STEROID-SECRETION BY CUMULUS CELLS ISOLATED FROM HUMAN PREOVULATORY FOLLICLES
STEROID-SECRETION BY CUMULUS CELLS ISOLATED FROM HUMAN PREOVULATORY FOLLICLES
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DOI:
10.1530/acta.0.1080407
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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ANDINO, N
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HILLENSJO, T;SJOGREN, A;ANDINO, N
The secretion of progesterone, testosterone and estradiol by intact human occyte-cumulus complexes in vitro was examined in incubations lasting 6-24 h. The complexes were aspirated from preovulatory follicles in 32 women who, due to tubal disease, were participating in an in vitro fertilization program. In 12 of the women follicular maturation was induced with clomiphene and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), in 13 women with human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) and hCG and in 7 women with a combination of clomiphene-hMG plus hCG. The net secretion of steroids into the fertilization medium was studied before (0-6 h) and after (6-24 h) the addition of sperm, by radioimmunoassay of aliquots removed at specific times. A high and sustained secretion of progesterone was found both before and after insemination. Testosterone secretion remained at a low and constant level while a net relase of estradiol was found mainly during the 1st h of incubation. The release of steroids, particularly progesterone, varied according to the mode of hormonal stimulation in vivo and was highest in complexes from clomiphene-hMG-treated women, probably reflecting different maturity of the aspirated follicles. In a 2nd series of experiments the dispersed cumulus cells were recovered after fertilization and cultured as monolayers for 2-4 days. The cells underwent spontaneous luteinization and secreted high amounts of progesterone. These results extend previous work in animals showing that also in the human the periovulatory cumulus cells are steroidogenically active. A functional difference in the cumulus cells related to the mode of ovulation induction was suggested.