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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 33, 37-52, Copyright © 1985 by Society for the Study of Reproduction
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JB Davoren and AJ Hsueh
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and VIPergic nerve fibers are present in the ovaries of several mammalian species, suggesting a possible ovarian action of VIP. We have investigated the direct effects of synthetic porcine VIP on rat granulosa cell steroidogenesis in vitro. The cells were obtained from immature, hypophysectomized, estrogen-primed rats, and cultured in a serum-free medium for 24 h in the absence or presence of varying amounts of VIP. Medium steroids were then determined by specific radioimmunoassay. Vasoactive intestinal peptide dose-dependently stimulated progesterone, 20 alpha-hydroxypregn- 4-ene-3-one (20 alpha-OH-progesterone), and estrogen production with an approximate ED50 value of 3 X 10(-8) M. Maximum steroid production induced by VIP ranged from 15% to 28% of that seen with maximal follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) stimulation. In contrast to the ability of FSH to induce luteinizing hormone (LH) receptor formation, treatment with VIP did not increase [125I]iodo-human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) binding to granulosa cells. The ability of several gastrointestinal peptides, having 17-44% sequence identity to VIP, to stimulate granulosa cell steroidogenesis was also tested. The most closely related peptide, PHM-27 was less effective than VIP, and the least closely related, secretin and glucagon, were ineffective at 10(- 6) M. Vasoactive intestinal peptide seems to act at least partly through cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent processes: addition of a phosphodiesterase inhibitor significantly potentiated the VIP stimulation of granulosa cell steroidogenesis, and VIP was capable of producing a dose- and time-dependent increase in both intracellular and medium cAMP levels. Vasoactive intestinal peptide stimulation of estrogen production seemed to be a result of increased aromatase activity. The increased progesterone production was associated with increased pregnenolone production, increased rate of conversion of pregnenolone to progesterone via 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, and decreased metabolism of progesterone via 20 alpha- hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. These results indicate that VIP exerts a specific action on granulosa cells to increase estrogen and progestin production. The observed direct effects of VIP, coupled with its identification in the ovary, suggest that VIP may be a physiologically important regulator of ovarian activity.
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