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The effect of the estrous cycle on the expression of prepro-orexin gene and protein and the levels of orexin A and B in the porcine pituitary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2013

N. Smolinska ,
A. Nitkiewicz ,
A. Maleszka ,
M. Kiezun ,
K. Dobrzyn ,
J. Czerwinska ,
K. Chojnowska  and
T. Kaminski
N. Smolinska
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-719 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland
A. Nitkiewicz
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-719 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland
A. Maleszka
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-719 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland
M. Kiezun
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-719 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland
K. Dobrzyn
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-719 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland
J. Czerwinska
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-719 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland
K. Chojnowska
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-719 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland
T. Kaminski*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-719 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland
*
†E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Hypothalamic peptides orexin A (OXA) and orexin B (OXB) are derived from the proteolytic cleavage of a common precursor molecule, prepro-orexin (PPO). They act via two orexin receptors (OX1R and OX2R), which belong to the G-protein coupled receptor superfamily. Orexins are implicated in the regulation of arousal states, energy homeostasis and reproductive neuroendocrine function. The objective of this study was to investigate the presence and changes in orexin expression in the porcine pituitary during the estrous cycle. Adenohypophysis (AP) and neurohypophysis (NP) tissue samples were harvested on days 2 to 3, 10 to 12, 14 to 16, and 17 to 19 of the estrous cycle. The expression of the PPO gene increased in AP and NP during the estrous cycle. The highest PPO protein concentrations in AP were reported on days 2 to 3 (P<0.05), and in NP – on days 10 to 12 and 17 to 19 (P<0.05). The expression of PPO mRNA was lower in AP than in NP, but PPO protein levels were higher in AP. In AP, OXA immunoreactivity was higher (P<0.05) on days 10 to 12 and 14 to 16. In NP, the highest (P<0.05) content of the analyzed protein was observed on days 10 to 12 and the lowest (P<0.05) – on days 14 to 16 and 17 to 19. OXB immunoreactivity in AP reached the highest level (P<0.05) on days 2 to 3, and the lowest level (P<0.05) was determined on days 10 to 12 and 17 to 19. OXB protein concentrations in NP peaked (P<0.05) on days 10 to 12 of the cycle. Our study was the first experiment to demonstrate the expression of the orexin gene and orexin proteins in the porcine pituitary and the correlations between expression levels and the phase of the estrous cycle.

Keywords

prepro-orexinorexin A and Bpituitaryestrous cyclepig
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animal , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , February 2014 , pp. 300 - 307
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