Abstract

The mechanisms mediating suppression of reproduction in response to decreased nutrient availability remain undefined, with studies suggesting regulation occurs within the hypothalamus, pituitary, or gonads. By manipulating glucose utilization and GLUT1 expression in a pituitary gonadotrope cell model and in primary gonadotropes, we show GLUT1-dependent stimulation of glycolysis, but not mitochondrial respiration, by the reproductive neuropeptide GnRH. GnRH stimulation increases gonadotrope GLUT1 expression and translocation to the extracellular membrane. Maximal secretion of the gonadotropin Luteinizing Hormone is supported by GLUT1 expression and activity, and GnRH-induced glycolysis is recapitulated in primary gonadotropes. GLUT1 expression increases in vivo during the GnRH-induced ovulatory LH surge and correlates with GnRHR. We conclude that the gonadotropes of the anterior pituitary sense glucose availability and integrate this status with input from the hypothalamus via GnRH receptor signaling to regulate reproductive hormone synthesis and secretion.

Details

Title
GLUT1-mediated glycolysis supports GnRH-induced secretion of luteinizing hormone from female gonadotropes
Author
Nicholas, Dequina A 1 ; Knight Vashti S 1 ; Tonsfeldt, Karen J 1 ; Terasaka Tomohiro 1 ; Molinar-Inglis, Olivia 2 ; Stephens Shannon B Z 1 ; Trejo, JoAnn 2 ; Kauffman, Alexander S 1 ; Mellon, Pamela L 1 ; Lawson, Mark A 1 

 University of California, San Diego, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and Center for Reproductive Science and Medicine, La Jolla, USA (GRID:grid.266100.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 2107 4242) 
 University of California, San Diego, Department of Pharmacology, La Jolla, USA (GRID:grid.266100.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 2107 4242) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2429922173
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.