Partial sequencing of the rat steroidogenic acute regulatory protein message from immortalized granulosa cells: regulation by gonadotropins and isoproterenol

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
N SelvarajA Amsterdam

Abstract

Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR), a 30-kDa protein involved in the transport of cholesterol to inner mitochondrial membrane during stimulation of steroid hormone biosynthesis, has recently been cloned from human adrenals and MA-10 mouse Leydig tumor cells. We examined the regulation of StAR mRNA accumulation upon induction of steroidogenesis in immortalized rat granulosa cells. Granulosa cells were transfected with SV40 DNA alone (POGS5); with SV40 DNA and Ha-ras oncogene (POGRS1); with SV40 DNA, Ha-ras oncogene and LH/CG receptor (GLHR15) or with FSH receptor (GFSHR17) or with the beta 2-adrenergic receptor (G beta 2AR13) expression plasmids. Cells were cultured to confluency and then stimulated for 24 h with oFSH (4 nM), hCG (2.4 nM), isoproterenol (10 microM) or forskolin (50 microM). By quantitative RT-PCR, StAR mRNA was undetectable in non-steroidogenic cells (transfected with SV40 DNA alone, POGS5) either in the presence or in the absence of forskolin. In contrast, variable amount of the message was detected in all steroidogenic cell lines cotransfected with SV40 DNA and Ha-ras. Moreover, an increase in the StAR mRNA expression was evident in all steroidogenic cells upon stimulation with their respective agon...Continue Reading

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