Brain distribution of radioimmunoassayable gonadotropin-releasing hormone in female goldfish: Seasonal variation and periovulatory changes

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Abstract

A radioimmunoassay (RIA) for [Trp7, Leu8]gonadotropin-releasing hormone (sGnRH) was developed to determine the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) content in discrete brain areas of female goldfish at different stages of ovarian development. Temporal changes in serum gonadotropin (GtH) and GnRH concentrations in discrete brain areas were measured during spontaneous ovulation. There were no clear parallel changes in brain GnRH with seasonal ovarian development in goldfish. However, under a 10° temperature acclimation regimen, the GnRH content in the hypothalamus and pituitary decreased as the ovary progressed from the regressed to the mature condition; on the other hand, GnRH content in the spinal cord increased in sexually mature fish compared with that in regressed fish. Significant decreases in GnRH concentration were observed in certain brain areas (olfactory bulbs, telencephalon, hypothalamus, and pituitary) of fish undergoing spontaneous ovulation compared with those of nonovulatory fish. The simultaneous changes of GnRH concentration in these brain areas suggested that the GnRH neuronal system may function as an integrated unit for the activation of GtH secretion during ovulation in goldfish.

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