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. 1977 Oct;45(4):662-7.
doi: 10.1210/jcem-45-4-662.

Gonadotropin, estrogen and progesterone response to long term gonadotropin-releasing hormone infusion at various stages of the menstrual cycle

R Jewelewicz, I Dyrenfurth, M Ferin, J Bogumil, R L Vande Wiele

Gonadotropin, estrogen and progesterone response to long term gonadotropin-releasing hormone infusion at various stages of the menstrual cycle

R Jewelewicz et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1977 Oct.

Abstract

PIP: 6 normally menstruating women, aged 22-27, were given constant infusions of 12.5-25 mcg/hour gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) for 24 hours during 10 cycles. 4 were infused in the early follicular, 3 in the late follicular, and 3 in the luteal phase. Frequent blood samples were assayed for luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), estradiol, progesterone, and GnRH. The increase in gonadotropin and patterns of response varied in the different stages of the cycle. Quantitatively the response was minimal in the early follicular phase, maximal at midcycle, and moderate in midluteal phase. In the latter 2 phases most of the gonadotropins were released during the first 8 hours of infusion. The ratio of the LH-FSH areas under the curves favored FSH in the early follicular phase and LH at midcycle and luteal phase. In all the cycles there was an initial increase in both gonadotropins which lasted 6-8 hours after which the levels declined but nevertheless remained above baseline as long as the infusion was continued. Plasma GnRH measured during 6 infusions was undetectable prior to the starting and after discontinuation of the infusion, but during infusion fluctuations were considerable ranging from 150 to 500 pg/ml. These studies bring additional evidence to the possible existence of 2 gonadotropin pools in the human pituitary and point to the complexity of the response mechanism to GnRH stimulation and its relation to ovarian secretion.

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