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Induction of Ad4BP/SF-1, steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, and cytochrome P450scc enzyme system expression in newly established human granulosa cell lines.

Abstract：

:We have established immortalized human granulosa cells by triple transfection of primary cells obtained from in vitro fertilization patients with SV40 DNA, Ha-ras oncogene, and a temperature sensitive (ts) mutant of the tumor suppressor gene p53 (p53val135). Forty-one clones were isolated, and their steroidogenic responses were analyzed. While all the cell lines proliferate rapidly and show only traces of progesterone production, upon stimulation with 50 microM of forskolin (FK), which elevates intracellular cAMP, they become steroidogenic as evidenced by progesterone production. The steroidogenic response of the cell lines was stable even after 20 generations and several cycles of freezing and thawing. A highly responsive cell line (HO-23) was further examined for characteristics of the steroidogenic response. Cells stimulated with FK and 8-Br-cAMP produced high levels of pregnenolone, progesterone, and 20alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (20alpha-OH-progesterone) comparable with amounts produced by highly differentiated primary human granulosa-luteal cells. Hydrocortisone and dexamethasone highly augment the cAMP-stimulated progesterone production, whereas testosterone and PRL enhanced cAMP-induced progesterone synthesis only moderately. Estradiol, insulin-like growth factor I, and insulin showed no significant effect on cAMP-induced steroidogenesis. The phorbol ester TPA, and basic fibroblast growth factor, dramatically suppress cAMP-induced production of progesterone, whereas bovine corneal endothelial cell ECM (BCE/ECM) enhanced cAMP-induced progesterone and antagonized basic fibroblast growth factor suppression of cAMP-induced steroidogenesis. Steroidogenic factor 1 (Ad4BP/SF-1) was expressed in control cells, and its expression was augmented by FK, whereas the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein showed low expression in the nonstimulated cells but was clearly elevated upon cAMP stimulation and was slightly decreased by TPA in cAMP-stimulated cells. Expression of the electron carrier adrenodoxin (ADX), which is a part of the cytochrome P450scc enzyme system, was very low in nonstimulated cells but was dramatically elevated in FK- and 8-Br-cAMP-stimulated cells, whereas no reduction of ADX was evident in cells costimulated with FK and TPA. Immunocytochemical studies revealed a weak staining of ADX in mitochondria of nonstimulated cells and intensive staining in highly clustered mitochondria of FK- or 8-Br-cAMP-stimulated cells. Only moderate reduction in ADX staining was evident in cells costimulated with FK and TPA. These unique cell lines can provide a useful model for the investigation of induced steroidogenesis in human granulosa cells.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Hosokawa K,Dantes A,Schere-Levy C,Barash A,Yoshida Y,Kotsuji F,Vlodavsky I,Amsterdam A

doi

10.1210/endo.139.11.6279

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-11-01 00:00:00

pages

4679-87

issue

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

journal_volume

139

pub_type

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Induction of Ad4BP/SF-1, steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, and cytochrome P450scc enzyme system expression in newly established human granulosa cell lines.