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Puberty enables oestradiol-induced progesterone synthesis in female mouse hypothalamic astrocytes

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JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 34, 期 6, 页码 -

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jne.13082

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astrocytes; hypothalamus; progesterone; puberty

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  1. NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) UCLA CTSI grant [UL1TR001881]
  2. NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development [HD042635, HD097965]

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The development of oestrogen positive feedback during female puberty is not fully understood. This study investigates the role of astrocytes in the facilitation of neuroP synthesis by oestradiol (E2) and the expression of membrane oestrogen receptor alpha (mER alpha) in pre- and post-pubertal stages. The results suggest that prior to puberty, astrocytes have low levels of mER alpha, which hinders the response of neuroP synthesis to E2. However, after puberty, the expression of mER alpha in astrocytes increases, leading to the facilitation of neuroP synthesis.
The development of oestrogen positive feedback is a hallmark of female puberty. Both oestrogen and progesterone signalling are required for the functioning of this neuroendocrine feedback loop but the physiological changes that underlie the emergence of positive feedback remain unknown. Only after puberty does oestradiol (E2) facilitate progesterone synthesis in the rat female hypothalamus (neuroP), an event critical for positive feedback and the LH surge. We hypothesize that prior to puberty, these astrocytes have low levels of membrane oestrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha), which is needed for facilitation of neuroP synthesis. Thus, we hypothesized that prepubertal astrocytes are unable to respond to E2 with increased neuroP synthesis due a lack of membrane ER alpha. To test this, hypothalamic tissues and enriched primary hypothalamic astrocyte cultures were acquired from prepubertal (postnatal week 3) and post-pubertal (week 8) female mice. E2-facilitated neuroP was measured in the hypothalamus pre- and post-puberty, and hypothalamic astrocyte responses were measured after treatment with E2. Prior to puberty, E2-facilitated neuroP synthesis did not occur in the hypothalamus, and mER alpha expression was low in hypothalamic astrocytes, but E2-facilitated neuroP synthesis in the rostral hypothalamus and mER alpha expression increased post-puberty. The increase in mER alpha expression in hypothalamic astrocytes corresponded with a post-pubertal increase in caveolin-1 protein, PKA phosphorylation, and a more rapid [Ca2+](i) flux in response to E2. Together, results from the present study indicate that E2-facilitated neuroP synthesis occurs in the rostral hypothalamus, develops during puberty, and corresponds to a post-pubertal increase in mER alpha levels in hypothalamic astrocytes.

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