Perinatal programming of the orexinergic (hypocretinergic) system in hypothalamus and anterior pituitary by testosterone
title_full Perinatal programming of the orexinergic (hypocretinergic) system in hypothalamus and anterior pituitary by testosterone
title_fullStr Perinatal programming of the orexinergic (hypocretinergic) system in hypothalamus and anterior pituitary by testosterone
title_full_unstemmed Perinatal programming of the orexinergic (hypocretinergic) system in hypothalamus and anterior pituitary by testosterone
title_sort Perinatal programming of the orexinergic (hypocretinergic) system in hypothalamus and anterior pituitary by testosterone
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cataldi, Natalia Isabel
Lux, Victoria Adela R.
Libertun, Carlos
author Cataldi, Natalia Isabel
author_facet Cataldi, Natalia Isabel
Lux, Victoria Adela R.
Libertun, Carlos
author_role author
author2 Lux, Victoria Adela R.
Libertun, Carlos
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Gonadotropins
Hypothalamus
Orexins
Pituitary
Reproduction
Sexual Programming
Steroids Hormones
topic Gonadotropins
Hypothalamus
Orexins
Pituitary
Reproduction
Sexual Programming
Steroids Hormones
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Orexins A/B derived from hypothalamic prepro-orexin (PPO) are agonists for orexin receptors 1 (OX1) and 2 (OX2). Previously, we showed clear sex differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal orexinergic system in adult rodents. Here, we studied the effect of sexual brain differentiation on the orexinergic system in neuroendocrine structures regulating reproduction. We evaluated: a: proestrous and neonatally androgenized female rats; b: adult males, untreated or gonadectomized in adulthood and injected with oil or estradiol and progesterone (E2/P4); c: control and demasculinized males (perinatally treated with flutamide and later castration) injected either with oil or E2/P4 in adulthood. Rats were sacrificed at 12:00 and 18:00h; blood samples and brains were collected. Hormones were measured using radioimmunoassay. PPO, OX1 and OX2 mRNAs were quantified by qPCR in medial basal hypothalamus, anterior hypothalamus, adenohypophysis, and cortex. Western blots for OX1 were done in the same structures. In normal females, gonadotropins surged at 18:00h coinciding with significant elevations of PPO, OX1 and OX2 mRNAs and OX1 protein in hypothalamus and pituitary; no increases were observed at noon. Afternoon changes were absent in masculinized females. Demasculinized males when treated with E2/P4 showed high PPO, OX1 and OX2 mRNAs and OX1 protein expression in hypothalamus and pituitary at 12:00 and 18:00h compared vehicle-treated controls. The same steroid treatment was ineffective in males with normal brain masculinization. Here we show that neonatal testosterone shapes the sexual differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary orexinergic system in synchronicity to establishing the brain sex differences of the reproductive axis. The female brain controls gonadotropin surges and concurrent elevations of all studied components of the orexinergic system, suggesting its participation as a possible link between food intake, behavior and hormonal control of reproduction.
Fil: Cataldi, Natalia Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Lux, Victoria Adela R.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Libertun, Carlos. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; Argentina
description Orexins A/B derived from hypothalamic prepro-orexin (PPO) are agonists for orexin receptors 1 (OX1) and 2 (OX2). Previously, we showed clear sex differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal orexinergic system in adult rodents. Here, we studied the effect of sexual brain differentiation on the orexinergic system in neuroendocrine structures regulating reproduction. We evaluated: a: proestrous and neonatally androgenized female rats; b: adult males, untreated or gonadectomized in adulthood and injected with oil or estradiol and progesterone (E2/P4); c: control and demasculinized males (perinatally treated with flutamide and later castration) injected either with oil or E2/P4 in adulthood. Rats were sacrificed at 12:00 and 18:00h; blood samples and brains were collected. Hormones were measured using radioimmunoassay. PPO, OX1 and OX2 mRNAs were quantified by qPCR in medial basal hypothalamus, anterior hypothalamus, adenohypophysis, and cortex. Western blots for OX1 were done in the same structures. In normal females, gonadotropins surged at 18:00h coinciding with significant elevations of PPO, OX1 and OX2 mRNAs and OX1 protein in hypothalamus and pituitary; no increases were observed at noon. Afternoon changes were absent in masculinized females. Demasculinized males when treated with E2/P4 showed high PPO, OX1 and OX2 mRNAs and OX1 protein expression in hypothalamus and pituitary at 12:00 and 18:00h compared vehicle-treated controls. The same steroid treatment was ineffective in males with normal brain masculinization. Here we show that neonatal testosterone shapes the sexual differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary orexinergic system in synchronicity to establishing the brain sex differences of the reproductive axis. The female brain controls gonadotropin surges and concurrent elevations of all studied components of the orexinergic system, suggesting its participation as a possible link between food intake, behavior and hormonal control of reproduction.
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