Gonadotropin-releasing hormone stimulation of annexin A5 expression in the thymus of male rats.

Mitsumori Kawaminami, Ryota Terashima, Takuya Murata, Shuichi Chiba, Shiro Kurusu

The Journal of veterinary medical science 2022 May 01

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As gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is expressed in the thymus, its direct action on thymic cells, including thymic involution, has been suggested. Annexin A5 (ANXA5), a biomarker of GnRH, was used to determine whether GnRH affects the thymus of male rats. Immunohistochemistry showed positive reactions for ANXA5 in large medullary epithelial cells at 30 days of age, and the expression continued until 180 days of age. Organ culture of thymus pieces was performed to examine the direct action of a GnRH agonist (GnRHa) on the expression of Anxa5 and Gnrh mRNA. Thymus tissues obtained from male rats (40-60 days old) were cut into small pieces (2-3 mm3) and incubated for 3 hr with the GnRHa. The expression levels of Anxa5 and Gnrh mRNA were augmented by the GnRHa. Immunohistochemistry of these tissue fragments showed that ANXA5 expression was enhanced, especially in medullary epithelial cells. These results revealed that GnRH synthesis in the thymus could affect thymic epithelial cells after puberty.

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Mitsumori Kawaminami, Ryota Terashima, Takuya Murata, Shuichi Chiba, Shiro Kurusu. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone stimulation of annexin A5 expression in the thymus of male rats. The Journal of veterinary medical science. 2022 May 01;84(5):638-643