Human Reproduction, Vol 13, 1285-1291, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press
V Montgomery Rice, SD Limback, KF Roby and PF Terranova
This study determined effects of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) alone
and in combination with tumour necrosis factor (TNF), on granulosa cells
from small (5-10 mm diameter) and large (>10-25 mm) follicles during
follicular and luteal phases of the cycle and during periods of acyclicity.
Granulosa cells were collected from ovaries of premenopausal women
undergoing oophorectomy. The cells were cultured with human FSH (2 ng/ml)
and testosterone (1 microM) in the presence or absence of human TNF-alpha
(20 ng/ml). Media were removed at 48 and 96 h after culture and
progesterone, oestradiol and cAMP in media were measured by
radioimmunoassays. FSH stimulated the accumulation of oestradiol from
granulosa cells of small follicles during the follicular and luteal phases
but not during acyclicity; and TNF reduced oestradiol accumulation in the
presence of FSH. Interestingly, in granulosa cells from small follicles,
progesterone and cAMP secretion increased in response to FSH and neither
was affected by TNF. Thus, TNF specifically inhibited the conversion of
testosterone to oestradiol in granulosa cells from small follicles. FSH
stimulated oestradiol production by granulosa cells of large follicles
obtained only during the follicular phase of the cycle and TNF inhibited
the FSH-induced oestradiol secretion. Granulosa cells obtained from large
follicles during the luteal phase and during acyclicity did not accumulate
oestradiol in response to FSH. However, FSH increased progesterone and cAMP
secretion by granulosa cells obtained from large follicles during the
follicular and luteal phases. During the luteal phase alone, TNF in
combination with FSH increased progesterone accumulation above that of FSH
alone. FSH did not increase progesterone, oestradiol or cAMP secretion by
granulosa cells obtained from large follicles during acyclicity. Thus, FSH
increases progesterone, oestradiol and cAMP secretion by granulosa cells of
small follicles during the follicular and luteal phases and TNF appears to
inhibit FSH-induced oestradiol secretion specifically in those cells. In
large follicles, FSH- stimulated granulosa cell secretion of oestradiol is
limited to the follicular phase and this effect can be inhibited by TNF. In
addition, when granulosa cells of large follicles do not increase
oestradiol secretion in response to FSH, TNF stimulates progesterone
secretion.
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Differential responses of granulosa cells from small and large follicles to follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) during the menstrual cycle and acyclicity: effects of tumour necrosis factor-alpha
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160, USA.
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