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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 30, 787-794, Copyright © 1984 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Calcium-dependent regulation of progesterone production by isolated rat granulosa cells: effects of the calcium ionophore A23187, prostaglandin E2, dl-isoproterenol and cholera toxin

BK Tsang and JA Carnegie

The role of calcium in the regulation of ovarian steroidogenesis was investigated in granulosa cells from estradiol-treated immature rats. Incubation of granulosa cells with various calcium channel blockers (verapamil, cobalt or manganese) and a calcium chelator (EGTA) resulted in marked decreases in progesterone production in response to follicle- stimulating hormone (FSH), cholera toxin, prostaglandin E2, dl- isoproterenol and dibutyryl cyclic AMP (Bt2cAMP). Cyclic AMP production, however, was unaffected by treatment with EGTA and verapamil at concentrations which attenuated steroidogenesis (0.1-1.0 mM and 125 microM, respectively). Two inhibitors of the calcium- dependent regulatory protein, calmodulin [trifluoperazine, 40 microM and 1[bis-(p-chlorophenyl)methyl] 3-[2,4-dichloro-beta-(2,4- dichlorobenzyloxy )-phenethyl]imidazolium chloride, ( R24571 ) 20 microM] significantly inhibited both cyclic AMP and progesterone production elicited by these stimulatory agents. Over the concentration range of 62.5 ng/ml-1.0 micrograms/ml, the calcium ionophore A23187 increased basal progesterone production in a dose-dependent manner, with half-maximal stimulation at approximately 0.14 microgram/ml. Maximal steroidogenic response to the calcium ionophore (1 microgram/ml) however, was only 50% of that evoked by FSH (0.33 microgram/ml). A23187 (0.5 microgram/ml) significantly enhanced progesterone production stimulated by a low concentration of FSH (0.025 microgram/ml) but failed to potentiate the maximally stimulatory action of the gonadotropin (0.33 microgram/ml). These findings support our earlier suggestion that the calcium-calmodulin system plays a central role in the gonadotropic regulation of ovarian steroidogenesis and suggest that a transmembrane flux of extracellular calcium may be an important and common step in the mechanism of stimulation of granulosa cell progesterone production.


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