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Different action of ovine GH on porcine theca and granulosa cells proliferation and insulin-like growth factors I- and II-stimulated estradiol production
Authors:Ko?odziejczyk J  Gregoraszczuk E L  Leibovich H  Gertler A
Institution:Laboratory of Domestic Animal Physiology and Toxicology, Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, ul. Ingardena 6, 30-060 Krakow, Poland.
Abstract:Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are recognized as regulators of ovarian function. This study was designed to compare the effect of GH and IGFs added alone or together on porcine theca interna and granulosa cells proliferation and steroidogenesis. Moreover, the effect of GH on IGF-I secretion was examined. Cells were isolated from medium size follicles and cultured in vitro for 48 h in serum free medium. Estradiol and IGF-I medium concentrations were determined by radioimmunoassays. Proliferation was evaluated by alamar blue assay and by radiolabelled thymidine incorporation. GH increased IGF secretion by granulosa cells while decreased its secretion by theca cells. Proliferation of both cell types was stimulated by IGF-I and IGF-II (30 ng/ml) and modestly inhibited by GH (100 ng/ml). Insulin-like growth factor II increased, in a statistically significant manner, estradiol secretion by both cell types, while IGF-I stimulated estradiol secretion to a greater extent by granulosa then by theca cells. The synergistic action of GH and IGFs on estradiol secretion was stimulatory in theca cells and inhibitory in granulosa cells. These data demonstrate that despite its direct action on estradiol secretion by granulosa and theca cells, GH also modulated estradiol secretion induced by IGFs. Differences in the estradiol production in response to GH alone and the effect of the synergistic action of GH and IGFs suggest that different cellular mechanisms for these hormones are triggered in each cell type.
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