Effects of oestradiol-17beta and testosterone on progesterone production in the cultured granulosa cells of Japanese quail
1999
Sasanami, T. | Mori, M.
1. In order to study the effects of steroid hormones on steroidogenesis in the avian ovary, quail granulosa cells were cultured with follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), oestradiol-17beta or testosterone. The progesterone content of the medium during the culture period of 66 h and the following 3 h of incubation with luteinising hormone (LH), was measured by radioimmunoassay. 2. When FSH, oestradiol-17beta or testosterone were added during the 66 h culture, subsequent progesterone production by the cells during 3 h of incubation with LH was significantly increased. 3. However, testosterone also simulated progesterone production in the medium during the 66 h culture period, whereas FSH oroestradiol-17beta did not. 4. Addition of staurosporine during culture inhibited both LH-stimulated progesterone production and testosterone-stimulated progesterone production. 5. These results indicate that the processes during which granulosa cells acquired responsiveness to LH, and testosterone stimulates progesterone production might both be mediated staurosporine-sensitive protein kinase C-dependent pathway in quail granulosa cells.
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