Recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone induces ovulation and tissue plasminogen activator expression in hypophysectomized rats

Endocrinology
A B GalwayA J Hsueh

Abstract

Ovulation in mammals is preceded by surges of the two pituitary gonadotropins, LH and FSH. Although previous studies have shown that purified FSH induces ovulation when administered to hypophysectomized rats, proof that FSH has inherent ovulatory potential is lacking because all FSH preparations have varying degrees of residual LH. To determine if FSH alone can induce ovulation, we generated LH-free recombinant FSH (RCFSH) by culturing eukaryotic cells transfected with the human common alpha- and FSH beta-subunit genes. Immature hypophysectomized rats were implanted with estrogen and then primed with PMSG (15 IU, sc). Fifty-two hours later, either RCFSH or hCG was injected (sc) to induce ovulation. A dose-dependent increase in the ovulation rate was stimulated by RCFSH, reaching 100% ovulation at 18 IU/rat, comparable to that achieved with 12 IU hCG. The maximum number of oocytes ovulated per ovary was similar for both groups. Ovulation induced by either RCFSH or hCG was time dependent and associated with a periovulatory increase in the ovarian activity and message levels of tissue-type plasminogen activator, a protease important in the preovulatory degradation of the follicle wall. Because PMSG has inherent LH-like activity in...Continue Reading

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