Abstract
In this investigation, substance P (SP) and neurokinin A (NKA) concentrations have been determined in the ovary of control prepubertal mice, and prepubertal mice injected with pregnant mare serum (PMS) gonadotropin , an equine gonadotropin with predominant FSH action, or with PMS followed by human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which produces heavily luteinized ovaries after the stimulation with PMS. Control animals were injected with saline. The ovaries of animals treated with gonadotropins were heavier than the control ovaries, the combination of PMS plus hCG produced significantly heavier ovaries than PMS alone. The concentrations of SP and NKA in the ovaries of the animals treated with PMS or PMS/hCG were significantly lower than in control ovaries. No significant differences in ovarian tachykinin concentrations were observed between PMS and PMS/hCG-treated animals. The total ovarian content of SP was lower in PMS-injected animals as compared with the controls. The total ovarian content of NKA was not significantly different in the three groups of animals studied. These results show that ovaries stimulated with gonadotropins have lower concentrations of tachykinins than normal ovaries at the same age. It is therefore evident that gonadotropins can affect tachykinin stores in the ovaries of mice.
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