In vitro and in vivo effects of kisspeptin antagonists p234, p271, p354, and p356 on GPR54 activation

C H J Albers-Wolthers, J de Gier, M Walen, P J S van Kooten, C B Lambalk, P A J Leegwater, B A J Roelen, A C Schaefers-Okkens, V P M G Rutten, R P M Millar, H S Kooistra

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    Abstract

    Kisspeptins (KPs) and their receptor (GPR54 or KiSS1R) play a key-role in regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and are therefore interesting targets for therapeutic interventions in the field of reproductive endocrinology. As dogs show a rapid and robust LH response after the administration of KP10, they can serve as a good animal model for research concerning KP signaling. The aims of the present study were to test the antagonistic properties of KP analogs p234, p271, p354, and p356 in vitro, by determining the intracellular Ca2+ response of CHEM1 cells that stably express human GPR54, and to study the in vivo effects of these peptides on basal plasma LH concentration and the KP10-induced LH response in female dogs. Exposure of the CHEM1 cells to KP-10 resulted in a clear Ca2+ response. P234, p271, p354, and p356 did not prevent or lower the KP10-induced Ca2+ response. Moreover, the in vivo studies in the dogs showed that none of these supposed antagonists lowered the basal plasma LH concentration and none of the peptides lowered the KP10-induced LH response. In conclusion, p234, p271, p354, and p356 had no antagonistic effects in vitro nor any effect on basal and kisspeptin-stimulated plasma LH concentration in female dogs.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article numbere0179156
    JournalPLoS One
    Volume12
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

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