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a Departments of Theriogenology and
b Animal Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan
c Institute of Physiology, Technical University of Munich, 80350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
Each preovulatory follicle obtained before the LH surge (based on the concentrations of steroids and PGs) received implants of 4 capillary dialysis membranes into the theca layer. The follicles were then incubated in organ culture chambers and perfused with Ringer's solution for 12 h. Stimulation by infusion of the different substances into the microdialysis system was carried out between 4 and 8 h. The infusion of ET-1 (10-7 M) stimulated the release of ANP and estradiol but inhibited the release of androstenedione and progesterone. The infusion of ANP (10-7 M) stimulated the release of Ang II, progesterone, and androstenedione. Moreover, the infusion of Ang II (10-5 M) inhibited the release of ANP but stimulated the release of ET-1, progesterone, and estradiol. All three peptides examined increased PGE2 and PGF2 release. In the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis, expression of the mRNAs for ET type A and type B, and Ang II type 1 receptors did not change with the follicular size and the intrafollicular estradiol concentrations. Expression of the mRNA for the Ang II type 2 receptor dropped in follicles when the estradiol concentration ranged from 20 to 180 ng/ml and increased again when the estradiol concentration was > 180 ng/ml. The levels of expression of ANP type C receptor mRNA were slightly greater in follicles with estradiol concentrations > 20 ng/ml than in follicles with estradiol concentrations < 20 ng/ml.
These results demonstrate a complex interaction among Ang II, ET-1, and ANP that may contribute to increasing the follicular production of PGs and modulate steroidogenesis in the bovine mature follicle, thus providing evidence for a local functional endothelin-angiotensin-ANP system.
Recent evidence suggests the presence of a functional endothelin-angiotensin-atrial natriuretic peptide system at the ovarian level. This study aimed to investigate 1) the local interrelationships among angiotensin II (Ang II), endothelin-1 (ET-1), and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP); 2) the possible effect of each vasoactive peptide on the secretion of steroid hormones and prostaglandins (PGs) in isolated bovine mature follicles; and 3) the expression of mRNAs for Ang II, ET-1, and ANP receptors in the theca layer of follicles at different developmental stages.
2 Correspondence. FAX: 81 155 49 5462; akiomiya{at}obihiro.ac.jp
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