期刊
BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 1364, 期 -, 页码 164-174出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.09.039
关键词
Hypothalamus; GnRH neuron; Epigenetics; Glial-neuronal communication; Transcriptional regulation; Timing of puberty
资金
- National Institutes of Health [HD25123, MH65438, HD050798, RR000163, U 54 HD18185]
The initiation of mammalian puberty requires a sustained increase in pulsatile release of gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus This increase is brought about by coordinated changes in transsynaptic and glial-neuronal communication consisting of an increase in neuronal and glial stimulatory inputs to the GnRH neuronal network and the loss of transsynaptic inhibitory influences GnRH secretion is stimulated by transsynaptic inputs provided by excitatory amino acids (glutamate) and at least one peptide (kisspeptin), and by glial inputs provided by growth factors and small bioactive molecules The inhibitory input to GnRH neurons is mostly transsynaptic and provided by GABAergic and opiatergic neurons however GABA has also been shown to directly excite GnRH neurons There are many genes involved in the control of these cellular networks and hence in the control of the pubertal process as a whole Our laboratory has proposed the concept that these genes are arranged in overlapping networks internally organized in a hierarchical fashion According to this concept the highest level of intra network control is provided by transcriptional regulators that, by directing expression of key subordinate genes impose genetic coordination to the neuronal and glial subsets involved in initiating the pubertal process More recently we have begun to explore the concept that a more dynamic and encompassing level of integrative coordination is provided by epigenetic mechanisms (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved
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