Follicle-stimulating hormone regulates the expression of cyclic protein-2/cathepsin L messenger ribonucleic acid in rat Sertoli cells in a stage-specific manner
Cyclic protein-2/cathepsin L (CP-2) is secreted by Sertoli cells in a highly stage-specific manner, maximally during stages VI–VII of the rat seminiferous epithelial cycle. We investigated FSH regulation of CP-2 mRNA expression and its cellular localization in isolated staged seminiferous tubular se...
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Published in | Molecular and cellular endocrinology Vol. 113; no. 2; pp. 175 - 181 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Ireland
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
22.09.1995
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Summary: | Cyclic protein-2/cathepsin L (CP-2) is secreted by Sertoli cells in a highly stage-specific manner, maximally during stages VI–VII of the rat seminiferous epithelial cycle. We investigated FSH regulation of CP-2 mRNA expression and its cellular localization in isolated staged seminiferous tubular segments. FSH induced a significant increase of CP-2 mRNA levels in stages IX-I, whereas in stages II–VIII, the levels of CP-2 mRNA were reduced. A similar effect was produced by two cAMP analogs, dbcAMP (0.2 mM) and Sp cAMP (20 μM). FSH and cAMP did not affect on the levels of SGP-2 mRNA during the seminiferous epithelial cycle. The magnitude of the response was time- and dose-dependent; the maximum was obtained with 100 ng/ml of FSH. It is likely that FSH regulates CP-2 gene transcription, since de novo RNA synthesis was required for the stimulatory FSH effect on CP-2 mRNA levels, while ongoing protein synthesis was not. In conclusion, the data suggest that FSH, via cAMP-mediated pathway, regulates CP-2/cathepsin L gene transcription in rat Sertoli cells and modulated the stage-specific expression pattern. |
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ISSN: | 0303-7207 1872-8057 |
DOI: | 10.1016/0303-7207(95)03629-L |