Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone (LH-RH), salmon (Synonyms: Salmon GnRH; Salmon gonadotropin-releasing hormone; sGnRH)

Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone (LH-RH), salmon is the hypophysiotropic decapeptide synthesized in the hypothalamus that plays a crucial role in the control of reproductive functions.

Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) is the key hormone in the control of reproductive functions.LHRH acts as an antimitogenic factor through the activation of the Gi-cAMP intracellular signaling pathway. LHRH might act as an inhibitory factor on both cell proliferation and metastatic behavior in melanoma cells[1]. The hypothalamic decapeptide luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) plays a central role in the control of reproduction by stimulating the release of pituitary luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), which in turn promote gonadal functions and regulate sex steroid secretion. The effects of LHRH are mediated by high-affinity G protein-coupled LHRH-receptor (LHRH-R) on pituitary gonadotropes. The responses to LHRH vary under different conditions and critically depend on the regimens of administration and doses delivered to gonadotrope cells[2].

[1]. Moretti RM, et al. Inhibitory activity of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone on tumor growth and progression. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2003 Jun;10(2):161-7. [2]. Horvath JE, et al. Effects of long-term treatment with the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist Decapeptyl and the LHRH antagonist Cetrorelix on the levels of pituitary LHRH receptors and their mRNA expression in rats. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Nov 12;99(23):15048-53.