Abstract:
:The cause of a poor response to human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) remains unexplained. To determine whether aromatase activity of cultured granulosa cells obtained from relatively low estradiol (E2) responders (serum E2 < 1000 pg/ml) to hMG therapy differed from that of good responders (E2 > or = 1000 pg/ml), we prospectively compared serum E2 on the day of human chorionic gonadotropin administration to in vitro aromatase activity following a 72-h culture. Granulosa cells were obtained from seven women undergoing hMG therapy and oocyte aspiration. Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) was added to one-half of the cultures. Serum E2 was determined by radioimmunoassay, and aromatase activity was determined indirectly by measuring tritiated water formed by aromatization of 1-beta [3H] androstenedione to estrogen in 1 h. In this study, luteinized granulosa cells from patients with a relatively low serum E2 produced less estrogen in cultures when compared to cells from higher responders (p < 0.01). Aromatase activity was not significantly increased by FSH in the relatively high responders, whereas FSH stimulated a significant increase in aromatase activity in cells from lower responders (p < 0.001). Our results indicate that the clinical response to hMG is at least partly due to the "quality" of granulosa cell aromatase activity. A clinically relevant "block" to FSH action may be present in vivo in low responders which can be reversed in culture by addition of FSH.
journal_name
J Endocrinol Investjournal_title
Journal of endocrinological investigationauthors
Hurst BS,Zacur HA,Schlaff WD,Berkovitz GDdoi
10.1007/BF03344926keywords:
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1992-09-01 00:00:00pages
567-72issue
8eissn
0391-4097issn
1720-8386journal_volume
15pub_type
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