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Luteinizing hormone synthesis in cultured fetal human pituitary cells exposed to gonadotropin-releasing hormone.
To investigate whether GnRH regulates LH synthesis during human development, pituitary cells from second trimester fetuses were incubated with [35S]methionine ([35S]met) and [3H]glucosamine ([3H]gln) for 48 h with 0, 10(-9), and 10(-7) mol/L GnRH. Immunoassayable (i) LH was measured in media and cellular lysates, and dual label scintillation analysis was used to quantitate incorporation of radiolabeled precursors into cells, trichloroacetic acid-precipitable proteins, and immunoprecipitated LH subjected to electrophoresis. Exposure of cells to GnRH did not affect cellular uptake or incorporation of precursors into proteins, but specifically increased total (secreted plus cellular) LH synthesis. Both GnRH concentrations significantly increased iLH release and enhanced secreted and cellular [3H]gln-LH. The secretion of [35S] met-LH was stimulated only by 10(-7) mol/L GnRH. The proportion of newly synthesized LH that was secreted and the 3H/35S ratio of secreted and cellular LH were uninfluenced by GnRH. Although basal LH synthesis was not sex dependent, total iLH content and GnRH-stimulated LH translation were greater in cells from females than in those from males. Therefore, GnRH regulates LH synthesis by second trimester fetal human gonadotrophs without influencing the proportion of total radiolabeled LH that is secreted. The existence of a sex difference in total iLH content and GnRH-stimulated LH translation is consistent with the sexual dimorphism in pituitary LH content occurring during human development.
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