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Title: Luteoprotective Roles of Luteinizing Hormone Are Mediated by Not Only Progesterone Production But Also Glucocorticoid Conversion in Bovine Corpus Luteum
Authors: Kawaguchi, Syota
Bowolaksono, Anom
Sakumoto, Ryosuke
Okuda, Kiyoshi
Keywords: luteinizing hormone
progesterone
cortisol
apoptosis
corpus luteum
Issue Date: Mar-2013
Publisher: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
Series/Report no.: Volume 80;Issue 3
Abstract: Luteinizing hormone (LH) is known as a key regulator of corpus luteum (CL) function, but the luteoprotective mechanisms of LH in the maintenance of bovine CL function are not well understood. The current study investigated if LH increases cell viability and induces cortisol conversion, and if the luteoprotective action of LH is mediated by stimulating the local production and action of progesterone (P4) and/or cortisol. Cultured bovine luteal cells obtained at the mid-luteal stage (Days 8–12 of the estrous cycle) were treated for 24 hr with LH (10 ng/ml) with/without onapristone (OP, a specific P4 receptor antagonist; 100 µM), cortisone (1 µM), and aminoglutethimide (AGT, a specific inhibitor of cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage; 100 µM). LH with and without OP significantly increased the mRNA and protein expressions of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD11B) 1, but did not affect the mRNA or protein expression of HSD11B2. These treatments also significantly increased HSD11B1 activity. Cell viability was significantly increased by LH alone or by LH in combination with cortisone and OP. LH in combination with OP or AGT significantly decreased cell viability as compared to LH alone. The overall results suggest that LH stimulates not only P4 production but also HSD11B1 expression, thereby increasing the cortisol concentration in the bovine CL, and that LH prevents cell death through these survival pathways. LH may consequently support CL function during the luteal phase in cattle.
URI: http://paper.sci.ui.ac.id/jspui/handle/2808.28/52
ISSN: 1098-2795
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