cAMP-mediated signals as determinants for apoptosis in primary granulosa cells

Experimental Cell Research
D AharoniA Amsterdam

Abstract

Differentiation and luteinization of granulosa cells are induced by gonadotrophic hormones and other substances elevating intracellular levels of cyclic AMP (cAMP). We have investigated the correlation between the potency of these substances to enhance steroidogenesis and to induce apoptosis in primary granulosa cell cultures obtained from rat preovulatory follicles. The cAMP analog, 8-Br cAMP, induced apoptosis in more than 90% of the cell population within 15 h of incubation at 37 degrees C in serum-free medium. The physiological stimulants of these cells, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), which caused a moderate cAMP response in these cells, followed by a desensitization period, increased progesterone production by fourfold with no apparent effect on cell death. In contrast, forskolin, a potent activator of adenylate cyclase, stimulated both the cAMP and steroidogenic response by an order of magnitude greater than the gonadotropin stimulation, concomitantly with a pronounced increase in cell death (25%). Moreover, blocking of the cellular phosphodiesterase activity in forskolin-stimulated cells by isobutylmethylxanthine (IBMX), which maintains high levels of intracellular cAMP, led to further e...Continue Reading

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