Sodium fluoride provokes gonadotrope desensitization to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and gonadotrope sensitization to A23187: evidence for multiple G proteins in GnRH action.

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Summary

It is suggested that G protein activation by NaF provokes gonadotrope desensitization to GnRH stimulation by both decreasing receptor numbers and by uncoupling of the receptors from inositol phosphate production.

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1992-05-01
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Gonadotropic cell, Endocrinology, Internal medicine, Gonadotropin-releasing hormone, Phorbol

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