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ArticleEuropean journal of endocrinology2025

Sex-dependent increases in oxytocin levels in response to intravenous kisspeptin in humans.

Francesca Galbiati, Franziska Plessow, Lacey Plummer, Mark B Campbell, Shawn Nazarloo, C Sue Carter, Rona S Carroll, Han K Kim, Sidney A Pereira, Daria Paulis and 6 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase I
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Article in European journal of endocrinology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00914823 (Administration of Kisspeptin to Subjects With Reproductive Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00914823 phase1completednot on this map

Administration of Kisspeptin to Subjects With Reproductive Disorders

TypeinterventionalSponsorMassachusetts General HospitalRan2009 to 2021Enrolled256ConditionsHypogonadotropic Hypogonadism, Kallmann Syndrome, GnRH Deficiency, PCOSArmskisspeptin 112-121, GnRH
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Arginine Vasopressin Deficiency and Oxytocin Deficiency in the Endocrine Clinic.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Francesca GalbiatiNeuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0744-2541
Franziska PlessowNeuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Lacey PlummerReproductive Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Mark B CampbellReproductive Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Shawn NazarlooKinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, United States.
C Sue CarterKinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, United States.
Rona S CarrollDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
Han K KimDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
Sidney A PereiraDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
Daria PaulisDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
John M DavisDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States.
Karen K MillerNeuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Ursula B KaiserDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8237-0704
Stephanie B SeminaraReproductive Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Anna AulinasFaculty of Medicine, University of Vic/Central University of Catalonia (UVIC/UCC), Vic 08500, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1205-7114
Elizabeth A LawsonNeuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8619-3349

Funding

HARVARD CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER (UL1)UL1RR025758 · NCRR · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2008 to 2011
$91.4M
ROLE OF DIETARY CONSTITUENTS ON GENE EXPRESSION IN INTESTINAL EPITHELIUMP30DK040561 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Takara Leah Stanley · 1994 to 2026
$31.6M
The Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Center for Reproductive MedicineP50HD104224 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SEMINARA, STEPHANIE BETH · 2021 to 2025
$7.8M
Towards Curative Therapies for Hypogonadotropic DiseasesR37HD043341 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Stephanie Beth Seminara · 2020 to 2026
$5.8M
Deciphering the functional role of MKRN3 in puberty and reproductionR01HD082314 · NICHD · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Ursula B. Kaiser · 2015 to 2026
$5.7M
Reproductive physiology of gonadotropin synthesisR37HD019938 · NICHD · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Ursula B. Kaiser · 2019 to 2026
$4.3M
Neurobiology of avoidant/restrictive eating in youthK24MH120568 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LAWSON, ELIZABETH AUSTEN · 2019 to 2023
$961k
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development and Harvard CatalystHarvard University P30DK040561NCATS NIH HHSNCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025758NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD104224NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD082314NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD019938NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD043341NIDDK NIH HHS K24MH120568NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK040561NIH HHS UL1 RR 025758NIMH NIH HHS K24 MH120568The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA clinically significant oxytocin-deficient state (OXT-D) has been established in adults with arginine vasopressin deficiency, and there is a need to develop diagnostic testing. Kisspeptin (KP) is a candidate for such a test, as KP receptors are found on oxytocinergic neurons, and KP administration increases plasma OXT in animals. We hypothesized that intravenous KP administration would increase peripheral OXT levels post-injection in healthy adults.

methodsKisspeptin-112-121 (KP analog, 0.24 nmol/kg bolus) was administered to 12 healthy adults (50% female). Serum OXT was measured before and 10, 20, 40, and 60 min after KP administration.

resultsMales and females did not differ significantly in age, BMI, or baseline OXT levels. Ten minutes after KP, OXT increased by 18.8% from baseline (FDR-P = .004) with a greater increase in males than females (31.9% vs 5.7%, respectively, FDR-P = .004).

conclusionsOur data support KP as a candidate for a provocative test to identify OXT-D in males. CLINICAL

trial registrationOur study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00914823).

Indexed as

KisspeptinsOxytocinSex CharacteristicsAdministration, IntravenousAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSex FactorsYoung AdultKISS1 protein, humanKisspeptinsOxytocinkisspeptinoxytocin deficiencyposterior pituitaryprovocative test

Identifiers

PMID39965102
PMCPMC11886556

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