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a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fukui Medical University, Matsuoka-Cho, Yoshida-Gun,Fukui 910-1193, Japan
b Department of Laboratory Animal Science, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitazato University, Towada, Aomori 034, Japan
We have investigated the possible role of theca and granulosa cell interaction in the control of the hormone-producing activity and growth of granulosa and theca cells during bovine ovarian follicular development, using a coculture system in which granulosa and theca cells were grown on opposite sides of a collagen membrane. When follicular cells were isolated from small follicles (3–5 mm), theca cells reduced estradiol, progesterone, and inhibin production by granulosa cells to 14 ± 5%, 64 ± 6%, and 27 ± 4%, respectively, of the production by granulosa cells cultured alone. On the other hand, when the cells were isolated from large follicles (15–18 mm), theca cells increased these levels to 253 ± 34%, 156 ± 24%, and 287 ± 45%, respectively. Theca cells did not affect the growth of granulosa cells. Androstenedione production by theca cells was augmented by granulosa cells to 861 ± 190% (in small follicles) and 1298 ± 414% (in large follicles), respectively. The growth of theca cells was also augmented by granulosa cells (small follicle, 210 ± 43%, and large follicle, 194 ± 24%, respectively). These results indicate that theca cells secrete factor(s) inhibiting the differentiation of immature while promoting that of matured granulosa cells; they also suggest that granulosa cells secrete factor(s) promoting both the differentiation and growth of theca cells throughout the follicular maturation process.
2 Correspondence. FAX: 81 776 61 8117; kotsujif{at}fmsrsa.fukui-med.ac.jp
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