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ey0021.7-10 | Basic Research | ESPEYB21

7.10. Changes in the bile acid pool and timing of female puberty: potential novel role of hypothalamic TGR5

H Vanden Brink , D Vandeputte , IL Brito , OK Ronnekleiv , MS Roberson , A Lomniczi

Brief Summary: This translational study identifies significant shifts in bile acid composition associated with puberty in female adolescents and rats and identifies a new mechanism of GnRH secretion regulation by bile acid.Metabolic cues regulate the reactivation of the GnRH system at puberty. The last few years have identified leptin, ghrelin and essential fatty acids as permissive or inhibitory cues regulating GnRH neuron activity1-4. The ef...

ey0018.7-11 | Basic Science | ESPEYB18

7.11. MKRN3 inhibits the reproductive axis through actions in kisspeptin-expressing neurons

AP Abreu , CA Toro , YB Song , VM Navarro , MA Bosch , A Eren , JN Liang , RS Carroll , AC Latronico , OK Ronnekleiv , CF Aylwin , A Lomniczi , S Ojeda , UB Kaiser

J Clin Invest. 2020 Aug 3;130(8):4486–4500. 10.1172/JCI136564. PMID: 32407292 https://www.jci.org/articles/view/136564In brief: This study in rats and non-human primate models investigated the mechanisms by which MKRN3 regulates pubertal onset in rats and non-human primates.Comment: Pubertal timing is in...

ey0016.7-2 | Basic Science | ESPEYB16

7.2. SIRT1 mediates obesity- and nutrient-dependent perturbation of pubertal timing by epigenetically controlling Kiss1 expression

MJ Vazquez , CA Toro , JM Castellano , F Ruiz-Pino , J Roa , D Beiroa , V Heras , I Velasco , C Dieguez , L Pinilla , F Gaytan , R Nogueiras , MA Bosch , OK Ronnekleiv , A Lomniczi , SR Ojeda , M Tena-Sempere

To read the full abstract: Nat Commun. 2018 Oct 10;9(1):4194.This study identifies Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1), a fuel-sensing deacetylase, as a molecule that restrains female puberty via epigenetic repression of the puberty-activating gene, Kiss1 in rats.The last few years have brought evidence regarding the epigenetic control of the onset of puberty. It is now cle...