Journal
HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 58, Issue 2, Pages 223-229Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.03.014
Keywords
Estradiol; Lordosis behavior; MAPK; PP2; Progesterone; 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone; 5 alpha-pregnan,3 alpha-20-dione; Progesterone metabolism; Src kinase
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- DHHS [R37 MH41414]
- [PROMEP/103.5/04/1409]
- [CONACYT/61711]
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This study tested the hypothesis that the Src/Raf/MAPK signaling pathway is involved in the facilitation of the lordosis and proceptive behaviors induced by progesterone (P) and its ring A-reduced metabolites in ovariectomized, estradiol-primed rats. Intraventricular (icy) infusion of PP2 (7.5, 15 and 30 mu g), a Src kinase inhibitor, significantly depressed P-dependent estrous behavior (lordosis and proceptivity) in estradiol-primed rats. Icy infusion of 30 mu g of PP2 also significantly attenuated estrous behavior induced by the ring A-reduced P metabolites 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone (5 alpha-DHP) and 5 alpha-pregnan-3 alpha-ol-20-one (allopregnanolone). PP2 did not inhibit estrous behavior induced by administration of high doses of estradiol alone to ovariectomized rats. We also assessed if the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) is one of the neural sites at which progestins activate Src signaling to facilitate estrous behavior. Bilateral administration of 15 mu g of PP2 into the VMH inhibited the stimulation of both lordosis and proceptive behaviors elicited by subcutaneous P administration to estradiol-primed rats. These results suggest that progestins act through Src/Raf/MAPK signaling to initiate estrous behaviors in estrogen-primed rats. This event is one component of the cellular pathways leading to the display of estrous behaviors induced by P and its ring A-reduced metabolites in female rats. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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