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Biology of Reproduction 60, 1453-1461 (1999)
©Copyright 1999 Society for the Study of Reproduction, Inc.


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Growth Factor Modulation of Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein and Luteinization in the Pig Ovary1

Nazario Pescadora, Douglas M. Stoccob, and Bruce D. Murphy2,a

a Centre de recherche en reproduction animale, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada J2S 7C6 b Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430

In vivo and in vitro luteinization were investigated in the porcine ovary, with emphasis on expression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR). StAR mRNA and protein as well as cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage mRNA (P450scc) increased during the luteal phase in the corpus luteum (CL) and were absent in regressed CL. Cytochrome P450 aromatase mRNA (P450arom) was not detectable at any time in CL. In vitro luteinization of granulosa cells occurred over 96 h in culture, during which P450arom mRNA was present at 1 h after cell isolation but not detectable at 6 h; and P450scc and StAR mRNAs were first detectable at 6 h and 48 h, respectively. Incubation of cultures with insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I, 10 ng/ml), dibutyryl cAMP (cAMP, 300 µM), or their combination, induced measurable StAR mRNA at 24 h (p < 0.05), increased progesterone accumulation at 48 h, and elevated both StAR and P450scc expression through 96 h. Incubation of luteinized granulosa cells with epidermal growth factor (EGF, 10 nM) changed their phenotype from epithelioid to fibroblastic, eliminated steady-state StAR expression, and interfered with cAMP induction of StAR mRNA and progesterone accumulation. EGF had little apparent effect on P450scc mRNA abundance. It is concluded that StAR expression characterizes luteinization, and early luteinization is induced by cAMP and IGF-I in vitro. Further, EGF induces a morphological and functional phenotype that appears similar to an earlier stage of granulosa cell function.

1 Supported by MRC Canada Grant MT 11018 to B.D.M. and NIH HD 17481 to D.M.S. N.P. is recipient of a graduate fellowship from CONACYT, Mexico, and is on leave from Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, México.

2 Correspondence. FAX: 450 778 8103; murphyb{at}medvet.umontreal.ca




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