title: Stimulation of progesterone production by phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate in MA-10 Leydig tumor cells.
abstract: The tumor-promoting phorbol ester, phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) markedly stimulated progesterone production in MA-10 Leydig tumor cells. A slight but significant increase (35%) in the activity of the cholesterol side-chain cleavage (CSCC) enzyme was observed in mitochondria isolated from the PMA-treated MA-10 Leydig cells when compared to mitochondria isolated from non-treated cells. However, this stimulation of CSCC activity appears to be of limited importance when compared to the 240-fold increase observed in progesterone production following PMA stimulation. In contrast, the inactive phorbol ester 4 alpha-phorbol-12,13-didecanoate (alpha-PD) had no effect on either progesterone production or CSCC activity. PMA had no effect on the conversion of 25-hydroxycholesterol and 22R-hydroxycholesterol into progesterone suggesting that one of the mechanism(s) of PMA action may involve the delivery of cholesterol to the mitochondria and/or the affinity of cholesterol with cytochrome P-450scc. Stimulation of steroidogenesis by PMA was also shown to be inhibited by cycloheximide. When PMA was added together with a submaximal dose of hCG, hCG-stimulated steroidogenesis was inhibited. However, at a maximal dose of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), PMA inhibited steroid synthesis at 1 and 2 h but had no significant effect at 3 h. Conversely, PMA had an additive effect on cAMP induced steroidogenesis. It was further demonstrated that PMA resulted in a decrease in the hCG-induced accumulation of cAMP.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Texas Tech. University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock 79430.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Stocco
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002786:Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D007984:Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology; D011374:Progesterone / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010703:Phorbol Esters; C008876:phorbol-12,13-didecanoate; D011374:Progesterone; D003513:Cycloheximide; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002786:Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate