The role of kisspeptin in the control of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and reproduction

Q Xie, Y Kang, C Zhang, Y Xie, C Wang, J Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The discovery of kisspeptin as a critical central regulatory factor of GnRH release has given
people a novel understanding of the neuroendocrine regulation in human reproduction …

Neuroendocrine control of gonadotropin‐releasing hormone: pulsatile and surge modes of secretion

RL Goodman, AE Herbison… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The concept that different systems control episodic and surge secretion of gonadotropin‐
releasing hormone (GnRH) was well established by the time that GnRH was identified and …

Definition of the hypothalamic GnRH pulse generator in mice

J Clarkson, SY Han, R Piet… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The pulsatile release of luteinizing hormone (LH) is critical for mammalian fertility. However,
despite several decades of investigation, the identity of the neuronal network generating …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of kisspeptin neuron synchronization for pulsatile hormone secretion in male mice

SY Han, PG Morris, JC Kim, S Guru, M Pardo-Navarro… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The mechanism by which arcuate nucleus kisspeptin (ARN KISS) neurons co-expressing
glutamate, neurokinin B, and dynorphin intermittently synchronize their activity to generate …

Functional consequences of neuropeptide and small-molecule co-transmission

MP Nusbaum, DM Blitz, E Marder - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Colocalization of small-molecule and neuropeptide transmitters is common throughout the
nervous system of all animals. The resulting co-transmission, which provides conjoint …

The gonadotropin-releasing hormone pulse generator

AE Herbison - Endocrinology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The pulsatile release of GnRH and LH secretion is essential for fertility in all mammals.
Pulses of LH occur approximately every hour in follicular-phase females and every 2 to 3 …

KNDy cells revisited

AM Moore, LM Coolen, DT Porter, RL Goodman… - …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In the past decade since kisspeptin/neurokinin B/dynorphin (KNDy) cells were first identified
in the mammalian hypothalamus, a plethora of new research has emerged adding insights …

AgRP to Kiss1 neuron signaling links nutritional state and fertility

SL Padilla, J Qiu, CC Nestor, C Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Mammalian reproductive function depends upon a neuroendocrine circuit that evokes the
pulsatile release of gonadotropin hormones (luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating …

In vivo imaging of the GnRH pulse generator reveals a temporal order of neuronal activation and synchronization during each pulse

AM Moore, LM Coolen… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
A hypothalamic pulse generator located in the arcuate nucleus controls episodic release of
gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) and is essential for …

MKRN3 inhibits the reproductive axis through actions in kisspeptin-expressing neurons

AP Abreu, CA Toro, YB Song… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The identification of loss-of-function mutations in MKRN3 in patients with central precocious
puberty in association with the decrease in MKRN3 expression in the medial basal …