title: The mechanisms by which phorbol ester inhibits LH stimulation of progesterone production in rat granulosa cells.
abstract: Tumor-promoting phorbol esters are believed to affect cell functions by activating a Ca+2-and lipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C). 12-0-Tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) inhibits LH stimulation of progesterone (P) accumulation in rat granulosa cells. To determine the mechanisms by which TPA inhibits LH stimulation of P accumulation, TPA regulation of various ovarian steroidogenic enzymes was investigated. Cells were obtained from immature (28-29 days old) rats 48 h after injection of 20 IU PMSG and incubated for up to 5 h. TPA decreased the P responses to LH, cholera toxin, and (Bu)2cAMP by 20%, 24%, and 28%, respectively. One locus of inhibition of LH action, therefore, was after cAMP. TPA decreased LH-stimulated 3-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity. Furthermore, TPA stimulated 20-alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity. The combination of TPA and A23187 inhibited LH-stimulated P accumulation to the same extent as TPA alone. These data suggest that TPA-induced decreases in LH-stimulated P production result from both the inhibition of P biosynthesis and the stimulation of P breakdown.
mesh_terms: D015089:20-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism; D043607:20-alpha-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase; D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D006107:Granulosa Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D000001:Calcimycin; D011374:Progesterone; C010661:surfagon; D003994:Bucladesine; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D015089:20-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D043607:20-alpha-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate