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A role of insulin-like growth factor I in luteinizing hormone receptor expression in granulosa cells.

Abstract：

:The present study was undertaken to identify the mechanisms underlying the effect of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) on LH receptor in rat granulosa cells. Treatment with FSH, as expected, produced a substantial increase in LH receptor messenger RNA (mRNA) level, and concurrent treatment with increasing concentrations of IGF-I brought about dose-dependent increases in FSH-induced LH receptor mRNA, with a maximal response 2.5-fold greater than that induced by FSH alone. IGF-I, either alone or in combination with FSH, did not affect intracellular cAMP levels, whereas it enhanced the effect of 8-bromo-cAMP on LH receptor mRNA production. We then investigated whether the effects of IGF-I and FSH on LH receptor mRNA levels are the results of increased transcription and/or altered mRNA stability. To determine whether the LH receptor 5'-flanking region plays a role in directing LH receptor mRNA expression, the proximal area of the LH receptor 5'-flanking regions were inserted into a transient expression vector, pGL-Basic, which contains luciferase as the reporter gene, and the resulting plasmids were transiently transfected into rat granulosa cells. Our studies show that the FSH-induced luciferase activity varied dependent upon the length of the 5'-flanking region sequence in the reporter gene. In addition, FSH (30 ng/ml) significantly enhanced the activity of 1379 bp of the LH receptor 5'-flanking region, but treatment with 10 ng/ml IGF-I alone did not significantly influence the activity of the LH receptor promoter or affect the increased promoter activity induced by FSH. The rates of LH receptor mRNA gene transcription, assessed by nuclear run-on transcription assay, were not increased by the addition of IGF-I. On the other hand, the decay curves for LH receptor mRNA transcript in primary granulosa cells showed a significant increase in the half-life after the addition of IGF-I. These data suggest a possible role for changes in LH receptor mRNA stability in the IGF-I-induced regulation of LH receptor in rat granulosa cells. This interface between circulating hormones and paracrine/autocrine systems could provide an important mechanism to amplify the effects of gonadotropic hormones at the local level.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Hirakawa T,Minegishi T,Abe K,Kishi H,Ibuki Y,Miyamoto K

doi

10.1210/endo.140.11.7112

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-11-01 00:00:00

pages

4965-71

issue

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

journal_volume

140

pub_type

杂志文章

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A role of insulin-like growth factor I in luteinizing hormone receptor expression in granulosa cells.