Mechanisms subserving the trophic actions of insulin on ovarian cells. In vitro studies using swine granulosa cells.
Mechanisms subserving the trophic actions of insulin on ovarian cells. In vitro studies using swine granulosa cells.
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促进胰岛素对卵巢细胞营养作用的机制。
DOI:
10.1172/jci111029
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发表时间:
1983
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
Demers,LM
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作者:
Veldhuis,JD;Kolp,LA;Toaff,ME;Strauss3rd,JF;Demers,LM
Direct actions of insulin on gonadal tissues have been difficult to demonstrate in vivo. We have developed an in vitro system in which swine ovarian cells remain highly responsive to trophic actions of insulin. Purified porcine insulin significantly augmented the biosynthesis and secretion of progesterone by cultured granulosa cells. These stimulatory actions of insulin were dose- and time-dependent and saturable. Under serum-restricted conditions, insulin also significantly amplified the capacity of estradiol and 8-bromo cyclic AMP to stimulate progesterone production. Inhibitors of protein and RNA synthesis (cycloheximide, actinomycin D, and alpha-amanatin) inhibited insulin action. The stimulation of progesterone production by insulin was attributable to increased biosynthesis of pregnenolone, rather than diminished catabolism of progesterone to its principal metabolite, 20α-hydroxypregn-4-en-3-one. Insulin also enhanced progesterone production in the presence of a soluble sterol substrate, 5-cholesten-3β,25-diol, which readily gains access to the mitochondrial cholesterol side-chain cleavage system. Moreover, exposure of granulosa cells to insulin produced a three- to sevenfold increase in mitochondrial content of cytochrome P-450 measured by difference spectroscopy, with a corresponding increase in mitochondrial cholesterol side-chain cleavage activity.The capacity of insulin to facilitate progesterone biosynthesis by ovarian cells was mimicked by the insulinlike somatomedin, multiplication stimulating activity, but not by epidermal growth factor, fibroblast growth factor, or porcine relaxin. Insulin's augmentation of progesterone production reflected a selective action on progestin biosynthesis, since insulin significantly suppressed estrogen biosynthesis by granulosa cells.Thus, our investigations indicate that insulin acts on ovarian cells selectively to stimulate pregnenolone (but not estrogen) biosynthesis. The actions of insulin are exerted by processes that require protein and RNA synthesis, and by mechanisms that augment mitochondrial cytochrome P-450 content and facilitate the utilization of cholesterol in the side-chain cleavage reaction. The striking mimicry of insulin effect by multiplication stimulating activity suggests that insulin action may be mediated through somatomedin receptors. Moreover, in view of the high concentrations of somatomedin in ovarian follicles in vivo, our in vitro observations suggest that specific trophic actions of insulin or insulinlike growth factors are likely to significantly regulate the differentiated function of the Graafian follicle in vivo.
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