Abstract:
:To examine the mechanism of estrogen's direct stimulation of steroidogenesis in the rabbit corpus luteum, we tested the hypothesis that the effect of estrogen on progestin production occurs at the site of processing of the precursor for pregnenolone (i.e. cholesterol) in the mitochondrion. For this purpose, we manipulated a model of estrogen stimulation by 1) removing sc estradiol-filled polydimethylsiloxane capsules from superovulated rabbits on day 9 of pseudopregnancy or 2) leaving the capsules in place to preserve a chronic estrogen stimulus. In the estrogen-deprived rabbits, the serum progesterone level fell precipitously in vivo within 24 h, but in rabbits with chronic estrogen stimulation, serum progesterone levels remained high. Our results show that the loss in progestin production caused by estrogen deprivation could not be attributed to loss of the mitochondrial cytochrome P-450 side-chain cleavage enzyme (P-450scc), a common rate-limiting step in progestin synthesis in many steroidogenic tissues. In addition, we confirmed that there was no loss in the catalytic activity of this enzyme. Treatment with aminoglutethimide in vivo followed by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic analysis of mitochondria (prepared in aminoglutethimide-free buffers) showed that incubation of isolated mitochondria at 37 C and pH 6.2 caused an increased high spin state (g = 8.2 signal) and a concomitant decreased low spin state. This shift from low to high spin states, which is indicative of cholesterol-P-450scc complex formation, occurred in the luteal mitochondria from both estrogen-deprived and estrogen-stimulated rabbits. In further studies to localize estrogen's regulatory point, we determined that the initial (first minute) rate of production of pregnenolone (per mg protein or per U P-450scc) from endogenous precursor proceeded equally fast in mitochondria from estrogen-deprived and those from estrogen-stimulated rabbits. However, the rapid pregnenolone production in the estrogen-deprived group lasted for a shorter time and, after 30 min, yielded less pregnenolone per mg protein or per U P-450scc than did mitochondria from estrogen-stimulated rabbits. Addition of 25-hydroxycholesterol did not increase the initial rate of pregnenolone formation, indicating that precursor availability is not limiting during the initial period. In aggregate, these observations suggest that the effect of estrogen on progestin production in the rabbit corpus luteum is not regulation of the movement of cholesterol to the catalytic site on the inner mitochondrial membrane, even though this is a step in the regulation of protein hormone-stimulated steroidogenesis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Endocrinologyjournal_title
Endocrinologyauthors
Holt JA,Wittmaack FM,Schreiber JR,Ghosh DK,Menon KMdoi
10.1210/endo-122-5-1948subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1988-05-01 00:00:00pages
1948-57issue
5eissn
0013-7227issn
1945-7170journal_volume
122pub_type
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