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a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube 755-8505, Japan
Superoxide radicals are known to inhibit progesterone production by luteal cells and have also been reported to cause apoptosis in various cells. The corpus luteum has an antioxidant enzyme to scavenge superoxide radicals: copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn-SOD). However, it remains unknown how the decrease in intracellular Cu,Zn-SOD activity influences luteal function. This study was therefore undertaken to investigate whether suppression of intracellular Cu,Zn-SOD activity inhibits progesterone production by rat luteal cells and causes apoptosis. To suppress intracellular Cu,Zn-SOD activity, dispersed rat luteal cells were incubated with Cu,Zn-SOD antisense oligonucleotides. The 48-h treatment with antisense oligonucleotides (10 µM) inhibited Cu,Zn-SOD activity by 50% and Cu,Zn-SOD mRNA level by 30%, whereas sense oligonucleotides used as the control had no effect. Progesterone concentration in the medium was significantly decreased by the 48-h treatment with antisense oligonucleotides in the presence of hCG, and this inhibitory effect was completely blocked by the simultaneous addition of N-acetyl-L-cysteine, an antioxidant. Treatment with antisense oligonucleotides caused no significant change in the percentage of apoptotic cells as morphologically evaluated by the nuclear staining with Hoechst dye. In conclusion, the decrease in intracellular Cu,Zn-SOD activities inhibits progesterone production by rat luteal cells, which may be mediated by superoxide radicals, suggesting that intracellular Cu,Zn-SOD plays important roles in the regulation of luteal function.
2 Correspondence: Norihiro Sugino, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Minamikogushi 1–1–1, Ube 755–8505, Japan. FAX: 836 22 2287.
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