Immunization of mice against a synthetic N-terminal extracellular domain gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor peptide: evidence for a direct uterine effect

Immature male and female mice were immunized with a synthetic peptide corresponding to amino acids 5-17 (ASLEQDPNHCSAI) of the mouse hypophyseal gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor. Effect of immunization (postpuberal) was restricted to the uterus. Pituitary-gonadal functions were not alt...

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Published inAmerican journal of reproductive immunology (1989) Vol. 32; no. 2; p. 95
Main Authors Asirvatham, A L, Johnson, G A, Belden, E L, Van Kirk, E A, Moss, G E, Murdoch, W J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Denmark 01.09.1994
Subjects
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Female
Immunization, Passive
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Molecular Sequence Data
Peptide Fragments - immunology
Receptors, LHRH - chemistry
Receptors, LHRH - immunology
Uterus - immunology
Uterus - pathology
Vaccination
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Summary:Immature male and female mice were immunized with a synthetic peptide corresponding to amino acids 5-17 (ASLEQDPNHCSAI) of the mouse hypophyseal gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor. Effect of immunization (postpuberal) was restricted to the uterus. Pituitary-gonadal functions were not altered. The endometrial lining of immunized females was thin and lacked glandular development. These observations were corroborated in actively immunized and passively immunized adult females. Apparently endometrial cells express a unique surface antigen, though reactive with antipeptide antibodies, that differs from the prototype pituitary GnRH receptor. Antibodies that selectively inhibit endometrial maturation might be used to treat proliferative diseases of the uterus.
ISSN:1046-7408
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0897.1994.tb01099.x