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Human Reproduction, Vol. 7, No. 8, pp. 1073-1078, 1992
© 1992 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

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Effect of the ratio of follicle-stimulating hormone to luteinizing hormone on rat granulosa cell proliferation and oestradiol-17{beta} secretion

Gary N. Frishman1, Anthony A. Luciano and John J. Peluso2

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of CT Health Center Farmington, CT 06030, USA

Correspondence: 1Present address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants' Hospital, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA

The present study examined the effects of the ratio of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) to luteinizing hormone (LH) on granulosa cell proliferation and oestradiol-17{beta} secretion. For these studies, ovarian segments from either immature rats or those primed with pregnant mares serum gonadotrophin (PMSG) were incubated for 5 h with [3H]thymidine and FSH (0–100 mIU/ml) with or without equivalent doses of LH. After incubation, granulosa cells were isolated and their mitotic activity estimated by determining the amount of [3H]thymidine incorporated into the DNA. The amount of oestradiol secreted into the media was measured by radio-immunoassay. Compared to granulosa cells from immature ovaries, granulosa cells from PMSG-primed ovaries required significantly less FSH to stimulate incorporation of [3H]thymidine, had a 9-fold higher basal level of oestradiol production and increased oestradiol secretion in response to gonadotrophins. At pharmacological serum levels (10–20 mIU of total gonadotrophin), FSH: LH ratios of less double equals2 increased oestradiol secretion from PMSG-primed ovaries but did not increase the rate of [3H]thymidine incorporation. Conversely, FSH: LH ratios of ≥3 stimulated [3H]thymidine incorporation without altering oestradiol secretion. These data demonstrate that granulosa cells of immature follicles not secreting oestradiol are relatively unresponsive to gonadotrophins at any dose tested. Once the capacity for oestradiol secretion develops, then both the dose and ratio of FSH and LH play major roles in determining whether the follicle will grow or secrete oestradiol.

Key words: oestradiol/FSH/granulosa cell/LH/mitosis/ratio

1Present address: Deparrtment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of CT Health Centre, Farmington, CT 06030, USA


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