TY - JOUR
T1 - Mathematical modeling of gonadotropin-releasing hormone signaling
AU - Pratap, Amitesh
AU - Garner, Kathryn
AU - Voliotis, Margaritis
AU - Tsaneva-Atanasova, Krasimira
AU - McArdle, Craig A
N1 - This work was funded Project Grants from MRC (93447) and the BBSRC (J014699). KTA and MV gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the EPSRC via grant EP/N014391/1 and an MRC Biomedical Informatics Fellowship (MR/K021826/1), respectively.
PY - 2017/7/5
Y1 - 2017/7/5
N2 - Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) acts via G-protein coupled receptors on pituitary gonadotropes to control reproduction. These are Gq-coupled receptors that mediate acute effects of GnRH on the exocytotic secretion of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), as well as the chronic regulation of their synthesis. GnRH is secreted in short pulses and GnRH effects on its target cells are dependent upon the dynamics of these pulses. Here we overview GnRH receptors and their signaling network, placing emphasis on pulsatile signaling, and how mechanistic mathematical models and an information theoretic approach have helped further this field.
AB - Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) acts via G-protein coupled receptors on pituitary gonadotropes to control reproduction. These are Gq-coupled receptors that mediate acute effects of GnRH on the exocytotic secretion of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), as well as the chronic regulation of their synthesis. GnRH is secreted in short pulses and GnRH effects on its target cells are dependent upon the dynamics of these pulses. Here we overview GnRH receptors and their signaling network, placing emphasis on pulsatile signaling, and how mechanistic mathematical models and an information theoretic approach have helped further this field.
KW - GnRH
KW - GPCR
KW - NFAT
KW - ERK
KW - Mathematical modeling
KW - Mutual information
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84994885307
U2 - 10.1016/j.mce.2016.08.022
DO - 10.1016/j.mce.2016.08.022
M3 - Review article
SN - 0303-7207
VL - 449
SP - 42
EP - 55
JO - Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
JF - Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
ER -