Effect of follicle-stimulating hormone on insulin-like growth factor-I-stimulated rat granulosa cell deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis Article

Bley, MA, Simón, JC, Estévez, AG et al. (1992). Effect of follicle-stimulating hormone on insulin-like growth factor-I-stimulated rat granulosa cell deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis . ENDOCRINOLOGY, 131(3), 1223-1229.

cited authors

  • Bley, MA; Simón, JC; Estévez, AG; De Asúa, LJ; Barañao, JL

authors

abstract

  • Granulosa cells from diethylstilbestrol-treated immature rats were cultured in a defined medium on collagen-coated plates. Thymidine incorporation was significantly increased by insulin (ED50, 656 ± 110 ng/ml) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I; ED50, 95 ± 10 ng/ml). Insulin and IGF-I stimulations were amplified by methylisobutylxanthine an inhibitor of phosphodiesterase activity. The effect of both peptides were also enhanced by low doses of (Bu)2cAMP (0.2-1 mM). In contrast, higher concentrations were inhibitory. Similarly, FSH produced a biphasic enhancement of the insulin- and IGF-I-stimulated DNA synthesis. Maximal effects (2- to 6-fold increases) were observed with the lower doses (2-20 ng/ml) of the gonadotropin. FSH enhancement of IGF-I-stimulated DNA synthesis was dependent on cell density. Plating densities of 3-5 × 105 cells/cm2 were required for a maximal interaction. It is concluded that FSH, acting through a cAMP-mediated pathway, may regulate granulosa cell proliferation by modulating the mitogenic effects of insulin and/or IGF-I.

publication date

  • January 1, 1992

published in

start page

  • 1223

end page

  • 1229

volume

  • 131

issue

  • 3