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It is well known that there is a great amount of taurine in hypothalamus, pituitary and gonads of the mammals. Taurine plays a very important role in maintaining normal reproductive functions of mammals. However, the effects of taurine on reproductive hormone secretion in females are unclear. The experiment plans to feed rats in different estrous cycle on water containing different levels of taurine and β-alanine and test the secretion level of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), estradiol (E2), progesterone (P) and prolactin (PRL) in serum.
Our results show that: taurine can stimulate the secretion of GnRH, PRL, FSH, LH, E2 and P in female rats. We also show that the effects of taurine on female reproduction are be achieved mainly by regulating the activities of hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis-related hormones.
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This work was supported by the Program for Liaoning Excellent Talents in University (Grant No. LJQ2014073) and the Program for Shenyang Agricultural University Excellent Talents.
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Mu, T., Yang, J., Li, Z., Wu, G., Hu, J. (2015). Effect of Taurine on Reproductive Hormone Secretion in Female Rats. In: Marcinkiewicz, J., Schaffer, S. (eds) Taurine 9. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 803. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15126-7_35
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