Sex differences in the daily rhythm of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide but not arginine vasopressin messenger ribonucleic acid in the suprachiasmatic nuclei

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Krajnak, K [1 ]
Kashon, ML [1 ]
Rosewell, KL [1 ]
Wise, PM [1 ]
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[1] Univ Kentucky, Dept Physiol, Chandler Med Ctr MS508, Lexington, KY 40536 USA
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10.1210/en.139.10.4189
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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The timing of the preovulatory surge of LH in female rodents is tightly coupled to the environmental light/dark cycle. This coupling is mediated by the circadian pacemaker located in the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN). Studies indicate that vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and arginine vasopressin (AVP), which are syn thesized in the SCN, transmit circadian information from the SCN to GnRH neurons, thereby regulating the timing of the LK surge. However, to date, the rhythmic expression of these two peptides in the SCN has only been examined in males. The pattern of VIP expression in males is difficult to reconcile with its role in the LH surge. The purpose of the present study was to assess the rhythm of VIP messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in the SCN of female rats under several endocrine conditions. We compared this rhythm to that in males and to AVP mRNA rhythms in all experimental groups. In all groups of females, VIP mRNA levels were rhythmic, with peak expression occurring during the light phase and a nadir occurring during the dark phase. The rhythm was approximately 12 h out of phase compared with that in males. The rhythmic expression of AVP mRNA in the SCN was virtually identical in all groups of animals. Based on these results, me conclude that I) the rhythm of VIP seen in the SCN of females during the day may serve as a facilitory signal from the SCN to GnRH neurons; 2) the sex-specific pattern of VIP mRNA does not depend on estradiol; and 3) AVP gene expression within the SCN is not sexually differentiated or altered by estradiol.
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